The Arizona Diamondbacks beat the New York Mets in 13 innings yesterday in a hard-fought game of baseball. Each baseball game is different, and an MLB extra-innings game is always a possibility. It was a great baseball game that fans with Diamondbacks tickets will remember for quite some time.
Diamondbacks pitcher Blaine Boyer (4.59 ERA) got the win, while Fernando Nieve (6.00 ERA) took the loss for the Mets. Dan Haren went 6 innings for the Diamondbacks, allowed 6 hits, 2 home runs and 3 earned runs with 2 walks and 8 strikeouts. Also pitching for the Diamondbacks was Esmerling Vasquez (4.32), Aaron Heilman (3.80), Juan Gutierrez (7.13), and Sam Demel (3.60). The Mets’s starter Jonathon Niese went 5 innings, allowed 6 hits, 3 home runs and 3 earned runs with one walk and 6 strikeouts. Elmer Dessens (1.69), Pedro Feliciano (2.70), Bobby Parnell (1.23), Raul Valdes (4.46), and Oliver Perez (6.08) also pitched for the Mets. With the win, Boyer’s record goes to 2-2, while Nieve drops to 2-4.
In addition to the 4 runs, the Diamondbacks put up 12 hits and committed one error. Rusty Ryal led the Diamondbacks in hitting with 4 hits, followed by Justin Upton’s 3 hits. Adam LaRoche had a tough day at the plate, leaving 5 runners on base. Angel Pagan had the most hits for the Mets (3), followed by Alex Cora (1). The Mets got 3 runs, 7 hits and one error.
Umpiring duties were performed by Greg Gibson, Brian Knight, Gerry Davis and Sam Holbrook. There were 18,223 Diamondbacks ticket holders in attendance at Chase Field.