Mets Lose to Marlins and Mets Defeat Cardinals

Today the Mets were defeated by the Marlins by the score 4-3 in 10 innings.

Pitching:

Jon Niese who started the game pitched 2 2/3 innings with just a run allowed with 5 strikeouts and three hits.

Jenrry Mejia pitched a soilid 2.1 innings were he had four strikeouts and no hits allowed.

Ryota Igarashi pitched next in which he pitch 2 innings striking out one but he allowed one hit and that hit was a solo homer hit by Emilio Bonifacio that tied the game 2-2.

Pedro Feliciano pitched a scoreless inning.

In the ninth Bobby Parnell came in and got himself in and out of a bases loaded jam. However Parnell pitched the tenth and allowed a two-run homer to Mike Stanton to make it 4-2.

Hitting:

David Wright hit into a fielder's choice which allowed Angel Pagan to score in the third inning making the score 1-1 then in the same inning Jason Bay got an RBI double his first hit of spring training which made it 2-1 Mets.

The Mets had a rally in the tenth where Mike Hessman got a fielder's choice with an error that scored Sean Ratliff.

The Mets were 0-for-5 with Runners in Scoring Position.

Now for the game against the Cardinals in Jupiter which the Mets won 7-3.

Hitting:

The Mets had an explosive first inning scoring three runs thanks to an RBI double by Fernando Tatis plus RBI singles from Jeff Francoeur and Fernando Martinez. The Mets took the lead 4-3 in the seventh thanks to a Shawn Riggans RBI single. In addition the Mets scored another three runs in the ninth.

Pitching:

Fernando Nieve pitched 3 innings allowed a run with three hits and a strikeout. Bobby Livingston pitched 2 innings in which in one of the innings he allowed the Cardinals to tie the game despite that he had five hits allowed with one strikeout. However in the end it was Nelson Figueroa who got the win pitching 4 innings only giving up a hit.