The New York Mets (12-7) defeated the Cincinnati Reds (9-12) in a wild comeback win by a score of 4-3. An incredible game from the Mets, showing a never say die attitude.
Pitching:
Bartolo Colon (1-1, 3.42 ERA) kept his team in the game by limiting the Reds to three runs over five innings of work. Colon was not working with his best stuff on the day and the Reds made him work throughout his start. Colon gave up eight hits while walking one and striking out four.
Logan Verrett (3-0, 0.55 ERA) picked up the win in just another clutch performance from the Mets’ do-everything pitcher. In two scoreless innings of work he allowed two hits, while walking two and striking out one. Addison Reed pitched a scoreless eighth, while striking out two in the process.
Jeurys Familia came in for the save in the ninth and pitched a scoreless inning. He picked up his seventh save of the season.
Offense:
The Mets offense was dormant over the first six innings of the game, as Brandon Finnegan kept them scoreless. The Mets only were able to muster three hits over the first six innings.
Then came the seventh, and the return of the “Yo Show.”
It started off like most of the rest of the game, innocently, Wilmer Flores led off by striking out. Juan Lagares got it going with a walk and Kevin Plawecki followed suit with a single. Enter Yoenis Cespedes. Not even taking any practice swings, the mighty Yo stepped to the plate and drilled a ball over the fence in left-field, tying the game at three. What a return for Cespedes.
They weren’t done there though. Curtis Granderson hammered a triple to give the zombie known as David Wright a chance to put the team ahead. Wright, resurrected himself for the fifth time this year and did just that. A shot over the head of third baseman, Eugenio Suarez, scored Granderson for the Mets’ eventual winning run.
Notes:
Today’s win clinched the Mets’ fourth series win in a row. The team has now won five consecutive games and are 9-2 in their last 11 games.
Yoenis Cespedes returned with a bang tonight, and was seen going nuts in the dugout cheering on his team. To see the way the team rallies around him truly shows the impact he has had on this club and raising the spirits of others around him.
On Deck:
The Mets go for their second consecutive sweep as RHP Matt Harvey (1-3, 5.24 ERA) looks to build on his previous start as he looks to get on track. The Dark Knight will be opposed by the Reds’ RHP, Jon Moscot (0-1, 5.06 ERA).
