June 26th 2014 -- Pirates 5, Mets 2

Thursday night in Pittsburgh, Pirate rookie Gregory Polanco went 2 for 3 with a long homer and 4 RBI, the Pirates beat the Mets 5-2.  Daisuke Matsuzaka started for the Mets and had a rare poor outing.  The Bucs took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the 3^rd on an RBI grounder by Polanco. Lucas Duda hit an opposite field homer (12) off Pittsburgh starter Vance Worley in the top of the 4^th to tie the game at one. The Pirates “stole” a run in the 4^th when on a designed play Ike Davis was picked off first and thus allowed Andrew McCutchen to score to make it 2-1. In the bottom of the 5^th with 2 on, Polanco launched a long homer (2) to ice the win for the Pirates. The Mets made it 5-2 in the 8^th on back to back doubles by Daniel Murphy and David Wright. In his first game back off the DL Juan Lagares went 1 for 4.  Dice-K went 6 innings allowing 5 hits 5 runs (all earned) he walked 4 and struck out 4 taking the loss falling to 3-2.  Carlos Torres, Josh Edgin and Vic Black pitched scoreless relief.  Worley allowed 1 run in 7 innings on 7 hits picking up the win. He’s now 2-0.  Mark Melancon pitched the 9^th for his 14^th save. With the loss the Mets fall to 36-43 on the year and 19-22 on the road. Friday night is game 2 of the series. Jacob deGrom (1-4  3.75) looks for his 2^nd win. Brandon Cumpton (3-2  3.93) goes for Pittsburgh