Mets Beat Pirates 6-4 For Fourth Consecutive Win

 

Mets 2B Marcus Semien and LF Carson Benge (Photo Credits to Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images)

The New York Mets beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-4 tonight at PNC Park for their fourth consecutive win and improved their record to 51-66.

The Met offense got off to a fast start in the top of the first after CF A.J. Ewing led off with a double and two batters later, 3B Bo Bichette reached on an infield hit. RF Carson Benge followed with a RBI single.

After a scoreless top of the second, Ewing singled to lead off the top of the third and then SS Francisco Lindor followd with a single. Bichette then grounded into a double play and right after that, Lindor stole second.

Benge followed with another RBI single and 1B Jared Young followd with another RBI single. 2B Marcus Semien came up next and hit a three-run homer.

In the top of the fourth with two outs, Ewing was hit by a pitch and then stole second. Lindor followed with a RBI single.

Mets LHP Zach Thornton cruised through the first two innings and then had deal with a 35-minute rain delaybeginning in the top of the third and did not come back on the mound for more than an hour,

Thornton was helped out by his defense in the bottom of the third after Benge made an incredible catch after he had to sprint across the field toward the left field line and made a sliding call. Unfortunaly, Benge had to come out of game shortly after after he appeared to hurt his wrist.

Thornton's defense continued to boost him in the bottom of the fourth after he got a 6-4-3 double play to end the inning and then he finished up strong with a scoreless bottom of the fifth and was then taken out.

His final line was five innings, four hits, 0 runs, 2 walks and five strikeouts. He picked up his third win and lowered his ERA to 2.42.

RHP Dedniel Nunez came in next and threw a scoreless bottom of the sixth and came back for the bottom of the seventh and gave up two runs.

RHP Daniel Duerte followed and threw a scoreless bottom of the eighth.

RHP Devin Williams came on in the bottom of the ninth and gave up two runs, but was able to pick up the last three outs and close it out.

The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Saturday, August 8 at the Pirates at 6:40 p.m.

Game 117: Mets vs. Pirates Starting Lineup and Pitching Match-Up

 Mets Starting Lineup:

1. A.J. Ewing-CF

2. Francisco Lindor-SS

3. Bo Bichette-3B

4. Carson Benge-LF

5. Jared Young-1B

6. Marcus Semien-2B

7. Brett Baty-RF

8. Jorge Polanco-DH

9. Luis Torrens-C

The pitching match-up is LHP Zac Thornton (2-2, 2.88 ERA) vs. RHP Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3, 3.15 ERA)

Mets Rout Guardians To Sweep Series 13-6 With Offensive Outburst

 

Mets SS Francisco Lindor and Catcher Luis Torrens (Photo Credits to SNY.TV)

The New York Mets beat the Cleveland Guardians 13-6 this afternoon at Progressive Field to sweep their three-game series and improved their record to 50-66.

After a scoreless top of the first, 2B Marcus Semien hit a solo homer with one out in the top of the second and then 1B Eric Wagaman followed with a single and then catcher Luis Torrens followed with a two-run homer.

In the top of the third, 3B Bo Bichette led off with a walk and two batters later, RF Carson Benge hit a RBI triple.

Catcher Francisco Alvarez followed with a walk and then Semien hit a sacrifice fly.

In the top of the fifth, Alvarez walked again with one out and Semien followed with a double. Jared Young came up next to pinch-hit for Wagaman and hit a RBI single.

In the top of the seventh, Semien led off with a single and then Young grounded into a fielder's choice. 

Young then stole second and Torrens singled to advance Young to third. OF A.J. Ewing then hit a sacrifice bunt and SS Francisco Lindor came up next and broke the game open with a three-run homer.

In the top of the eighth, CF Luis Robert Jr led off with an infield hit and then Benge followed with a single and advance to second on a wild pitch.

Alvarez came up next drove in Robert Jr with a RBI double and Semien followed with a walk.

Young and Torrens followed with bases loaded walks and three batters later, Bichette reached on an infield hit which brought home a run.

Mets RHP Nolan McLean struggled with his command in the bottom of the first with a couple of walks which led to a two-run single by LF Angel Martinez. McLean was able to limit the damage to two runs by escaping out of a based loaed jam with two outs.

McLean was able to settle down for the next three innings needing only 39 pitches and retiring eight hiters in a row.

However, in the bottom of the fifth, he gave up back-to-back singles to RF Chase DeLauter and 3B Jose Ramirez and then gave up a three-run homer to 1B Nathaniel Lowe. and was taken out after the inning.

McLean's final line was five innings, eight hits, five runs, three walks and eight strikeouts. He picked up his eighth win and his ERA went up to 3.51.

LHP Nate Lavendar followed with a scoreless bottom of the sixth.

RHP Kodai Senga came in next and threw a scoreless bottom of the seventh.

RHP Xzavion Curry followed with a scoreless bottom of the eighth and then gave up a run in the bottom of the ninth, but was able to pick up last three outs and close it out.

The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Friday, August 7 at the Pittsbugh Pirates at 6:40 p.m.

