Mets Beat Rockies 5-3 To Complete Sweep After Alonso, Lindor and Soto Homer

 

Mets 1B Pete Alonso (Photo Credits to SNY.TV)

The New York Mets beat the Colorado Rockies 5-3 this afternoon at Citi Field to complete the three-game sweep and improved their record to 37-22.

The Met offense was held scoreless for the first three innings, but then came alive in the bottom of the fourth.

DH Starling Marte led off with a walk and stole second and RF Juan Soto followed with a hit by pitch.

1B Pete Alonso came up next and delivered a three-run homer.

After a scoreless bottom of the fourth, SS Francisco Lindor hit the game-winning go-ahead solo homer in the bottom of the fifth.

After scoreless innings in the bottom of the sixth and seventh, Soto came through with a solo homer in the bottom of the eighth after homering on Saturday.

RHP Clay Holmes started out well with two scoreless innings in the top of the first and second and then gave up a solo homer to 2B Orlando Arcia in the top of the third.

Holmes had a scoreless top of the fourth and then gave up a two-run homer to RF Tyler Freeman in the top of the fifth.

Holmes finished up strong with scoreless innings in the top of the sixth and seventh and was taken out after the seventh.

His final line was seven innings, three hits, 0 walks and three strikeouts.

He picked up his 6th win and now allowed three runs or fewer in 10 of his 12 starts.

RHP Reed Garrett followed a scoreless top of the eighth.

RHP Edwin Diaz closed it out with a scoreless top of the ninth with three strikeouts to pick up his 13th save.

The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Monday, June 2 at the Los Angeles Dodgers at 10:10 p.m.

Game 59: Mets vs. Rockies Starting Lineup and Pitching Match-Up

 Mets Starting Lineup:

1. Francisco Lindor-SS

2. Starling Marte-LF

3. Juan Soto-RF

4. Pete Alonso-1B

5. Brett Baty-3B

6. Luis Torrens-C

7. Mark Vientos-DH

8. Tyrone Taylor-CF

9. Luisangel Acuna-2B

The pitching match-up is RHP Clay Holmes (5-3, 2.98 ERA) vs. LHP Carson Palmquist (0-3, 8.78 ERA)

Mets Beat Rockies 8-2 Powered By Nimmo, Soto and McNeil and Stellar Outing From Senga

 

Mets LF Brandon Nimmo (Photo Credits to Brad Penner-Imagn Images)

The New York Mets beat the Colorado Rockies 8-2 this afternoon at Citi Field for their second consecutive win and improved their record to 36-22.

The Met offense got off to a fast start in the bottom of the first after SS Francisco Lindor led off with a single and then LF Brandon Nimmo singled and RF Juan Soto walked to load the bases.

1B Pete Alonso then struck out, but then 3B Brett Baty drove in Lindor, Nimmo, and Soto with a based clearing triple.

Two batters later, CF Tyrone Taylor drove in Baty with a RBI single.

After a scoreless innings in the bottom of the second and third, 2B Jeff McNeil led off in the bottom of the fourth and reached on an error by 2B Thairo Estrada and two batters later, Lindor singled.

Nimmo followed with a two-run homer and then Soto followed with a homer on the next pitch.

The Met offense was held scoreless for the next three innings until the bottom of the eighth after McNeil hit a solo homer.

RHP Kodai Senga gave up a one-out solo homer to SS Ezequiel Tovar in the top of the first, but also had three strikeouts in the inning.

Senga settled down after that and cruised for the next six innings and at one point, retired the next 17 hitters he faced, but then tired out in the top of the seventh.

Senga walked Tovar to lead off the inning and two batters later, walked 3B Ryan McMahon and then gave up a RBI single to Estrada and was then taken out.

RHP Jose Butto came in and picked up the last two outs to end the inning.

Senga's final line was 6.1 innings, two hits, two runs, two walks and seven strikeouts.

He picked up his sixth win and has now pitched 28 consecutive starts allowed three runs or fewer.

Butto stayed in for the top of the top of the eighth and threw a scoreless inning.

RHP Chris Devenski closed it out with a scoreless top of the ninth.

The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon, Sunday, June 1 at home against the Rockies at 1:40 p.m.

