The Mets defeated the Padres by a score of 6-4 this afternoon in Queens, taking the rubber game and the series from the Friars. Starter Corey Oswalt went five innings, giving up two runs across three hit and two walks, while striking out four. The Padres scored their first run in the second inning on a fielder’s choice off the bat of Freddy Galvis, and their second in the fifth on an Austin Hedges home run.
Kevin Plawecki drove in the first of the Mets’ runs with a single in the bottom of the fifth inning, scoring Jose Bautista.