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Colorado Rockies @ New York Mets

2018-05-06 · Day game · Citi Field · Att: 33580 · 62°F · Wind 11 mph from CF · 3:02

Colorado Rockies defeated New York Mets 3–2. New York Mets opened the scoring in the 1st — Asdrubal Cabrera singles on a line drive to left fielder Gerardo Parra. Juan Lagares scores. Yoenis Cespedes to 3rd. Colorado Rockies took the lead in the 8th — Ian Desmond homers (6) on a fly ball to right center field. The game's biggest swing came in the 8th: Ian Desmond homers (6) on a fly ball to right center field — worth 29% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
COL	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	8
NYN	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5

W: Kyle Freeland L: Hansel Robles SV: Adam Ottavino

Umpires — HP: Eric Cooper · 1B: Chad Fairchild · 2B: Bruce Dreckman · 3B: Mike Estabrook · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Colorado Rockies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Charlie Blackmon	5	1	1	0	0	2
David Dahl	5	0	2	0	0	0
Nolan Arenado	2	0	0	0	2	1
Gerardo Parra	3	0	2	1	1	0
Trevor Story	4	0	0	0	0	2
Ian Desmond	4	2	2	2	0	1
Daniel Castro	4	0	1	0	0	0
Tony Wolters	1	0	0	0	2	0
Kyle Freeland	3	0	0	0	0	2
Carlos Gonzalez	1	0	0	0	0	1

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Juan Lagares	4	1	1	0	0	1
Yoenis Cespedes	1	1	1	0	0	0
Asdrubal Cabrera	4	0	1	1	0	1
Todd Frazier	3	0	0	1	0	1
Wilmer Flores	2	0	0	0	2	0
Jay Bruce	4	0	0	0	0	2
Jose Lobaton	3	0	1	0	0	1
Noah Syndergaard	2	0	0	0	0	2
Amed Rosario	3	0	0	0	0	1
Brandon Nimmo	2	0	0	0	1	2
Michael Conforto	1	0	0	0	0	1
Adrian Gonzalez	1	0	1	0	0	0
Tomas Nido	1	0	0	0	0	1

Colorado Rockies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kyle Freeland	7.0	4	1	8
Bryan Shaw	0.2	0	0	2
Jake McGee	0.1	0	1	0
Adam Ottavino	1.0	1	1	3

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Noah Syndergaard	6.0	6	4	5
Jerry Blevins	0.2	0	0	1
AJ Ramos	0.1	0	0	1
Hansel Robles	2.0	2	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Charlie Blackmon: K
David Dahl: 6/L4-
Nolan Arenado: W
Gerardo Parra: 7/F7LSF

Bot 1

Juan Lagares: S7/G56+
Yoenis Cespedes: S8/L8LM.1-2
Asdrubal Cabrera: S7/L78S.2-H;1-3
Todd Frazier: 9/SF/F9LD.3-H
Wilmer Flores: 6/F6M-
Jay Bruce: 8/F8RXD+

Top 2

Trevor Story: 43/G6
Ian Desmond: HR/F7D+
Daniel Castro: 3/G34S-
Tony Wolters: W
Kyle Freeland: 16(1)/FO/G13

Bot 2

Jose Lobaton: S9/L9S
Noah Syndergaard: K
Amed Rosario: 5/F25F-
Juan Lagares: 53/G5

Top 3

Charlie Blackmon: S9/L9S+
David Dahl: S9/F34D-.1-3
Nolan Arenado: SB2
Nolan Arenado: W
Gerardo Parra: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Trevor Story: K
Ian Desmond: 4(1)3/GDP/G4

Bot 3

Brandon Nimmo: K
Asdrubal Cabrera: K
Todd Frazier: 7/F78M

Top 4

Daniel Castro: S8/G6M
Tony Wolters: 7/F7D
Kyle Freeland: PO1(E1).1-2
Kyle Freeland: K
Charlie Blackmon: 9/F89D

Bot 4

Wilmer Flores: W
Jay Bruce: 341/G34S.1-2
Jose Lobaton: K
Noah Syndergaard: K

Top 5

David Dahl: D8/L8RD
Nolan Arenado: 63/G6
Gerardo Parra: OA.2X3(25)
Gerardo Parra: D9/L89M+
Trevor Story: 9/F89D+

Bot 5

Amed Rosario: 8/F8LXD+
Juan Lagares: 6/F6MS-
Brandon Nimmo: K

Top 6

Ian Desmond: K
Daniel Castro: 53/G6S-
Tony Wolters: HP
Kyle Freeland: SB2
Kyle Freeland: K

Bot 6

Asdrubal Cabrera: 7/F78D+
Todd Frazier: 63/G6
Wilmer Flores: 8/F8LM

Top 7

Charlie Blackmon: K
David Dahl: 3/F3DF-
Nolan Arenado: K

Bot 7

Jay Bruce: K
Jose Lobaton: 43/G4
Michael Conforto: K

Top 8

Gerardo Parra: S68/G4MD.BX2(86)
Trevor Story: K
Ian Desmond: HR/F89XD+
Daniel Castro: 53/G5

Bot 8

Amed Rosario: K
Juan Lagares: K
Brandon Nimmo: W
Asdrubal Cabrera: 9/F9S

Top 9

Tony Wolters: W
Carlos Gonzalez: K
Charlie Blackmon: 9/F9LD
David Dahl: 8/F78D+

Bot 9

Todd Frazier: K
Wilmer Flores: W
Jay Bruce: K
Adrian Gonzalez: S7/L7S.1-2
Tomas Nido: K

Notes & reviews

Yoenis Cespedes left with injured hip
Rockies challenged call that Bruce was safe at first; call was overturned - ground out
Mets challenged call that Parra was safe at second for double; call was overturned - single and out stretching

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