Major League Baseball
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NY Mets 7, LA Angels 6
When: 9:05 PM ET, Saturday, April 12, 2014
Where: Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Anaheim, California
Temperature: 63°
Umpires: Home - Sean Barber, 1B - Toby Basner, 2B - Fieldin Culbreth, 3B - Manny Gonzalez
Attendance: 40027

Mets 7, Angels 6 (13): Anthony Recker knocked in three runs and hit a go-ahead solo homer to lead off the top of the 13th inning as visiting New York outlasted Los Angeles to even the three-game series at one apiece.

Lucas Duda had a pair of hits, including a solo homer, and scored twice while Omar Quintanilla added three hits and two RBIs for the Mets. Recker hit a 1-1 pitch over the left-field wall and John Lannan (1-0) retired all six batters he faced to earn the victory for New York, which lost in 11 innings Friday.

Raul Ibanez’s three-run homer – his 2,000th career hit -- with two outs in the bottom of the ninth off closer Jose Valverde tied the game at 6-6. Collin Cowgill and Chris Iannetta belted solo homers, Albert Pujols knocked in a run and Matt Shoemaker (0-1) gave up Recker’s blast to take the loss.

Iannetta homered to left-center field with two outs in the fifth and Cowgill led off the sixth with his blast to push the lead to 3-1. Juan Lagares brought the Mets within one with a two-out single in the seventh and Recker followed with a single off Fernando Salas that fell just in front of Mike Trout’s dive in center field for a 4-3 lead.

Quintanilla drilled a two-run single in the ninth to give the Mets a 6-3 lead and Valverde retired the first two batters in the bottom of the inning. David Freese singled and Erick Aybar walked before Ibanez hammered a 1-0 pitch way over the right-field wall to send the game to extra innings.

GAME NOTEBOOK: New York starter Jon Niese allowed three runs, six hits and struck out five in 7 1/3 innings while Jered Weaver gave up four runs on three hits and four walks over the first 6 2/3 innings for the Angels. … Lagares scored two runs and was 2-for-6 to extend his hitting streak to seven games. … Mets pitchers retired the last 13 Angels batters after the Ibanez homer.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
NY Mets   LA Angels
Jon Niese Player Jered Weaver
No Decision W/L No Decision
7.1 IP 6.2
5 Strikeouts 5
6 Hits 3
3.68 ERA 5.40
Hitting
NY Mets   LA Angels
Omar Quintanilla Player Collin Cowgill
3 Hits 2
2 RBI 1
0 HR 1
3 TB 5
.500 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
NY Mets 11 2 17 .234 19 14 7 8 2 0
LA Angels 9 3 19 .200 10 7 6 2 0 0
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