Game Recap: Mets Lose 10-8 in Classic Coors Affair

The New York Mets lost to the Colorado Rockies by a score of 10-8 on Wednesday in a classic Coors Field affair. They will look to split the series tomorrow.

Pitching

Seth Lugo started for the Mets and got the Coors Field experience in full. Seth went three innings and gave up six runs (three earned) in the process. He gave up seven baserunners as well. His defense did him no favors but he, like most pitchers tonight, struggled.

Paul Sewald pitched a scoreless fourth inning and won the Lifetime Achievement award in the process.

Robert Gsellman pitched the fifth and got his first two hitters out but then allowed the next two hitters to reach and surrendered a three-run homer.

Anthony Swarzak pitched the sixth inning and gave up a home run to Charlie Blackmon to lead off the inning. With the Mets clearly lacking relievers, Swarzak also pitched the seventh inning. This one was scoreless on his part.

Jeurys Familia pitched the eighth inning. His stuff and velocity looked great. His defense did him little favors in the inning but he still struck out two guys in the inning.

Offense

There was quiet a bit of it. The Mets scored three in the first. One came on a RBI single by Michael Conforto and two off the bat of Devin Mesoraco. The Mets also scored one in the second on a RBI single by Todd Frazier.

They also scored four in the fifth inning. Dominic Smith tripled to lead-off the inning. Brandon Nimmo walked to force in the tying run at the time. Asdrubal Cabrera then singled home two runs.

Dominic Smith had a big night by tallying three hits and falling a home run shy of the cycle. Asdrubal Cabrera reached base three times including two hits. Even Jose Reyes got in on the action and reached base three times tonight.

The Mets left 10 runners on but also scored eight. Judge their night how you see fit.