The New York Mets (34-29) were defeated by the Pittsburgh Pirates (33-31) by a score of 4-0 at Citi Field Tuesday evening.
Pitching:
Jacob deGrom was on the mound tonight and he was very good. He went six innings allowing two runs, walking one, and striking out nine. deGrom made one crucial mistake to Jung Ho Kang with a runner on first in the top of the sixth. Kang launched a two run home run to left center field and that would be more than enough for the Pirates offense tonight.
Jim Henderson came on and pitched a scoreless seventh. Collins tried to squeeze a little more juice out of Henderson in the eighth and the plan backfired. After a Gregory Polanco walk, Starling Marte hit a home run of his own to center field, doubling the Pirates lead to 4-0.
Erik Goeddel came in and pitched a 1-2-3 scoreless ninth.
Offense:
The Mets offense surely was not doing themselves any favors tonight but Jameson Taillon was simply incredible and had a no-hitter going into the seventh inning. Taillon pitched eight innings allowing only two hits while walking one.
The Mets simply have too many players either out of the lineup or not performing at the moment.
Notes:
Michael Conforto and Neil Walker were both held out today due to injuries.
Juan Lagares asked out the game tonight due to a toothache
Travis d’Arnaud is expected to return to the Mets next Tuesday
David Wright and team doctors are considering season-ending neck surgery
Zack Wheeler is expected to start a rehab assignment next week
On Deck:
The Mets will play their second game of a three game series with the Pittsburgh Pirates tomorrow night at Citi Field. The game has a start time of 7:10 PM. Noah Syndergaard (6-2, 2.00 ERA) will look to get the Mets going against lefty Jeff Locke (5-4, 5.38 ERA).
