September 8th 2014 -- Mets 3, Rockies 2

Monday night at Citi Field the Mets scored two runs in the bottom of the 9^th inning as they come from behind to beat the Rockies 3-2. The Mets took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first when Lucas Duda’s line RBI double through the shift made it to the right field corner scoring Kirk Nieuwenhuis from first. In the top of the 2^nd Michael Cuddyer in his first at bat off the DL hit a long solo homer (7) off Met starter Jonathon Niese to tie it. In the 8^th against Vic Black, also just off the DL,  Nolan Arenado smoked his 18^th homer to make it 2-1 Rockies.  In the bottom of the 9^th against former closer LaTroy Hawkins, Travis d’Arnaud led off with a double. He was pinch run for by Eric Young Jr. Curtis Granderson then hit a triple to right-center to tie the game at 2 with no outs. Then Wilmer Flores hit a sac fly to center to score Granderson with the winning run. Niese  went 6 2/3 allowing 8 hits 1 run (earned) he walked 1 and stuck out 7. Carlos Torres pitched a scoreless 9^th and picks up the win; he improves to 7-5. Hawkins takes the loss he falls to 3-3.  Jordan Lyles started for the Rockies and pitched 6 strong innings allowing just 1 run on 3 hits.  For the Mets it’s their 6^th walk off win on the year as they improve to 69-75 and are now 34-35 at home.  Tuesday night is game two of the series, Jacob deGrom (7-6  2.79) looks for win #8. Christian Bergman (2-2  5.23) goes for Colorado.