Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
NY Mets 6, Minnesota 0
When: 1:10 PM ET, Sunday, June 27, 2010
Where: Citi Field, New York City, New York
Temperature: 83°
Umpires: Home - Gerry Davis, 1B - Sam Holbrook, 2B - Greg Gibson, 3B - Brian Knight
Attendance: 37644

Jeff Francoeur, David Wright and Ike Davis each hit home runs and four pitchers combined on a seven-hit shutout as the New York Mets beat the Minnesota Twins 6-0 on Sunday to claim their sixth consecutive home series.

New York starter Jonathon Niese (5-2) threw six scoreless innings, holding the Twins to four runs and three walks while striking out five. Elmer Dessens, Pedro Feliciano and Bobby Parnell each worked scoreless innings in relief.

The Mets chased Twins starter Scott Baker (6-7) with one out in the fifth, dinging him for six runs on 11 hits, including all three homers.

Francoeur opened the scoring with a two-run shot in the fourth, and Wright and Davis hit back-to-back homers in the fifth. Rod Barajas added an RBI single later in the inning.

Wright and Francoeur each went 3-for-4 with two RBIs, and Jose Feliciano also had three hits for the Mets, who have won 14 of their last 17 at home and 16 of 21 overall.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Minnesota   NY Mets
Scott Baker Player Jon Niese
Loss W/L Win
4.1 IP 6.0
6 Strikeouts 5
11 Hits 4
12.46 ERA 0.00
Hitting
Minnesota   NY Mets
Orlando HudsonPlayer Jeff Francoeur
2 Hits 3
0 RBI 2
0 HR 1
2 TB 7
.500 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Minnesota 7 0 7 .212 20 8 0 3 0 0
NY Mets 14 3 27 .378 16 7 6 1 1 0