John From Albany: 10 Years Ago - Mets K 14 times as Bucs pound Mets pitching, 5/24/2015

2015, the last year the Mets made the World Series.  This daily post will detail the game by game journey to the Fall Classic.  Click here for More Mets History and Calendar Classics.

Year: 2015; Game #45; Sunday;  May 24, NYM 1 @ PIT 9; boxscore; WP: Liriano; LP: Niese; Time: 2:46; DAY; Attendance: 37,784; Record: 24-21; Standings: 2; Games up/behind: 2.5; L;

Curtis Granderson RF  0 for 4; 2 Ks; Wilmer Flores SS  2 for 4; 1 RBI; Michael Cuddyer 1B  1 for 4; 2 Ks; Daniel Murphy 2B  1 for 2; 1 walk; 1 K; Eric Campbell PH-3B  0 for 1; 1 K; John Mayberry LF  1 for 4; 2B; 1 K; Anthony Recker C  0 for 4; 3 Ks; Darrell Ceciliani CF  1 for 4; 2 Ks; Rubén Tejada 3B-2B  0 for 3; 1 run; 1 walk; 1 K; Jon Niese P  1 for 2; Johnny Monell PH  0 for 1; Kevin Plawecki PH  0 for 1; 1 K; Jon Niese, L (3-5)  4.2 innings; 4 runs; 4 ERs; 7 hits; 1 HR; 4 walks; 6 Ks; Erik Goeddel  1.1 innings; 3 runs; 3 ERs; 2 hits; 1 HR; 1 walk; Sean Gilmartin  2 innings; 2 runs; 2 ERs; 3 hits; 1 walk; 1 K; 

NY Post: Mets strike out 14 times on way to being swept by Pirates. "On Sunday, manager Terry Collins fielded a skeleton lineup and watched it strike out an embarrassing 14 times, running the weekend total to 36, in a 9-1 loss at PNC Park that completed a three-game sweep for the Pirates...Jon Niese (L,3-5) tossed a third straight dud, allowing four earned runs on seven hits with four walks and six strikeouts over 4 ²/₃ innings. The lefty has a 9.00 ERA in his last three starts, all of which were losses."

The game was tied at 1 when the Bucs scored 3 in the 5th on a 2-run Andrew McCutchen homer and a Francisco Cervelli RBI single.  Eric Goeddel gave up a 3-run homer to Starling Marte in the 6th to put the game out of reach at 7-1.

 

The loss put the Mets 2.5 games behind the Nationals who beat the Phillies 4-1.

NL East Standings 5/24/2015

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	RS	RA	W-L%
WSN	26	18	.591	--	212	187	.557
NYM	24	21	.533	2.5	162	163	.497
ATL	22	21	.512	3.5	179	183	.490
PHI	19	27	.413	8.0	146	199	.362
MIA	18	27	.400	8.5	173	189	.460

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 5/24/2015.