Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
NY Mets 7, Pittsburgh 3
When: 7:10 PM ET, Monday, May 30, 2011
Where: Citi Field, New York, New York
Temperature: 83°
Umpires: Home - Paul Nauert, 1B - Doug Eddings, 2B - Kerwin Danley, 3B - Victor Carapazza
Attendance: 24490

Dillon Gee threw seven solid innings and Josh Thole hit a go-ahead, two-run double in the seventh as the New York Mets posted a 7-3 victory over the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday.

Justin Turner drove in a run for the sixth time in as many games for New York, which improved to 8-0 all-time against the Pirates at Citi Field since it opened in 2009.

The latest win came via the combination of Gee (5-0) and the red-hot Thole, who has collected six RBIs in his last nine at bats.

Gee has turned into a good-luck charm for the Mets, who have won all seven of his starts. The righthander allowed three runs and five hits while striking out eight.

Gee received a big lift from Thole, who drove a 2-1 fastball from Daniel McCutchen (1-1) into the gap in right-center field, plating Carlos Beltran and Daniel Murphy. The third-year catcher also drove in three runs in Sunday’s 9-5 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies.

New York tacked on two more runs in the eighth and Angel Pagan punctuated the night with a spectacular catch in right-center field in the ninth.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Pittsburgh   NY Mets
Charlie Morton Player Dillon Gee
No Decision W/L Win
6.0 IP 7.0
4 Strikeouts 8
11 Hits 5
1.50 ERA 3.86
Hitting
Pittsburgh   NY Mets
Chris SnyderPlayer Ruben Tejada
2 Hits 3
2 RBI 1
1 HR 0
5 TB 3
.667 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Pittsburgh 5 1 8 .161 6 10 3 1 0 0
NY Mets 15 0 17 .405 26 4 6 2 0 0