The New York Mets (54-69) were defeated 3-2 by the Arizona Diamondbacks (68-57) on Monday night.

Pitching: 

Robert Gsellman took the hill for the Mets tonight and delivered in his second outing since returning from the DL. He started off excellent as he didn’t allow a run through the first three innings, but he ran into trouble in the fourth and allowed a run on a J.D. Martinez RBI single.

Despite that, he managed to not allow the damage to linger. He finished with a line of 6 1/3 IP, 1 ER, 5 hits allowed, and three strikeouts.

Jerry Blevins replaced him in the seventh inning and proceeded to strike out both of the batters he faced in the inning. Blevins started the eighth inning  and walked Jake Lamb and was promptly removed in favor of Paul Sewald.

Sewald got Paul Goldschmidt to ground into a double play to end the threat and then proceeded to get J.D. Martinez to fly out to end the inning.

AJ Ramos replaced him to start the ninth and struck out the first two batters and retired the side in order.

Erik Goeddel came in to pitch the 10th inning and walked the first batter he faced on four pitches. David Peralta hit into a fielder’s choice to get Gregor Blanco to advance to second base. A.J. Pollock then hit a two-run homer which proved to be the dagger for the Mets. Goeddel finished the inning, but received the loss.

Offense: 

The Mets struggled to get going offensively in this game until the seventh inning in which they loaded the bases for Yoenis Cespedes. He hit a single to left field in which Travis d’Arnaud scored on, but Asdrubal Cabrera was thrown out at the plate on. The Mets challenged the call, but to no avail and Wilmer Flores popped out to finish the inning.

The Mets tried to fight late as Michael Conforto hit a solo-shot off Fernando Rodney in the tenth inning.

Michael Conforto (2-4) and Yoenis Cespedes (3-5) proved to the only bright spots of the offense on the night as the rest of the team combined to record six hits.

The Mets also struggled with RISP all night and 2-12 in those situations during the course of the game.

On Deck:

The Mets will take on the Arizona Diamondbacks in the second game of a four-game series tomorrow night and will send the Tommy Milone (1-2, 7.91 ERA) to the mound in place of the injured Steven Matz to take on Patrick Corbin (10-11, 4.25 ERA). The game will start at 7:10 p.m. and be aired on SNY.