Mets Lose To Orioles 7-5 in 11 Innings And Pete Alonso Hits Game-Tying Homer

 

Mets RF Carson Benge (Photo Credits to SNY.TV)

The New York Mets lost to the Baltimore Orioles 7-5 in 11 innings tonight at Citi Field for their third consecutive loss and dropped their record to 69-82.

Mets LHP Sean Manaea started out well with a scoreless top of the first and then in the top of the second, gave up solo homers to 3B Christian Encarcaction-Strand and 2B Jeramiah Jackson.

Manaea was able to settle down after that and threw scoreless innings in the top of the third, fourth, and fifth innings and was taken out with one out in the top of the sixth.

His final line was 5.1 innings, four hits, two runs, 0 walks and six strikeouts.

RHP Austin Warren came in next and threw a scoreless inning.

LHP Nate Lavender followed and threw 1.2 scoreless innings.

RHP Kodai Senga came on in the top of the ninth and had his first blown save of the season after he gave up a game-tying homer to former Met 1B Pete Alonso.

RHP Daniel Duarte followed in the top of the tenth and gave up a run on a wild pitch.

RHP Jonathan Pintaro came on in the top of the eleventh and gave up a three-run inside the park homer to DH Coby Mayo that CF A.J. Ewing nearly made an outstanding catch on.

In the bottom of the first, LF Juan Soto singled with one out and then 3B Bo Bichette followed with a single and then RF Carson Benge walked to load the bases. 1B Jared Young came up next and drove in Soto with a sacrfice fly.

In the bottom of the second, CF A.J. Ewing led off with a bunt single and then 1B Brett Baty followed with a single. Three batters later, Soto drove in Ewing with a RBI single.

In the bottom of the third, Benge led off with a homer.

The Met offense was held scorless for the next six innings until the bottom of the tenth after 2B Marcus Semien hit a RBI double to tie the game to score Benge who started out on second as the ghost runner.

In the bottom of the eleventh, Bichette drove in catcher Francisco Alvarez with a RBI single with two outs, but then Bnege flew out to end the game.

The Met offense was unable to come up with any timely hits all night and went 3-16 with runners in scoring position leaving 13 runners on base.

The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Wednesday, September 16 at home against the Orioles at 7:10 p.m.

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

 Mets Starting Lineup:

1. Francisco Lindor-SS

2. Juan Soto-LF

3. Bo Bichette-3B

4. Carson Benge-RF

5. Jared Young-1B

6. Marcus Semien-2B

7. A.J. Ewing-CF

8. Brett Baty-DH

9. Francisco Alvarez-C

The pitcbing match-up is LHP Sean Manaea (5-7, 4.79 ERA) vs. RHP Shane Baz (6-15, 4.05 ERA)

Mets Lose to Orioles 2-1 And Waste Outstanding Start by Jonah Tong

 

Mets RHP Jonah Tong (Photo Credits to SNY.TV)

The New York Mets lost to the Baltimore Orioles 2-1 tonight at Citi Field for their second consecutive loss and dropped their record to 69-81.

Mets RHP Jonah Tong made his second start of the season and had an outstanding start outside of a RBI double by RF Heston Kjerstad in the top of the second.

Tong's final line was six innings, four hits, one run, (0 earned runs), one walk and six strikeouts. Tong had outstanding movement and command of his fastball and change-up. He lowered his ERA to 3.43.

RHP Jonathan Pintaro followed with a scoreless top of the seventh.

RHP Dedniel Nunez came in next in the top of the eighth and gave up a solo homer to SS Gunnar Henderson.

RHP Kodai Senga followed in the top of the ninth and worked around runners on the corner with one out by getting back-to-back strikeouts.

The Met offense did not do much outside of a solo homer by CF A.J. Ewing in the bottom of the fourth.

They managed only six hits and were unable to get any clutch hits with men on base. They went 0-3 with runners in scoring position leaving nine runners on base,

The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Tuesday, September 15 at home against the Orioles at 7:10 p.m.

