Phil Gosselin broke a 3 all tie in the bottom of the 8
th
inning with a 2 run single. The Braves
hold on to beat the Mets 5-3. In the
bottom of the first the Braves jumped on Mets starter Jon Niese when Cameron
Maybin took Niese’s second pitch of the year over the left field wall (1) for
1-0 lead. Then after a Wilmer Flores
throwing error, Johnny Gomes connected with an RBI single and it was 2-0
Braves. In the bottom of the third after
Gomes walked and was doubled to third by Chris Johnson, Flores threw away a
grounder by Christian Bethancourt plating Gomes and it was 3-0. Eric Stultz had thrown 3 scoreless, but in
the 4
th the Mets flexed their muscles for the first time in
2015. With Curtis Granderson on first
with a walk, David Wright came up and clubbed a 2 run homer, his 1
st
on the year to make it 3-2. The next batter was John Mayberry Jr. and he hit a
longer homer, his 1
st on the year and as a Met and the game was tied
at 3. Niese pitched better than his stats. He went 5 innings allowing 7 hits 3
runs (only 1 earned) while walking 2 and striking out 2. Erik Goeddel pitched a scoreless 6th. Sean
Gilmartin and Rafael Montero got through the 7
th (Gilmartin struck
out Freddie Freeman on 5 pitches). In the 8
th David Wright made a
mental error with 1 out and a runner on second which lead to a bases loaded jam
for Montero. Montero almost got out of
it but on a 2 out 3-2 count, Phil Gosselin singled to center scoring two runs
to give the Braves the lead for good. Despite the momentary lapse in the field
Wright had a good game at the plate going 3 for 4 with the homer and 2 RBI.
Chris Johnson had 3 hits for the Braves. Montero takes the loss falling to
0-1. Jim Johnson gets the win he’s 1-0.
Jason Grilli picked up his 3
rd save. The Mets are now 2-2 on the
young season. Saturday night it’s game two of the series. Dillon Gee makes his
season debut for the Mets, Julio Teheran (1-0 1.50) goes for the Braves.
2 comments:
The Wilmer naysayers are right so far. Amazingly after 2 games, Reynolds, Muno and Herrera are hitless. I did not think I'd say this so soon. Give Tejada a start.
He looks bad at the plate---not just bad results...bad ab's!
He's an awkward looking hitter, and it's early. However, you generally see a hitter and say "WOW!~"---reference Hernandezez "I Spy a Hitter". With Flores, I see the STAT LINE of his Minors career and then I see him Hit-- and I'm LOOKING for the Hitter... but it doesn't fly out at you.
Post a Comment