June 27th 2014 -- Pirates 3, Mets 2 (11 innings)

 Friday night at PNC Park Josh Harrison hit a double over Curtis Granderson’s reach in the bottom of the 11^th inning scoring Clint Barmes from 1^st base. The Pirates win their 2^nd straight against the Mets 3-2. For the Mets it’s their 3^rd straight loss. The game winner came an inning after Jenrry Mejia did some heavy lifting.  In the bottom of the 10^th Harrison led off with a single, stole second and then on a come-backer to Mejia got caught in a rundown  between 2^nd and 3^rd. Harrison was called safe at 3^rd despite going out of the baseline. That gave the Pirates 2^nd and 3^rd with no outs and then after a strikeout and an intentional walk to Andrew McCutchen , Mejia struck out Neil Walker and got Russell Martin to fly out to escape the jam. The game started as a duel between Jacob deGrom and Brandon Cumpton .  The Mets took a 2-0 lead in the top of the 4^th on a 2 run double by the red hot Lucas Duda. In the bottom of the 4^th the Bucs tied it on a two run single by Jordy Mercer.  deGrom went 6 2/3 allowing 5 hits 2 runs (earned) he walked 3 and struck out 4.  The Mets got excellent relief from Josh Edgin, Jeurrys Familia and Mejia . Vic Black pitching in Pittsburgh for the first time since his trade got the loss and falls to 1-2.  Offensively for the Mets Travis d’Arnaud  went 3 for 4 and now has now hit in every game since his recall. Daniel Murphy went 2 for 5. With the loss the Mets fall to 19-23 on the road and 36-44 overall. Saturday afternoon is game three of the series, Jonathon Niese (4-4  2.78) goes for the Mets, Gerrit Cole (6-3  3.64) goes for Pittsburgh.