Game 116: Mets vs. Guardians Starting Lineup and Pitching Match-Up

 Mets Starting Lineup:

1. Francisco Lindor-SS

2. Bo Bichette-3B

3. Luis Robert Jr-CF

4. Carson Benge-RF

5. Francisco Alvarez-DH

6. Marcus Semien-2B

7. Eric Wagaman-1B

8. Luis Torrens-C

9. Cristian Pache-LF

The pitching match-up is RHP Nolan McLean (7-7, 3.29 ERA) vs. LHP Foster Griffin (12-3, 3.06 ERA)

Mets Rally To Beat Guardians 6-5 in 10 Innings

 

Mets RF Carson Benge (Photo Credits to David Richard-Imagn Images)

The New York Mets beat the Cleveland Guardians 6-5 in 10 innings tonight at Progressive Field for their second consecutive win and improved their record to 49-66.

The Met offense was held scoreless for the first two innings until the top of the third after LF Brett Baty and DH Jorge Polanco hit back-to-back homers.

In the top of the fourth, RF Carson Benge reached on an error with one out and then 1B Jared Young followed with a RBI double.

In the top of the sixth, Benge hit a solo homer.

The offense did not score in the top of the seventh and eighth innings, and then came alive in the top of the ninth.

1B Jared Young led off with a walk and three batters later with two outs, Polanco doubled. 2B Marcus Semien then walked to load the bases and then CF A.J. Ewing reached on an error by 2B Travis Bazzana.

In the top of the tenth, 3B Bo Bichette hit a game-winning double.

Mets RHP Christian Scott started out well with three scoreless innings and then gave up a RBI single to Bazzana in the bottom of the fourth and then came back to get three straight outs with two strikeouts.

In the bottom of the fifth, Scott loaded the bases and then gave up a two-run single to 1B Nataniel Lowe and was taken out after the inning with the game tied.

Scott's final line was five innings, six hits, three runs, two walks and seven strikeouts.

LHP Jefry Yan came in next in the bottom of the sixth in his ML debut and escaped out of a based loaded jam.

RHP Dedneil Nunez followed in the bottom of the seventh in his return back to the Major Leagues and was hurt by his defense to start the inning after Young made a fielding error and then Nunez gave up a RBI double to catcher Patrick Bailey and a RBI single to 3B Angel Genao.

RHP Chayce McDermott followed with two scoreless innings in the bottom of the eighth and ninth. McDermott picked up his first win.

RHP Daniel Duerte closed it out with a scoreless bottom of the tenth and picked up his first save.

The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon, Thursday, August 6 at the Guardians at 1:10 p.m.

Game 115: Mets vs. Guardians Starting Lineup and Pitching Match-Up

 Mets Starting Lineup:

1. A.J. Ewing-CF

2. Francisco Lindor-SS

3. Bo Bichette-3B

4. Carson Benge-RF

5. Jared Young-1B

6. Francisco Alvarez-C

7. Brett Baty-LF

8. Jorge Polanco-DH

9.  Marcus Semien-2B

The pitching match-up is RHP Christian Scott (3-3, 2.99 ERA) vs. RHP Tanner Bibee (4-11, 3.81 ERA)

Mets Beat Guardians 6-2 Powered By Luis Torrens

 

Mets Catcher Luis Torrens (Photo Credits to SNY.TV)

The New York Mets beat the Cleveland Guardians 6-2 tonight at Progressive Field to snap their three-game losing streak and improved their record to 48-66.

After a scoreless top of the first, in the top of the second with two outs, 2B Marcus Semien reached on an error with two outs and then 1B Jared Young followed with a walk. Catcher Luis Torrens came up next and hit a three-run homer.

In the top of the third, 3B Bo Bichette hit a solo homer to deep left field that traveled 422 feet.

In the top of the fourth, Semien led off with a walk and after Young grounded out, Torrens drove in Semien with a RBI single for his fourth RBI of the game.

In the top of the eighth, RF Carson Benge hit a 451-foot solo homer to left-center field.

Mets LHP Sean Manaea allowed the first three hitters to reach base in the bottom of the first, but then came back with two strikeouts and a force out to escape trouble.

Manaea was helped out by his defense in the bottom of the second after Benge threw out SS Brayan Rocchio trying to go first to third on a single by CF Steven Kwan.

Manaea gave up a lead-off to RF Jo Adell in the bottom of the third and then walked DH Chase DeLauter and and two batters later, gave up a RBI double to LF Angel Martinez.

Manaea had a scoreless bottom of the fourth and gave up a two-out RBI single to 2B Travis Bazzana in the bottom of the fifth, but then struck out 3B Gabriel Arias to end the inning.

Manaea was able to pitch a scoreless bottom of the sixth by getting a strikeout and 4-3 double play on a soft liner to end the inning.

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

He picked up his third win and lowered his ERA to 4.33.

RHP Daniel Duerte came in next in the bottom of the seventh and got into trouble after SS Francisco Lindor made an error and then walked DeLautner.

Duerte came back to retire the next two hitters and was then taken out.

LHP Nate Lavendar followed in his ML debut and struck out Bazzana to end the inning.

Lavendar stayed in for the bottom of the eighth and threw a scoreless inning and was able to get a groundball double play to end the inning.

RHP Kodai Senga came on in the bottom of the ninth in his first outing out of the bullpen and closed it out with a scoreless inning.

The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Wednesday, August 5 at the Guardians at 6:40 p.m.