New York Mets vs. Toronto Blue Jays - Box Score - May 18, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for May 18, 2012

Final

Series: Game 1 of 3

Toronto leads 1-0 (as of 5/18)

Game 1: Friday, May 18
NY Mets	5	Final
Toronto	14	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, May 19
NY Mets	0	Final
Toronto	2	Final
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Game 3: Sunday, May 20
NY Mets	6	Final
Toronto	5	Final
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Mets 5

(21-18, 9-10 away)

Blue Jays 14

(22-18, 11-9 home)

Alerts

7:07 PM ET, May 18, 2012

Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYM	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	5	4	0
TOR	3	2	3	0	2	4	0	0	-	14	12	0

W: R. Romero (5-1)

L: J. Niese (2-2)

New York Mets
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
A Torres CF	2	1	0	0	3	0	26	.226	.368	.323
J Turner 1B	4	1	0	0	0	0	21	.216	.268	.275
D Wright 3B	3	0	1	0	0	0	10	.409	.510	.622
J Valdespin SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	.100	.143	.250
L Duda DH	3	1	0	0	1	3	19	.272	.357	.400
M Nickeas C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.277	.220
D Murphy 2B	3	1	1	1	1	1	17	.331	.377	.409
S Hairston LF	3	1	2	3	1	1	19	.257	.304	.486
K Nieuwenhuis RF	4	0	0	0	0	2	17	.282	.354	.389
R Johnson C-P	3	0	0	1	1	0	10	.273	.385	.273
R Cedeno SS-3B	3	0	0	0	1	1	17	.200	.364	.314
Totals	29	5	4	5	8	8	161
BATTING 2B: D Wright (13, R Romero); S Hairston (6, R Romero); D Murphy (12, R Romero) HR: S Hairston (3, 8th inning off L Perez 2 on, 2 Out) RBI: R Johnson (1), D Murphy (15), S Hairston 3 (14) 2-out RBI: S Hairston 3 GIDP: J Turner 2 Mets RISP: 1-9 (D Murphy 0-1, K Nieuwenhuis 0-2, R Johnson 0-2, J Valdespin 0-1, R Cedeno 0-1, S Hairston 1-1, L Duda 0-1) Team LOB: 6

New York Mets
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Niese (L, 2-2)	3.0	8	8	8	2	6	4	77-44	4.85
M Acosta	2.0	2	5	5	4	4	1	55-29	10.53
R Ramirez	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	15-10	4.30
R Carson	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	21-10	0.00
R Johnson	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10-7	0.00
Totals	8.0	12	14	14	7	11	5	178-100
PITCHING M Acosta pitched to 3 batters in the 6th First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J Niese 9/19; M Acosta 6/12; R Ramirez 2/5; R Carson 3/4; R Johnson 2/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J Niese 15-10-8-11; M Acosta 14-7-4-4; R Ramirez 2-1-2-5; R Carson 4-0-3-3; R Johnson 2-1-2-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Niese 0-3; M Acosta 0-2; R Ramirez 0-3; R Carson 1-2; R Johnson 0-2 Game Scores: J Niese 15

Toronto Blue Jays
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
K Johnson 2B	2	2	0	0	2	1	21	.257	.364	.426
O Vizquel 2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	.095	.174	.095
Y Escobar SS	5	2	2	0	0	1	17	.253	.299	.315
J Bautista RF	3	1	1	1	1	2	21	.210	.333	.441
C Rasmus CF	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	.203	.277	.338
E Encarnacion 1B	3	1	0	0	2	1	23	.270	.333	.586
J Arencibia C	5	3	3	6	0	1	17	.259	.294	.500
B Francisco DH	5	0	1	0	0	0	13	.212	.257	.273
E Thames LF	5	1	2	1	0	3	20	.263	.310	.398
Y Gomes 3B	2	2	1	2	1	1	17	.600	.571	1.200
R Davis CF-RF	4	2	2	4	0	1	17	.283	.340	.543
Totals	35	14	12	14	7	11	178
BATTING HR: J Arencibia 2 (7, 1st inning off J Niese 2 on, 2 Out; 3rd inning off J Niese 0 on, 0 Out); Y Gomes (1, 2nd inning off J Niese 0 on, 0 Out); R Davis 2 (2, 3rd inning off J Niese 1 on, 2 Out; 5th inning off M Acosta 1 on, 2 Out) RBI: J Arencibia 6 (26), Y Gomes 2 (2), J Bautista (23), R Davis 4 (8), E Thames (9) SF: Y Gomes 2-out RBI: J Arencibia 3, J Bautista, R Davis 4 Blue Jays RISP: 4-8 (E Encarnacion 0-2, E Thames 1-1, J Bautista 1-2, B Francisco 0-1, J Arencibia 2-2) Team LOB: 5
BASERUNNING SB: K Johnson (5, 2nd base off J Niese/R Johnson); J Bautista (3, 3rd base off J Niese/R Johnson)
FIELDING DP: 2 (R Romero-Y Escobar-E Encarnacion, K Johnson-Y Escobar-E Encarnacion).

Toronto Blue Jays
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
R Romero (W, 5-1)	6.0	3	1	1	4	6	0	99-60	3.64
C Villanueva	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	15-8	5.40
E Crawford	0.1	0	2	2	1	0	0	13-4	6.75
L Perez	0.2	1	2	2	1	1	1	18-9	3.15
F Cordero	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	16-8	7.04
Totals	9.0	4	5	5	8	8	1	161-89
PITCHING HBP: J Turner (By E Crawford) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: R Romero 14/23; C Villanueva 2/4; E Crawford 0/3; L Perez 0/4; F Cordero 1/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: R Romero 16-9-22-13; C Villanueva 3-3-0-2; E Crawford 3-0-0-1; L Perez 4-1-2-2; F Cordero 3-0-2-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: R Romero 8-4; C Villanueva 1-1; E Crawford 0-1; L Perez 1-0; F Cordero 2-1 Game Scores: R Romero 64

Scoring Summary

			NYM	TOR
	1st	J Arencibia homered to left (407 feet), K Johnson and Y Escobar scored.	0	3
	2nd	R Johnson grounded out to shortstop, D Murphy scored, S Hairston to third.	1	3
	2nd	Y Gomes homered to left center (434 feet).	1	4
	2nd	J Bautista singled to left, K Johnson scored, J Bautista to second advancing on throw.	1	5
	3rd	J Arencibia homered to center (412 feet).	1	6
	3rd	R Davis homered to left (360 feet), E Thames scored.	1	8
	5th	R Davis homered to left (413 feet), Y Gomes scored.	1	10
	6th	J Arencibia singled to center, Y Escobar and J Bautista scored, E Encarnacion to second.	1	12
	6th	E Thames singled to right, E Encarnacion scored, J Arencibia to third.	1	13
	6th	Y Gomes hit sacrifice fly to center, J Arencibia scored.	1	14
	8th	D Murphy grounded out to third, A Torres scored, J Turner to third, L Duda to second.	2	14
	8th	S Hairston homered to right (377 feet), J Turner and L Duda scored.	5	14
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Game Information

Stadium	Rogers Centre, Toronto, ON
Attendance	26,712 (54.2% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:53
Weather	59 degrees, partly cloudy
Wind	10 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Mark Wegner, First Base - Mike Muchlinski, Second Base - Wally Bell, Third Base - Brian Knight