July 12th 2015 -- Mets 5, Diamondbacks 3

Sunday at Citi Field, the Mets entered the all-star break with a bang as Kirk Nieuwenhuis hit 3 homers as the Mets finish a three game sweep of the Dbacks 5-3. Nieuwenhuis did what no Met has ever done becoming the first Met to ever hit three homers in a home game.  His first dinger came in the bottom of the 2^nd inning, his 1^st on the year to make it 1-0.  The Dbacks tied the game in the top of the 3^rd off Jonathon Niese when Chris Owings came home on a ground out by Nick Ahmed. In the bottom of the 3^rd the Met power surge provided a 4-1 lead.  Daniel Murphy gave the Mets the lead with a solo homer, his 5^th on the year.  Lucas Duda walked and then Nieuwenhuis hit his 2^nd homer of the game and 2^nd of the year and the Mets had a 3 run lead.  Paul Goldschmidt hit an opposite field homer off Niese in the 4^th to make it 4-2, for Goldschmidt his 21^st on the year.  Nieuwenhuis hit his 3^rd dinger off the right field foul pole in the 5^th for the Mets final run. In the 7^th David Peralta’s RBI Single scored Yasmany Tomas to cap the scoring.  Niese continued his recent resurgence going 6 2/3 allowing 5 hits all 3 runs (earned) while striking out 3. He gets the win improving to 5-8.  Rubby De La Rosa took the loss dropping 6-5. Jenrry Mejia made his first appearance since his suspension retiring Owings on a fly to right. Bobby Parnell pitched a scoreless 8^th; Jeurys Familia pitched the 9^th for his 27^th save on the year.  Nieuwenhuis went 3 for 4 on the day with the 3 homers and 4 RBI, the obvious offensive star of the game.  With the win the Mets sweep the three game set for the Diamondbacks and have now won 4 straight. They are currently 47-42 overall and 32-14 at home.  The Mets go into the break trailing the Nationals by 2 games in the NL East. Jacob deGrom is off to Cincinnati to be the Met representative In the All-Star Game. The Mets have 4 days off. They are back in action on Friday night in St. Louis to start a 3 game set with the Cardinals.