Cleveland Indians: Mets Take Advantage of Talbot's Struggles

6 - 16 - 10     L, 8 - 4      vs. New York Mets     25 - 39

     Mitch Talbot is finally having some trouble in what so far has been a tremendous rookie season.  Talbot has now been roughed up in two consecutive starts, inlcuding this one against the Mets.
     New York used the two - bagger to take a 5 - 0 lead in the 3rd.  All of the runs in the inning scored on four consecutive doubles by Angel Pagan, David Wright, Ike Davis, and Jason Bay.
     The Indians came right back with two in the 4th and one in the 5th.  Shelley Duncan hit out a two - run homer to the porch in left field, and one frame later, with two outs, Carlos Santana drove home a tally by singling to left.  And just like that, the Tribe was right back in the game.
     However, the Mets had a very loud answer to Cleveland's rally.  In the 6th, they put a three - spot on the board thanks to a two - run single off the bat of Jeff Francouer, and a RBI single from Angel Pagan.  With that outburst, New York rendered the Indians' comeback futile and took all the remaining suspense out of this contest.
     Talbot suffered the loss and his final numbers were not pretty.  He allowed eight runs on a whopping thirteen hits in less than six innings of work.  Jon Niese was the beneficiary of that as he happily took his fourth win of the campaign.