Game 58: Mets vs. Rockies Starting Lineup and Pitching Match-Up

 Mets Starting Lineup:

1. Francisco Lindor-SS

2. Brandon Nimmo-LF

3. Juan Soto-RF

4. Pete Alonso-1B

5. Brett Baty-3B

6. Jarred Young-DH

7. Tyrone Taylor-CF

8. Jeff McNeil-2B

9. Francisco Alvarez-C

The pitching match-up is RHP Kodai Senga (5-3, 1.46 ERA) vs. RHP Antonio Senzatela (1-9, 6.50 ERA)

Mets Beat Rockies 4-2 Behind Two Solo Homers From Lindor

 

Mets SS Francisco Lindor (Photo Credits to SNY.TV)

The New York Mets beat the Colorado Rockies 4-2 tonight at Citi Field and improved their record to 35-22.

The Met offense got off to a fast start in the bottom of the first after SS Francisco Lindor led off with a homer.

After a scoreless bottom of the second, Lindor singled with one out in the bottom of the third and two batters later, RF Juan Soto drove in Lindor with a RBI double.

In the bottom of the fourth, DH Starling Marte hit a solo homer with one out.

After scoreless innings in the bottom of the fifth, sixth and seventh, Lindor capped off his stellar night at the plate with another solo homer.

LHP David Peterson started out well with scoreless innings, but then ran into trouble in the top of the sixth.

Peterson retired the first two hitters he faced and then 2B Thairo Estrada and gave up a single to CF Brenton Doyle and a RBI double to 3B Ryan McMahon and was then taken out.

Peterson's final line was 5.2 innings, five hits, one run, one walk and five strikeouts.

RHP Huascar Brazoban came in next and picked up the last out in the top of the sixth.

Brazoban stayed in for the top of the seventh and gave up a solo homer to RF Sam Hillard, but was able to settle down and finish out the inning.

RHP Reed Garrett followed in the top of the eighth with a scoreless inning and two strikeouts.

RHP Edwin Diaz came on in the top of the ninth and had a dominating inning striking out the side to pick up his 12th save.

The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon, Saturday, May 31 at home against the Rockies at 4:10 p.m.

Game 57: Mets vs. Rockies Starting Lineup and Pitching Match-Up

 Mets Starting Lineup:

1. Francisco Lindor-SS

2. Mark Vientos-3B

3. Juan Soto-RF

4. Pete Alonso-1B

5. Brandon Nimmo-LF

6. Starling Marte-DH

7. Tyrone Taylor-CF

8. Francisco Alvarez-C

9. Luisangel Acuna-2B

The pitching match-up is LHP David Peterson (3-2, 2.79 ERA) vs. LHP Kyle Freeland (0-7, 5.86 ERA)

Mets Lost to White Sox 9-4 After Canning And Offense Have Rough Outings

 

Mets RHP Griffin Canning (Photo Credits to SNY.TV)

The New York Mets lost to the Chicago White Sox 9-4 at Citi Field this afternoon to snap their four-game winning streak and dropped their record to 34-22.

RHP Griffin Canning got off to a tough start in the top of the first after he gave up a one-out to RF Mike Taufman and then a double to the following hitter 1B Miguel Vargas.

Canning then gave a RBI single to LF Andrew Benintendi.

Canning's struggles continued in the top of the second after he was let down by his defense after 3B Brett Baty and 2B Jeff McNeil made errors to start the inning.

Canning retired the next two hitters and then gave up a two-run double to Taufman.

Canning had another tough inning in the top of the third after he gave up a lead-off double to 2B Lenyn Sosa and then walked DH Edgar Quero.

Two batters later, Canning gave up a RBI ground-out to 3B Josh Rojas and then Canning was taken out after the inning.

Canning's final line was three innings, four hits, five runs (3 earned), four walks and three strikeouts.

LHP Brandon Waddell followed and threw two scoreless innings in the top of the fourth and fifth, but gave up two runs in the top of the sixth on a RBI triple by Benintendi and a RBI single by Sosa.

Waddell stayed in for the top of the seventh and gave up a sacrifice fly to CF Michael Taylor.

Waddell stayed in for the top of the eighth and gave up a solo homer to Benintendi.

RHP Ryne Stanek threw a scoreless top of the ninth.

The Met offense was held scoreless for the first two innings until the bottom of the third after LF Brandon Nimmo and RF Juan Soto walked to start the inning and three batters later, DH Mark Vientos came through with a three-run homer.

The offense did not do much for the next five innings until the bottom of the ninth after Nimmo walked with one out and two batters later, 1B Pete Alonso drove in Nimmo with a RBI double.

Baty followed with a walk and then Vientos struck out to end the game.

The Mets offense's struggles with men on base continued after they went 2-12 with runners in scoring position leaving 11 runners on base.

The Mets are off tomorrow and return back to action on Friday, May 30 at home against the Rockiest at 7:10 p.m.