Pirates lose 8-4 to NY Mets

The Pittsburgh Pirates traveled to New York Tuesday to take on the NL East leading NY Mets and it wasn't pretty, losing 8-4. The Pirates have lost 9 out of their last 10 games. Ian Snell(7-8) got rocked by the Mets, his 3rd consecutive bad start. He only could make it 4 innings giving up 6 runs on 10 hits. John Maine(11-5) got the win for the Mets, he also smashed a high fastball off Snell over the left-field fence for his first homer of the year. Lastings Milledge was 3 for 3 for the Mets with 3 RBI's, including a 2-run homer(2) in the 8th inning. Jason Bay hit two home-runs(14,15) and was 3 for 4 with 3 RBI's(63) for the Pirates. The Bucs fall to 41-57 and are 14 games out of first place in the NL Central.