Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Carson Benge-RF
2. Bo Bichette-SS
3. Juan Soto-LF
4. Jared Young-1B
5. A.J. Ewing-CF
6. Marcus Semien-2B
7. Brett Baty-3B
8. M.J. Melendez-DH
9. Luis Torrens-C
The pitching match-up is Mets starter TBD vs. LHP Martin Perez (4-3, 3.02 ERA)
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| Mets SS Bo Bichette (Photo Credits to SNY.TV) |
The Met offense got off to a fast start in the bottom of the first after SS Bo Bichette and LF Juan Soto hit back-to-back solo homers.
In the bottom of the second, D.H. M.J. Melendez doubled with two outs and then catcher Luis Torrens followed with an infield single.
RF Carson Benge was then hit by a pitch to load the bases and then Bichette came up and broke the game open with a grand slam.
In the bottom of the fourth, Melendez led off with a walk and Torrens followed with a single.
Benge then grounded into a fielder's choice to advance Melendez and Torrens to second and third and then Bichette drove in his sixth run of the game with a sacrifice fly.
RHP Nolan McLesn started out well with a 1-2-3 top of the first but ran into trouble in the top of the second.
McLean gave up a walk, error on a pick-off team attempt at first and another walk.
McLean then gave up a RBI single to RF Mike Yastrzemski and a third walk in the inning to load the bases with no out.
McLean was able to escape out of further trouble by striking out catcher Austin Wynns, getting LF Mauricio Dubon on an infield fly and struck out CF Michael Harris II to end the inning.
McLean was able to respond after that with a scoreless top of the third and another scoreless inning in the top of the fourth and was then taken out.
His final line was four innings, three hits, two runs, four walks and six strikeouts.
LHP Cionel Perez came in next in the top of the fifth retiring the first two hitters he faced and then gave up a solo homer to 1B Matt Olson.
Perez came back out for the top of the sixth and retired the first hitter he faced and then RHP Huascar Brazoban followed and had back-to-back strikeouts to end the inning.
Perez picked up his third save of the season.
Brazoban stayed in for the top of the seventh and had another dominating inning with two more strikeouts as part of a 1-2-3 inning.
LHP Brooks Raley came in next in the top of the eighth and gave up a lead-off single and after a passed ball and ground-out, gave up a RBI single to 2B Ozzie Albies. Raley then struck out pinch-hitter Jorge Mateo and gave up a double to 3B Austin Riley and was taken out.
RHP Devin Williams came on for a four-out save and gave up a RBI infield single to pinch-hitter Eli White that 3B Brett Baty knocked down. Williams came back to strike out pinch-hitter Rowdy Tellez to end the inning.
Williams stayed in for the top of the ninth and after striking out the first hitter he faced, gave up a one-out single to Dubon after a 14-pitch at-bat. Williams was able to settle down after that and managed to strike out Harris and Olson to close out the game and pick up his 10th save of the season.
The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon, Sunday, June 13 at home against the Braves at 4:10 p.m.
Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Carson Benge-RF
2. Bo Bichette-SS
3. Juan Soto-LF
4. Jared Young-1B
5. A.J. Ewing-CF
6. Marcus Semien-2B
7. Brett Baty-3B
8. M.J. Melendez-DH
9. Luis Torrens-C
The pitching match-up is RHP Nolan McLean (3-4, 3.98 ERA) vs. RHP Spencer Strider (4-1, 4.00 ERA)
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| Mets DH Juan Soto (Photo Credits Brad Penner-Imagn Images) |
The Met offense got off to a fast start in the bottom of the first after RF Carson Benge led off with a single and SS Bo Bichette followed with a two-run homer. Two batters later, 1B Jared Young hit a solo homer.
The offense was held scoreless for the next three innings until the bottom of the fifth after Soto doubled with one out and Young followed with a RBI single.
In the bottom of the seventh, Soto hit a game-winning solo homer.
Mets RHP Christian Scott had a rocky first couple of innings after he gave up a solo homer to 1B Alec Burlerson in the top of the first and a solo homer to LF Lars Noosbar in the top of the second and later in the inning, a two-run homer to catcher Jimmy Crooks.
Scott was able to settle down after that and did not allow any more runs. He was able to get into the top of the fifth and was taken out with two outs in the inning.
Scott's final line was 4.2 innings, seven hits, four runs, one walk and six strikeouts.
LHP A.J. Minter followed with 1.1 scoreless innings.
LHP Brooks Raley came in next and threw a scoreless top of the seventh.
RHP Luke Weaver threw a scoreless top of the eighth.
RHP Devin Williams came on in the top of the ninth and closed it out with a 1-2-3 inning with two strikeouts to pick up his ninth save of the season.
The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Friday, June 12 at home against the Atlanta Braves at 7:10 p.m.
Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Carson Benge-RF
2. Bo Bichette-SS
3. Juan Soto-DH
4. Jared Young-1B
5. A.J. Ewing-CF
6. Marcus Semien-2B
7. Brett Baty-3B
8. Francisco Alvarez-C
9. M.J. Melendez-LF
The pitching match-up is RHP Christian Scott (2-0, 2.50 ERA) vs. RHP Hunter Dobbins (1-0, 2.77 ERA)
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| Mets LHP David Peterson (Photo Credits to SNY.TV) |
Mets RHP Austin Warren got the start as an "opener" and struggled in the top of the first allowing two runs on two hits and two walks with one strikeout.
LHP David Peterson came in next in the top of the second and threw a scoreless inning, but then gave up a two-run homer to LF to Nelson Velaquez in the top of the top of the third.
It all imploded for Peterson in the top of the fourth after he gave up a three-run homer to DH Jordan Walker.
Peterson gave up another run in the top of the fifth after he gave up a RBI single to 3B Jose Femin in the top of the fifth and was then taken out.
Peterson's final line was 3.2 innings, seven hits, six runs, two walks and one strikeout.
LHP Cionel Perez came in next and threw 1.1 scoreless innings.
RHP Jonathan Pintaro followed and gave up one run in three innings.
The Met offense did not do much against RHP Jonathan Pallante outside of a two-run homer by catcher Francisco Alvarez in the bottom of the fourth.
They had only three hits the entire game and went 0-6 with runners in scoring position.
The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon, Thursday, June 11 at home against the Cardinals at 1:10 p.m.
Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Carson Benge-RF
2. Bo Bichette-SS
3. Juan Soto-LF
4. Jared Young-1B
5. Marcus Semien-2B
6. A.J. Ewing-CF
7. Francisco Alvarez-C
8. Brett Baty-3B
9. Luis Torrens-C
The pitching match-up is RHP Austin Warren (1-2, 2.01 ERA) vs. RHP Andre Pallante (6-4, 3.96 ERA)
