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.

Game 94: Mets vs. Royals Starting Lineup and Pitching Match-Up

 Mets Starting Lineup:

1. A.J. Ewing-CF

2. Juan Soto-LF

3. Bo Bichette-SS

4. Carson Benge-RF

5. Francisco Alvarez-DH

6. Jared Young-1B

7. Mark Vientos-3B

8. Brett Baty-2B

9. Luis Torrens-C

The pitching match-up is LHP Sean Manaea (1-4, 4.76 ERA) vs. RHP Michael Wacha (5-6, 3.45 ERA)

Mets Beat Royals 6-2 Behind Five-Run Eighth Inning

 

Mets CF A.J. Ewing (Photo Credits to Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images)

The New York Mets beat the Kansas City Royals 6-2 tonight at Citi Field and improved their record to 39-54.

The Met offense got off to a fast start in the bottom of the first after CF A.J. Ewing hit a lead-off homer.

The offense did not do much after that for the next six innings against Royals reliver RHP Randy Dobnak who was taken out with two outs in the bottom of the seventh.

In the bottom of the eighth with two outs, SS Francisco Lindor singled and then RF Carson Benge followed with a walk. DH Jorge Polanco then reached on an infield hit to load the bases.

1B Jared Young was then hit by a pitch to score the go-ahead run. 2B Brett Baty came up next and delivered a two-run single.

Young then scored on a wild pitch and catcher Francisco Alvarez capped off the inning with a RBI single.

Mets RHP Christian Scott had a tough first couple of scoreless innings and had to throw 49 pitches. Scott was able to settle down after that with more efficient innings in the top of the third and fourth needing only 25 pitches. He finished up strong with a 1-2-3 top of the fifth and was taken out with 90 pitches.

Scott's final line was 5.0 innings, three hits, 0 runs, one walk and five strikeouts.

RHP Tobias Myers came in next in the top of the sixth and gave up a one-out double to 1B Jac Caglianone and later in the inning, a RBI single to DH Salvador Perez.

Myers came back out for the top of the seventh and was able to escape out of a jam after he allowed a lead-off double.

LHP Brooks Raley with a scoreless top of the eighth. Raley picked up his fourth win of the season.

RHP Xzavion Curry came on in the top of the ninth inning in his Met debut and gave up a one on a double and walk. Curry was able to get the last three outs to close out the game.

The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon, Thursday, July 9 at home against the Royals at 1:10 p.m.

Game 93: Mets vs. Royals Starting Lineup and Pitching Match-Up

 Mets Starting Lineup:

1. A.J. Ewing-CF

2. Juan Soto-LF

3. Bo Bichette-3B

4. Francisco Lindor-SS

5. Carson Benge-RF

6. Jorge Polanco-DH

7. Jared Young-1B

8. Brett Baty-2B

9. Francisco Alvarez-C

The pitching match-up is RHP Christian Scott (2-1, 3.49 ERA) vs. RHP Steven Cruz (2-2, 5.08 ERA)

Mets Lose To Royals 16-12 After Bullpen Blows Five Run Lead

 

Mets RHP Kodai Senga (Photo Credits to Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images)

The New York Mets lost to the Kansas City Royals 16-12 tonight at Citi Field to snap their two-game winning streak and dropped their record to 38-54.

Mets LHP Cionel Perez got the start as an "opener" and threw a scoreless top of the first inning.

RHP Kodai Senga came in next in the top of the second and retired the first two hitters he faced and then gave up a single to 2B Michael Massey and a two-run homer to the following hitter RF Tyler Tolbert.

Senga threw a scoreless top of the third, but ran into trouble in the top of the fourth after he loaded the bases with two walks and a single and then gave up a two-run double to CF Lane Thomas and was taken out after the inning. Senga's final line was four runs on five hits in 3.0 innings with four strikeouts and four walks.

RHP Austin Warren came in next in the top of the fifth and was unable to record an out allowing five runs on four hits and one walk and was then taken out.

RHP Huascar Brazoban appeared next and allowed a run on a ground-out, gave up a walk and the game-tying RBI single to DH Salvador Perez.

Brazoban stayed in for the top of the sixth and was able to escape out of a based loaded jam. 

RHP Matt Seelinger came in next in the top of the seventh in his MLB debut and gave up the go-ahead RBI double to Salvador  Perez and then gave up six more runs in the inning.

Seelinger came back out for the top of the eighth and threw a scoreless inning.

LHP A.J. Minter threw a scoreless top of the ninth.

In the bottom of the first, RF Carson Benge came up with runners on first and second and hit a comebacker back to RHP Seth Lugo who made a poor throw to first base to allow the run to score. Then 1B Jac Caglianone made a poor throw across the field. 3B Nick Loftin picked up Caglianone's throw and threw the ball home late to allow another run to score. The throw then got past catcher Carter Jenkins which allowed Benge to come around and score. In all, there were a total of three errors on the play.

In the bottom of the second, 2B Brett Baty doubled with one out and two batters later, CF A.J. Ewing hit a two-run homer.

In the bottom of the fourth, 1B Jared Young led off with a single and two batters later, catcher Luis Torrens reached first on an infield hit. Ewing followed with a RBI single and LF Juan Soto followed with a three-run homer.

The Met offense was held scoreless for the next two innings until the bottom of the seventh after Benge walked with one out and DH Jorge Polanco followed with a double who came back from the injured list today. Young then singled and Baty drove in Polanco with a sacrifice fly.

In the bottom of the eighth, Ewing led off with an infield hit and later in the inning, advanced to second on a wild pitch. Three batters later, SS Francisco Lindor walked and Benge followed with a RBI single.

The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Wednesday, July 8 at home against the Royals at 7:10 p.m.