The New York Mets (43-32) defeated the Minnesota Twins 6-0 Sunday at Citi Field. The win put the Mets one-half game behind the Atlanta Braves, who were beaten by the Detroit Tigers.
The Mets are now 28-12 at home and 17-6 in the month of June.
Minnesota Twins @ New York Mets … boxscore and recap
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Post Game Notes:
Jonathon Niese (5-2, 3.84) pitched six shutout innings, allowing four hits, 5 K, 3 BB (104 pitches/68 strikes).
Elmer Dessens, Pedro Feliciano and Bobby Parnell combined to pitch three shutout innings out of the bullpen, allowing three hits.
The Mets had 14 hits in the game, eight of them coming from 2-3-4 in the batting order. Jesus Feliciano, playing for the injured Angel Pagan, went 3-for-5 with a double. David Wright was 3-for-4 with a home run (14) and two RBI. He raised his season batting average to .300. Ike Davis went 2-for-4, hitting his ninth home run of the season off Scott Baker in the fifth inning.
Jeff Francoeur homered, doubled and had two RBI, going 3-for-4.
Ruben Tejada started at second base and collected a single to extend his hitting streak to 10 games.
Jason Bay tripled, recording his 1,000th career major league hit.
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Post Game Quotes:
Jeff Francoeur (on Ike Davis‘ power):
“[Davis] crushed that one. He’s got stupid pop. I said to David, ‘Mine went farther.’ David said, ‘Mine went out faster.’ Then Ike hits that one, and we both shut up.”
Jerry Manuel (on Mets hitting):
“What was good to see, obviously, was Frenchy hitting a home run on a breaking ball, and David Wright‘s two-strike home run was impressive. He fouled off tough pitches, hung in there and hit it out. Reyes didn’t get on base and to score six runs without Jose Reyes being the centerpiece, that’s a good sign.”
Jason Bay (on getting his 1,000th career hit):
“If I string together 15 more good years in a row I’ll hit that 3,000 mark, be good to go.”
Rod Barajas (on Mets success):
“It’s probably not what people expected. It’s probably not even what people in here expected. It’s a great story. We’re not doing it with a star-studded lineup. We’ve got some great players, guys you rely on, but the guys who aren’t the faces of the organization are stepping up.”
