June 28th 2014 -- Mets 5, Pirates 3

Saturday afternoon in Pittsburgh Eric Campbell went 3 for 4 with an RBI and John Niese threw 6 solid innings, the Mets snap their three game losing streak with a 5-3 win over the Pirates. The Mets did their damage early off Pirate starter Gerrit Cole. The Mets got to Cole, who is just off the DL,, for three runs on four hits in the  top of the 1^st on a RBI single by Campbell, a wild pitch by Cole and an RBI single by Kirk Nieuwenhuis. In the top of the second after Eric Young Jr. and Curtis Granderson  pulled off a double steal of 3^rd and 2^nd  respectively, Daniel Murphy stroked an opposite field single to bring them both home with runs 4 and 5.  Niese got wild in the 4^th inning and walked Pedro Alvarez and Chris Stewart to bring in a pair of runs. In the 5^th Neil Walker’s RBI single scored the game’s final run.   Niese went 6 innings allowing 7 hits, 3 runs, all earned he walked 3 and struck out 5. He picks up the win improving to 5-4.  Jeurys Familia pitched the 7^th and 8^th scorelessly. Jenrry Mejia retired the side 1-2-3 in the 9^th for his 8^th save.  The Met now stand at 20-23 on the road this year and 37-44 overall. Sunday the Mets look to clinch a series split as Bartolo Colon (8-5  3.67) looks for win number 9. Edinson Volquz (5-6  4.35) goes for the Pirates.