Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Francisco Lindor-SS
2. Juan Soto-DH
3. Bo Bichette-3B
4. Mark Vientos-1B
5. Carson Benge-RF
6. Marcus Semien-2B
7. Francisco Alvarez-C
8. A.J. Ewing-CF
9. Nick Morabito-LF
The pitching match-up is RHP Nolan McLean (11-10, 3.18 ERA) vs. LHP Cody Bradford (0-5, 4.19 ERA)
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| Mets LHP Sean Manaea (Photo Credits to SNY.TV) |
The Met offense was held scoreless for the first two innings until the top of third after DH Francisco Alvarez led off with a double and then two batters later, catcher Luis Torrens grounded out to second to advance Alvarez to third. SS Francisco Lindor followed with a walk and then LF Juan Soto drove in Alvarez with a RBI single.
In the top of the fourth, RF Carson Benge hit a ground rule double and later in the inning, Alvarez reached on an error by former Met RF Brandon Nimmo which allowed Benge to score.
In the top of the sixth, pinch-hitter Brett Baty led off with a double and then Benge followed with a walk. Two batters later, Alvarez drove in Baty and Benge with a two-run double and then Ewing followd with an infield hit to advance Alvarez to third. Torrens followed with a sacrifice fly to score Alvarez and then Ewing stole second for his 25th stolen base of the year which sets the new Met franchise record for most stolen bases by a rookie.
In the top of the seventh, 3B Bo Bichette singled with one out and after Baty grounded into a fielder's choice, Benge hit a RBI double to score Baty for his second double of the game.
Mets LHP Sean Manaea had a dominating bottom of the first striking out the side and then had a scoreless bottom of the second.
Manaea gave up a lead-off walk in the bottom of the third and then later in the inning, Torrens commited a passed ball which lead to a RBI double by 3B Josh Jung.
Manaea had more trouble in the bottom of the fourth after he gave up a bloop single, walk and hits baseman to load the bases with nobdy out. He then gave up a sacrifice fly and a hit by pitch and then anothe sacrifice fly to bring in the second run of the inning and then got a strikeout to end the inning.
Manaea finished up strong with 1-2-3 innings in the bottom of the fifth and sixth and was then taken out. His final line was six innings, three hits, three runs, two walks and nine strikeouts. He picked up his sixth win.
LHP Nate Lavander followed with 1-2-3 bottom of the seventh.
RHP Dedniel Nunez came in next and threw a 1-2-3 bottom of the eighth with two strikeouts.
RHP Kodai Senga came on in the bottom of the ninth and closed it out with a scoreless bottom of the ninth to pick up his eighth save.
The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Wednesday, September 23 at the Rangers at 8:05 p.m.
Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Francisco Lindor-SS
2. Juan Soto-LF
3. Bo Bichette-3B
4. Mark Vientos-1B
5. Carson Benge-RF
6. Marcus Semien-2B
7. Francisco Alvarez-DH
8. A.J. Ewing-CF
9. Luis Torrens-C
The pitching match-up is LHP Sean Manaea (5-7, 4.74 ERA) vs. LHP Mackenzie Gore (8-11, 4.67 ERA)
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| Mets Manager Andy Green (Photo Credits to SNY.TV) |
Green took over for Carlos Mendoza as the interm manager earlier this year back in June and has a record of 37-38.
He helped develop the rookie outfielders Carson Benge and A.J. Ewing as well as the young pitchers. Green also earned the respect of veteran players Juan Soto, Francisco Lindor and Bo Bichette.
Green has handled the media well and kept the clubhouse together.
It will be exciting to see how he can do over the course of a full season as the roster takes shape in the offseason.
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| Mets RHP Jonah Tong (Photo Credits to SNY.TV) |
Mets RHP Jonah Tong had a tough top of the first and gave up two runs.
Tong had a 1-2-3 top of the second and then gave up two more runs in the top of the third.
He had a scoreless top of the fourth and was taken out with two outs in the top of the fifth.
Tong's final line was 4.2 innings, five hits, four runs, four walks and five strikeouts.
RHP Jonathan Weisenberger came in next and threw 1.1 scoreless innings.
LHP Jefry Yan followed and threw a scoreless inning.
RHP Kodai Senga came in next and gave up three runs in the top of the eighth on a bases clearing triple by CF Justin Crawford and was then taken out.
RHP Austin Warren had to come in and threw 1.2 scoreless innings.
The Met offense was held scoreless for the first five innings until 3B Bo Bichette hit a solo homer in the bottom of the sixth.
In the bottom of the seventh, pinch hitter Brett Baty hit a RBI single.
The Met offense was unable to come up with timely hits and they went 1-9 with runners in scoring position leaving nine runners on base.
The Mets are off tomorrow and return back to action on Tuesday, September 22 at the Texas Rangers at 8:05 p.m, in their second-to-last series of the year.
Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Francisco Lindor-SS
2. Juan Soto-LF
3. Bo Bichette-3B
4. Mark Vientos-1B
5. Carson Benge-RF
6. Marcus Semien-2B
7. Francisco Alvarez-C
8. Nick Morabito-CF
9. Luis Torrens-C
The pitching match-up is RHP Jonah Tong (2-1, 3.43 ERA) vs. LHP Cristopher Sanchez (17-6, 2.93 ERA)
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| Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez (Photo Credits to SNY.TV) |
After a scorless bottom of the first, RF Carson Benge homered to lead off the bottom of the second.
The Met offense was held scoreless for the next two innings until the bottom of the fifth, after 2B Marcus Semien led off with a walk and then 1B Brett Baty followed with a single and then catcher Francisco Alvarez hit a three-run homer.
In the bottom of the sixth, Benge walked with one out and then CF A.J. Ewing followed with a single and Semien then walked to load the bases.
Baty then drove in Benge with a RBI single and two batters later, DH Ronny Maurico drew a based loaded walk to bring in Ewing.
After a scoreless bottom of the seventh, Semien singled to lead off the bottom of the eighth and then Baty followed with a walk and advanced to second and third on a wild pitch.
Two batters later, Mauricio was hit by a pitch to load the bases and then Lindor drew a based loaded walk to bring in a run. LF Juan Soto followed with a RBI single to score Baty. 3B Bo Bichette then hit a RBI single to score pinch-runner Nick Morabito.
Benge followed with an infield hit to score Lindor.
Mets RHP Christian Scott dominated through the first three innings with five strikeouts, but then ran into trouble in the top of the fourth.
Scott gave up a lead-off ground-rule double to RF Bryce Harper and two batters later, a RBI single to 1B Alec Bohm.
In the top of the fifth, Scott gave up a one-out double to DH Kyle Schwarber and then a single to SS Trea Turner who then stole second. Scott gave up a sacrifice fly to Harper and was then taken out.
LHP Jeffry Yan came in next and gave up a single to 2B Luis Arraez and walked Bohm and then retired 3B Bryson Stott on a ground-out to end the inning.
Yan came back out for the top of the sixth and had a 1-2-3 inning. He picked up his second win.
LHP Cionel Perez followed and picked up first two outs in the top of the seventh.
RHP Jonathan Pintaro came in next and picked up last out in the seventh.
RHP Dedniel Nunez followed and threw scoreless top of the eighth.
RHP Tobias Myers closed it out with a scoreless top of the ninth.
The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon, Sunday, September 21 at home against the Phillies 1:10 p.m in the final home game of the season.
