Mets Lose To Padres 7-4 After Peterson Has Another Rough Outing

 

Mets LHP David Peterson (Photo Credits to Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images)

The New York Mets lost to the San Diego Padres 7-4 tonight at Citi Field and dropped their record to 78-74.

LHP David Peterson got off to a tough start in the top of the first after he gave up a lead-of single to RF Fernando Tatis Jr and then walked the following hitter 1B Luis Arraez. Two batters later, Peterson gave up a sacrifice fly to DH Gavin Sheets.

In the top of the second, Peterson gave up a lead-off single to CF Jackson Merrill and two batters later, a RBI single to 2B Jake Croneworth.

Peterson was able to settle down temporarily with scoreless innings in the top of the third and fourth, however it all unraveled for him in the top of the fifth.

Peterson hit Croneworth to lead off the inning and two batters later, walked Tatis Jr.  

Peterson gave up a bunt single to Arraez to load the bases and then it came crashing down for him after he gave up a grand slam to the following hitter 3B Manny Machado.

Peterson was able to finish out the inning and then came out after the top of the fifth. His final line was five innings, six hits, six runs, three walks and one strikeout.

RHP Dom Hamel came in next in the top of the sixth in his ML debut and threw a scoreless inning helped out by some poor baserunning.

LHP Gregory Soto followed and threw a scoreless top of the seventh.

RHP Ryan Helsley threw a scoreless top of the eighth.

RHP Ryan Stanek gave up a solo homer to LF Ryan Laureano in the top of the ninth.

In the bottom of the first, 1B Pete Alonso tied the game with a solo homer.

In the bottom of the fourth, DH Starling Marte also tied the game with a solo homer.

In the bottom of the fifth, RF Juan Soto hit a solo homer.

In the bottom of the seventh, catcher Francisco Lindor led off with a homer and then CF Cedric Mullins followed with a walk. Two batters later, Soto nearly hit a game-tying two-run homer off star reliever RHP Mason Miller, but the ball went inches foul. Soto later struck out and Alonso also struck out to end the inning.

In the bottom of the ninth, 3B Bret Baty led off with a single and three batters later, SS Francisco Lindor walked to bring up the tying run. Soto came up and hit a hard liner at closer Robert Suarez for the last out of the game.

The Met offense struggled with men on base all night going 0-5 with runners in scoring position leaving seven runners on base.

The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon, Thursday, September 18 at home against the Padres at 1:10 p.m.

Game 152: Mets vs. Padres Starting Lineup and Pitching Match-Up

 Mets Starting Lineup:

1. Francisco Lindor-SS

2. Juan Soto-RF

3. Pete Alonso-1B

4. Brandon Nimmo-LF

5. Starling Marte-DH

6. Jeff McNeil-2B

7. Brett Baty-3B

8. Francisco Alvarez-C

9. Cedric Mullins-CF

The pitching match-up is LHP David Peterson (9-5, 3.77 ERA) vs. RHP Nick Pivetta (13-5, 2.73 ERA)

Mets Beat Padres 8-3 Behind Five-Run First Inning

 

Mets SS Francisco Lindor (Photo Credits to Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images)

The New York Mets beat the San Diego Padres 8-3 tonight at Citi Field for their second consecutive win and improved their record to 78-73.

The Met offense got off to a fast start in the bottom of the first after SS Francisco Lindor led off with a homer and then RF Juan Soto and 1B Pete Alonso followed with singles to load the bases.

LF Brandon Nimmo then drove in Lindor with a RBI single. DH Mark Vientos followed by grounding into a double play, but then 2B Jeff McNeil hit a two-run double on the first pitch he saw and 3B Brett Baty followed with a two-run homer.

In the bottom of the second, Lindor hit a solo homer and two batters later, Alonso hit a solo homer.

In the bottom of the fourth, CF Cedric Mullins led off with a homer.

RHP Clay Holmes started out well with a 1-2-3 top of the first and then gave up a solo homer to CF Jackson Merrill in the top of the second. 

Holmes gave up another solo homer this time to SS Jake Croneworth in the top of the third and then threw a scoreless top of the fourth and was taken out after the inning.

Holmes's final line was 4.0 innings, three hits, two runs, one walk and two strikeouts.

LHP Sean Manaea followed in the top of the fifth piggybacking off Holmes and did a fine job throwing scoreless innings in the top of the fifth, sixth and seventh. 

Manaea gave up a solo homer to catcher Freddy Fermin in the top of the eighth and closed it out with a scoreless top of the ninth.

Manaea's final line was five innings, four hits, one run, 0 walks and four strikeouts.

He picked up his second win.

The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Wednesday, September 17 at home against the Padres at 7:10 p.m.

Game 151: Mets vs. Padres Starting Lineup and Pitching Match-Up

 Mets Starting Lineup:

1. Francisco Lindor-SS

2. Juan Soto-RF

3. Pete Alonso-1B

4. Brandon Nimmo-LF

5. Mark Vientos-DH

6. Jeff McNeil-2B

7. Brett Baty-3B

8. Francisco Alvarez-C

9. Cedric Mullins-CF

The pitching match-up is RHP Clay Holmes (11-8, 3.75 ERA) vs. RHP Michael King (4-2, 2.87 ERA)

Mets Beat Rangers 5-2 in 10 Innings To Snap Eight-Game Losing Streak on Three-Run Walk-off Homer by Pete Alonso

 

Mets 1B Pete Alonso (Photo Credits to John Jones-Imagn Images)

The New York beat the Texas Rangers 5-2 in 10 innings at Citi Field to snap their eight-game losing streak and improved their record to 77-73.

