Mets Lose To Red Sox 3-2 in 10 Innings Wasting Fine Start From Zach Thorton

 

Mets LHP Zach Thornton (Photo Credits to Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images)

The New York Mets lost to the Boston Red Sox 3-2 in 10 innings this afternoon and were swept in the three game series to drop their record to 40-57.

Mets rookie LHP Zach Thornton had a fine outing throwing seven scoreless innings allowing two hits and two walks with five strikeouts.

RHP Luke Weaver followed with a scoreless top of the eighth.

RHP Devin Williams came on in the top of the ninth and gave up a lead-off bloop single and two batters with one out, SS Francisco Lindor misplayed a routine ground ball on what should have been a game-ending 6-4-3 double play.

Willlims then gave up a walk to load the bases and another walk to bring a run.

Williams gave up a bloop single to score tying run, but was able to get a 4-6-3 double play on a line-out to keep the game tied.

LHP Brooks Raley came on in the top of the tenth and gave up a sacrifice bunt and sacrifice bunt to score the ghost runner from second base.

In the bottom of the first, CF A.J. Ewing led off with a double and advanced to third on a wild pitch. Two batters later, Lindor drove in Ewing with a RBI double.

Lindor added a solo homer in the bottom of the sixth.

The Met offense's struggles with men on base continued after they went 1-8 with runners in scoring position leaving five runners on base.

The Mets are off for the next three days for the All-Star break and return back to action on Thursday, July 15 at the Philadelphia Phillies at 7:10 p.m.

Game 97: Mets vs. Red Sox Starting Lineup and Pitching Match-Up

 Mets Starting Lineup:

1. A.J. Ewing-CF

2. Juan Soto-DH

3. Francisco Lindor-SS

4. Eric Wagaman-1B

5. Carson Benge-RF

6. Tyrone Taylor-LF

7. Luis Torrens-C

8. Brett Baty-3B

9. Zach Short-2B

The pitching match-up is LHP Zach Thorton (0-1,4.35 ERA) vs. LHP Payton Tolle (5-6, 3.14 ERA)

Mets Shutout by Red Sox 4-0 As Offense Continues to Struggle

 

Mets RHP Freddy Peralta (Photo Credits to SNY.TV)

The New York Mets lost to the Boston Red Sox 4-0 this afternoon at Citi Field for their second consecutive loss and dropped their record to 40-56.

Mets RHP Freddy Peralta got off to a dominant start in the top of the first striking out the side and then worked out of a jam with runners on second and third with one out in the top of the second.

Peralta had a 1-2-3 top of the third, but in the top of the fourth gave up a lead-off walk to 3B Caleb Durbin and two batters later, gave up a two-run homer to Andruw Monasterio.

Peralta gave up a lead-off walk in the top of the fifth and two batters later, gave up a double and a walk and was then taken out.

His final line was 4.1 innings, three hits, two runs, two earned runs, five walks and six strikeouts.

RHP Huascar Brazoban came in next and got the last two outs in the top of the fifth.

LHP A.J. Minter followed with a scoreless top of the sixth.

LHP Brooks Raley came in next and threw a scoreless top of the seventh.

RHP Tobias Myers came on in the top of the eighth and gave up a two-run homer to DH Masataka Yoshida. Myers stayed in for the top of the ninth and threw a scoreless inning.

The Met offense was unable to come up with any clutch hits and went 0-8 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.

The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon, Sunday July 12 at home against the Red Sox at 1:40 p.m.

Game 96: Mets vs. Red Sox Starting Lineup and Pitching Match-Up

 Mets Starting Lineup:

1. A.J. Ewing-CF

2. Juan Soto-LF

3. Francisco Lindor-SS

4. Carson Benge-RF

5. Jorge Polanco-DH

6. Eric Wagaman-1B

7. Francisco Alvarez-C

8. Brett Baty-3B

9. Zach Short-2B

The pitching match-up is RHP Freddy Peralta (5-7. 4.68 ERA) vs. LHP Eduardo Rodriguez

Mets Lose To Red Sox 6-2 As Offense Struggles To Get Clutch Hits

 

Mets RHP Nolan McLean (Photo Credits to SNY.TV)

The New York Mets lost to the Boston Red Sox 6-2 tonight at Citi Field to snap their two-game winning streak and dropped their record to 40-55.

