Mets Rout Pirates 11-1 To Take Series Behind Stellar Effort From Sean Manaea and Offense

 

Mets LF A.J. Ewing and 1B Jared Young (Photo Credits to SNY,TV)

The New York Mets beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-1 this afternoon at PNC Park to take two out of three games in the series and improved their record to 52-67.

The Met offense got off to a fast start in the top of the first after LF A.J. Ewing led off with a hit by pitch and then SS Francisco Lindor followed with a hit by pitch. 3B Bo Bichette followed with a single to load the bases.

LF Carson Benge came up next and drove in Ewing with a RBI single and CF Luis Robert Jr followed with a sacrifice fly to score Lindor.

In the top of the third, Bichette reached on an infield hit with one out and two batters later, Robert Jr delivered with a two-run homer. 1B Jared Young followed with a triple and then 2B Marcus Semien delivered with a RBI single to score Young.

In the top of the fourth, catcher Francisco Alvarez led off with a hit by pitch and Ewing and Lindor followed with walks to load the bases. Bichette came up next and broke the game open with a bases clearing double.

Benge followed with a walk and two batters later, Young drove in Bichette with a RBI single.

In the top of the fifth, Alvarez led off with a homer.

In the top of the seventh, Bichette doubled with one out and two batters later, Robert Jr drove in Bichette with a RBI single.

Mets LHP Sean Manaea had his best start of the season allowing one run on three hits in seven innings. He gave up no walks with 11 strikeouts. He picked up his fourth win and lowered his ERA to 4.13.

RHP Jack Weisenburger followed in his ML debut and closed it out with two scoreless innings allowing one hit with two strikeouts.

The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Monday, August 10 at the Atlanta Braves at 7:15 p,m.

Game 119: Mets vs. Pirates Starting Lineup and Pitching Match-Up

 Mets Starting Lineup:

1. A.J. Ewing-LF

2. Francisco Lindor-SS

3. Bo Bichette-3B

4. Carson Benge-RF

5. Luis Robert Jr-CF

6. Jared Young-1B

7. Marcus Semien-2B

8. Brett Baty-DH

9. Francisco Alvarez-C

The pitching match-up is LHP Sean Manaea (3-5, 4.33 ERA) vs. RHP Jared Jones (2-3, 4.02 ERA)

Mets Shutout By Pirates 9-0 After Robert Stock and Offense Struggle

 

Mets 3B Bo Bichette (Photo Credits to SNY.TV)

The New York Mets lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-0 at PNC Park to snap their four-game winning streak and dropped their record to 51-67.

Mets RHP Robert Stock got into immiediate trouble in the bottom of the first after he gave up a double, infield hit and hit batsman to load the bases.  Stock then gave up a RBI ground-out to 3B Nick Gonzalez and a two-run double to RF Ronny Simon.

Stock had a scoreless bottom of the second and then gave up a RBI single to Gonzalez in the bottom of the third.

It all imploded for Stock in the bottom of the fourth after he gave up back-to-back hits to start the inning and then gave up a hit to bring in a run. He then gave up back-to-back walks to load the bases with no outs and then threw a wild pitch to score another run.

Stock then walked 1B Spencer Horwitz to load the bases and gave up a bases-clearing double to Gonzalez and was taken out.

Stock's final line was 3.0 innings, nine hits, eight runs, five walks and four strikeouts.

RHP Xzavion Curry came in next and threw three scoreless innings.

Catcher Luis Torrens followed in the bottom of the seventh and gave up a solo homer to 2B Brandon Lowe to lead off the bottom of the seventh, but did not allow any more runs in the inning and threw a scoreless bottom of the eighth.

The Met offense did not all night managing only three singles by SS Francisco Lindor, CF Luis Robert Jr, and catcher Francisco Alvarez.

The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon, Sunday, August 9 at the Pirates at 1:35 p.m.

Game 118: Mets vs. Pirates Starting Lineup and Pitching Match-Up

 Mets Starting Lineup:

1. A.J. Ewing-LF

2. Francisco Lindor-SS

3. Bo Bichette-3B

4. Jared Young-1B

5. Luis Robert Jr-CF

6. Brett Baty-RF

7. Marcus Semien-2B

8. Jorge Polanco-DH

9. Francisco Alvarez-C

The pitching match-up is RHP Robert Stock (0-1, 1.80 ERA) vs. RHP Bubba Chandler (4-8. 4.49 ERA)

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.