Final Score: New York
Mets: 0 Cincinnati Reds: 3
Jay Bruce Walk-Off Drops Mets
The Mets six game road trip started like how much of the home
stand went; with a loss. Tuesday night they suffered a tough loss against the
National League Central Division Cincinnati Reds 3-0. It is looking less and less likely that the
Mets will be playing in October, as anything short of a miracle will have them
miss the postseason.
The lone runs of the game came in walk-off fashion, as Jay
Bruce launched a three-run homerun in the bottom of the ninth inning to propel
the Reds to victory. Manny Acosta
allowed the first two men of the inning to reach and left Josh Edgin was
brought on to face Bruce.
Edgin got two strikes on Bruce, but after fouling off three
pitches put the ball into the left field stands for a walk-off opposite field
homerun, his 24th of the season.
The struggles of the bullpen have been an on going issue for the Mets
all season, often ruining gritty performances by their starters like tonight.
Chris Young had a tough, gritty performance tonight, working
in and out of trouble throughout his 5 2/3 innings. He allowed the lead off hitter to get on base
the first three innings of the game, and did not have a 1-2-3 inning all night as he allowed 12 Reds to
reach base.
Young’s final stat line wasn’t great, but he got through it
without allowing any runs, ending with 5 2/3 innings pitched, allowing eight
hits and four walks while striking out four.
All in all, the Mets pitching staff was able to strand 14
Reds on base throughout the night, but was unable to get out of the last jam of
the night in the 9th inning.
There was no perfect inning for the Mets until the 8th inning
by Jon Rauch.
The Mets offense left much to be desired tonight, stranding
10 runners of their own, including the bases loaded in the in the fourth and
runners on second and third in the ninth.
Ruben Tejada added a double, giving him a hit in 17 of his last 18 games
but was unable to come through with men on base on two separate occasions.
Matt Latos was able to dominate the Mets tonight, giving up
only five hits and two walks (one intentional) in his seven innings of work
while striking out four. Sean Marshall
and Jose Arredondo pitched the two final shutout innings for the Reds out of
the bullpen.
In the second game of the series, the Mets will have R.A.
Dickey (15-3, 2.72 ERA) take the mound against Mike Leake (4-7, 4.51 ERA) of
the Reds.
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