RHP Nolan McLean was let down by his defense in the top of the first after LF Juan Soto made an error on a fly ball by Red Sox lead-off hitter 2B Anthony Seigler and two batters later, walked RF Wilyer Abreau and two batters later, gave up a two-run double to Masataka Yoshiba.

McLean pitched well with five scoreless innings after that and escaped out of a jam with runners on second and third and one out in the top of the fifth and was taken out after the top of the sixth.

His final line was six innings, five hits, two runs, 0 earned runs, two walks and seven strikeouts.

LHP A.J. Minter came in next in the top of the seventh and gave up an infield hit to SS Tsung-Che Cheng and then a two-run homer to Seigler.

RHP Kodai Senga followed in the top of the eighth and threw a scoreless inning.

LHP Cionel Perez came in next in the top of the ninth and gave up a two-run homer to RF Abreau.

In the bottom of the third, 2B Brett Baty singled to lead off and stole second and later in the inning, Soto hit a sacrifice fly.

In the bottom of the ninth, Baty added a solo homer.

The Met offense wasted numerous scoring opportunities and was unable to come up with a clutch hit. They went 0-8 with runners in scoring position leaving seven runners on base.

The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon, Saturday, July 11 at home against the Red Sox at 4:10 p.m.

Game 95: Mets vs. Red Sox Starting Lineup and Pitching Match-Up

Mets Starting Lineup:

1. A.J. Ewing-CF

2. Juan Soto-LF

3. Francisco Lindor-SS

4. Carson Benge-RF

5. Jorge Polanco-DH

6. Jared Young-1B

7. Francisco Alvarez-C

8. Brett Baty-3B

9. Zach Short-2B

The pitching match-up is RHP Nolan McLean (6-5, 3.73 ERA) vs. RHP Sonny Gray (10-1, 2.61 ERA)

Mets Beat Royals 7-3 Led By Five-Run Inning And Strong Pitching From Sean Manaea

 

Mets LHP Sean Manaea (Photo Credits to SNY.TV)

The New York Mets beat the Kansas City Royals 7-3 this afternoon at Citi Field for their second consecutive win and took two out of three games in the series to improve their record to 40-54.

The Met offense was held scoreless in the bottom of the first, but in the bottom of the second, RF Carson Bedge led off with a walk and two batters later, 1B Jared Young drove in Benge with a RBI single.

The offense did not score any runs for the next two innings until the bottom of the fifth after CF Tyrone Taylor led off with a homer and then 2B Brett Baty followed with a single. Baty then stole second and two batters later, CF A.J. Ewing singled to advance Baty to third.

LF Juan Soto followed with a walk to load the bases and then SS Bo Bichette drove in Baty with a sacrifice fly.

RF Carson Benge came up next and drove in Ewing with a RBI single and Soto came around to score on an error by CF Lane Thomas.

DH Francisco Alvarez followed by driving in Benge with a RBI single.

In the bottom of the seventh, Soto led off with a 435 foot homer.

LHP Sean Manaea got off to a rocky start in the top of the first after he gave up a lead-off homer to Thomas.

Manaea was able to settle down after that retiring seven out of the next eight hitters he faced until he gave up another solo homer, this time to SS Bobby Witt Jr in the top of the fourth.

Manaea was able to keep the pitch count down and was a lot more efficient and had 63 pitches to start the top of the sixth.

He gave up a RBI double to RF Jac Caglianone in the top of the seventh and was taken out after the inning.

His final line was seven innings, six hits, three runs (two earned runs), one walk and six strikeouts.

He picked up his second win and lowered his ERA to 4.56.

RHP Huascar Brazoaban came in next and threw a scoreless top of the eighth.

RHP Devin Williams closed it out with a scoreless top of the ninth.

Injury News:

3B Mark Vientos left the game prior to the top of the third after being hit by a pitch on the hand.

The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Friday, July 10 at home against the Boston Red Sox at 7:10 p.m.