May 22nd 2014 -- Mets 5, Dodgers 3

Thursday night in Flushing Juan Lagares hit an RBI single to score Wilmer Flores snapping a 3 all tie in the bottom of the 7^th inning. The Mets beat the Dodgers 5-3.  Jonathon Niese was the beneficiary going 7 strong allowing 3 runs on 4 hits getting the win. The Dodgers took a 1-0 lead in the top of the 1^st when Adrian Gonzalez hit a sac Fly to score Chone Figgins. The Mets tied the game in the 2nd getting to Zach Greinke when Eric Campbell hit a sac fly to score Curtis Granderson. The Mets took at 3-1 lead in the 5^th on a RBI double by Niese and an error by former Met Justin Turner allowed Niese to score and it was 3-1. Turner got his revenge in the 7^th when he connected off Niese for his first home run as a Dodger and the game was tied at 3. Lagares made it 4-3 Mets in the bottom of the 7th. The Mets got an insurance run in the bottom of the 8^th when Granderson tripled scoring David Wright from first to cap the scoring.  Niese walked 3 and struck out 5 improving to 3-3 on the year. Chris Perez took the loss he falls to 0-2. Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched a scoreless 8^th and Jenrry Mejia pitched the 9^th for this 2^nd major league save. The Mets collected 8 hits on the night, Wright and Granderson led the way with 2 apiece, starting his first game in left field, Campbell made a key play in the top of the 8^th doubling off Yasiel Puig form 2^nd base, who earlier had made an amazing catch on a ball by Flores, to end the inning. The Mets are now 21-25 on the year and 10-14 at Citi Field.  Friday night the Diamondbacks come to town for a holiday weekend series, Bartolo Colon (3-5 5.34) goes for the Mets, Chase Anderson (2-0 5.06) goes for Arizona.