The Met offense was held scoreless for the first four innings until the bottom of the fifth after catcher Francisco Alvarez led off with a double and then SS Francisco Lindor advanced Alvarez over to third with a grounder to third and then RF Juan Soto drove in Alvarez with a RBI ground-out to first.

In the bottom of the sixth, LF Brandon Nimmo led off with homer.

The offense wasted another scoring opportunity in the bottom of the seventh and did not score in the bottom of the eighth and ninth.

However in the bottom of the tenth, RF Juan Soto led off with an intentional walk and then 1B Pete Alonso came up and delivered the game-winning three-run walk-off homer to the opposite field.

RHP Nolan McLean continued his dominance stretch in his rookie season with another outstanding start. 

McLean had six scoreless innings allowing five hits and two walks with seven strikeouts. He worked his way out of trouble in the top of the sixth by inducing a double play grounder to end the inning.  McLean lowered his ERA to 1.19.

LHP Brooks Raley followed in the top of the seventh and gave up a single and HBP around two outs and was then taken out. RHP Reed Garrett came in next and gave up game-tying two-run double to DH Joc Pederson.

RHP Tyler Rogers threw a scoreless top of the eighth.

RHP Edwin Diaz threw a scoreless top of the ninth.

RHP Ryne Stanek threw a scoreless top of the tenth and picked up his fourth win.

The Mets are off tomorrow and return back to action on Tuesday, September 16 at home against the San Diego Padres at 7:10 p.m.

Game 150: Mets vs. Rangers Starting Lineup and Pitching Match-Up

 Mets Starting Lineup:

1. Francisco Lindor-SS

2. Juan Soto-RF

3. Pete Alonso-1B

4. Brandon Nimmo-LF

5. Mark Vientos-3B

6. Jeff McNeil-2B

7. Starling Marte-DH

8. Cedric Mullins-CF

9. Francisco Alvarez-C

The pitching match-up is RHP Nolan McLean (4-1, 1.42 ERA) vs. LHP Jacob Latz (2-0, 2.91 ERA)

Mets Lose to Rangers 3-2 And Waste Stellar Start From Brandon Sproat for Eighth Consecutive Loss

 

Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez (Photo Credits to Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images)

The New York Mets lost to the Texas Rangers 3-2 this afternoon at Citi Field for their eighth consecutive loss and dropped their record to 76-73.

RHP Brandon Sproat made his second career start and had outstanding outing with six scoreless innings with six hits and no walks with three strikeouts.

He had excellent command of all his pitches and mixed in his two-seam fastball, and sweeper and change-up well.

Sproat has a 2.35 ERA through his first two career starts.

LHP Brooks Raley followed with a scoreless top of the seventh.

RHP Tyler Rogers came on in the top of the eighth and got into immediate trouble after catcher Francisco Alvarez committed catchers interference to lead off the inning and then gave up a double to the following hitter LF Wyatt Langford.

Rogers gave up a sacrifice fly to the next hitter DH Joc Pederson and then struck out Jake Burger and was taken out.

RHP Edwin Diaz came on and threw a wild pitch and walked the first batter he faced 3B Josh Jung and gave up a ground-rule double to the following hitter pinch-hitter Rowdy Tellez.

Diaz was able to keep it tied and came back out for the top of the ninth and gave up a lead-off single that SS Francisco Lindor should have caught and after a sacrifice bunt and strikeout, gave up the game-winning RBI single to Langford.

The Met offense was held scoreless for the first four innings until the bottom of the fifth after SS Francisco Lindor led off with a perfectly executed drag bunt single and two batters later, 1B Pete Alonso hit a bloop single that fell off 2B Cody Freeman. Lindor then made a hustle play after the throw deflected off 3B Josh Jung which allowed him to score and Alonso advanced to second.

3B Mark Vientos and LF Brandon Nimmo followed with strikeouts to end the inning.

In the bottom of the sixth, pinch-hitter Brett Baty led off with a single and catcher Francisco Alvarez was hit by a pitch. Baty then made a careless baserunning error after he was picked off second base and did not slide and 2B Jeff McNeil flew out and CF Jose Siri struck out to end the inning.

In the bottom of the seventh, RF Juan Soto hit a solo homer with one out for his 40th homer of the season.

In the bottom of the eighth, Nimmo led off with an infield single and advanced to second on a throwing error by Jung. However, Nimmo was not able to score after Baty struck out, Alvarez grounded out to third, McNeil walked and then pinch-hitter Cedric Mullins struck out to end the threat.

In the bottom of the ninth, Soto singled with one out and two batters later, pinch-hitter Ronny Mauricio singled with two outs, but Nimmo struck out to end the game.

The offense wasted several scoring opportunities and went 1-10 with runners in scoring position leaving 12 runners on base.

The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon, Sunday, September 14 at home against the Rangers at 1:40 p.m.