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

 Mets Starting Lineup:

1. Francisco Lindor-SS

2. Juan Soto-LF

3. Bo Bichette-3B

4. Carson Benge-RF

5. Jared Young-DH

6. Marcus Semien-2B

7. A.J. Ewing-CF

8. Brett Baty-1B

9. Fancisco Alvarez-C

The pitching match-up is RHP Jonah Tong (2-1, 4.80 ERA) vs. RHP Brandon Young (9-4, 3.71 ERA)

Mets Lose To Yankees 2-0 And Are Dominated By Yankee Pitching

 

Mets RHP Christian Scott (Photo Credits to Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images)

The New York Mets lost to the New York Yankees 2-0 at Yankee Stadium this afternoon to lose two out of thee games in the series and dropped their record to 69-80.

Mets RHP Christian Scott got off to a rocky start in the bottom of the first after he gave up a lead-off homer to DH Ben Rice.

Scott had a scoreless bottom of the second and then gave up another solo homer to catcher Austin Wells in the bottom of the third.

Scott did a fine job other than the two solo homers and finished up strong with scoreless innings in teh bottom of the fourth, fifth and sixth.

His final line was six innings, three hits, two runs, two walks and seven strikeouts.

LHP Nate Lavender followed with a scoreless bottom of the seventh.

RHP Austin Warren came in next and threw a scoreless bottom of the eighth.

The Met offense was dominated by Yankees ace RHP Cam Schlittler who threw six scoreless innings with eight strikeouts and gave up only one hit. They were unable to score against relievers RHP Brent Hendrick, Paul Blackburn and closer David Bednar.

They managed only three hits and were 0-2 with runners in scoring position leaving five runners on base.

The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Monday, September 14 back at home at Citi Field against the Baltimore Orioles at 7:10 p.m.

Game 149: Mets vs. Yankees Starting Lineup and Pitching Match-Up

 Mets Starting Lineup:

1. Francisco Lindor-SS

2. Juan Soto-DH

3. Bo Bichette-3B

4. Carson Benge-RF

5. Jared Young-1B

6. A.J. Ewing-CF

7. Francisco Alvarez-C

8. Brett Baty-2B

9. Nick Morabito-LF

The pitching match-up is RHP Christian Scott (4-4, 3.81 ERA) vs. RHP Cam Schlittler (13-6, 2.01 ERA)

Mets Rout Yankees 12-2 Powered By Six Homers and Outstanding Start From Zac Thornton

 

Mets SS Francisco Lindor (Photo Credits to Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images)

The New York Mets beat the New York Yankees 12-2 this afternoon at Yankee Stadium and improved their record to 69-79.

The Met offense got off to a fast start in the top of the first after SS Francisco Lindor led off with a homer to right field for the 19th homer of the season and his fifth lead-off homer of the season.

In the top of the second, 1B Jared Young led off with a single and three batters later, catcher Luis Torrens hit a two-run homer.

In the top of the third, RF Carson Benge hit a solo homer. 

After a scoreless top of the fourth, DH Juan Soto doubled to lead off the top of the fifth and two batters later, Benge drove in Soto with a RBI single.

In the top of the seventh, Soto hit a solo homer for his 25th homer of the season.

In the top of the eighth, 2B Marcus Semien singled with two outs and then CF A.J. Ewing followed with a walk. Torrens then drove in Semien with a RBI double.

LF Nick Morabito followed with a walk to load the bases and then Lindor came up next and broke the game open with a grand slam to right center for his second homer.

In the top of the ninth, 1B Jared Young hit a solo homer.

Mets LHP Zac Thornton bounced back after the worst start of his young career and cruised through the first three innings retiring nine consecutive hitters to start his outing and then ran into some trouble in the bottom of the fourth. Thornton gave up a lead-off double to 1B Paul Goldscmidt and two batters later, a RBI single to LF Cody Bellinger.

Thornton came back to retire the next two hitters he faced and then threw a scoreless bottom of the fifth.

He gave up a solo homer to Bellinger in the bottom of the sixth and then got into a jam in the bottom of the seventh after he gave a one-out single to CF Spencer Jones and a walk to SS George Lombardi Jr. Manager Andy Green came out to talk to Thornton and then Thornton was able to get 2B Anthony Volpe to ground into a 5-4-3 double play and finish his outing on a high note.

Thornton's final line was seven innings, five hits, two runs, one walk and four strikeouts.

He picked up his fourth win and lowered his ERA to 3.44.

RHP Tobias Myers came in next and closed it out with two scoreless innings in the bottom of the eighth and ninth.

The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon, Sunday, September 13 at the Yankees at 1:35 p.m.