Mets Rout Braves 14-3 Powered By Two Homers From Francisco Lindor

 

Mets SS Francisco Lindor (Photo Credits to John Jones-Imagn Images)

The New York Mets beat the Atlanta Braves 14-3 tonight at home at Citi Field for their second consecutive win and improved their record to 45-62.

The Met offense got off to a fast start in the bottom of the first after RF A.J. Ewing led off with a single and SS Francisco Lindor followed with a RBI triple.

After a scoreless bottom of the second, Ewing led off the bottom of the third with another single and then stole second and Lindor followed with a two-run homer.

In the bottom of the sixth, LF Tyrone Taylor led off with a single and 2B Marcus Semien followed with a two-run homer.

In the bottom of the seventh, DH Francisco Alvarez led off with a walk and 1B Jared Young followed with a single.  Taylor came up next and delivered once again with another three-run homer, after hitting a three-run homer in his last game and sixth home run overall this month.

Semien followed with a walk and catcher Luis Torrens followed with a ground-rule double. Two batters later, Lindor walked and then 3B Bo Bichette followed by driving in Semien with a sacrifice fly.

In the bottom of the eighth, Alvarez led off with a walk and two batters later, Taylor singled. Semien followed with a single to load the bases and then Torrens drove in Young with a sacrifice fly.

Ewing followed with a sacrifice fly to bring in Taylor and then Lindor followed by capping off his stellar nighr at the plate with a three-run homer.

Mets LHP Zac Thornton got off to a rocky start in the top of the first after he gave up back-to-back singles to RF Ronald Acuna Jr and DH Drake Baldwin to start the game.

Thornton was able to get 1B Matt Olson to ground into a double play, but then gave up a RBI single to 2B Ozzie Albies.

Thornton was able to settle down striking out the last hitter he faced in the top of the first and then had a 1-2-3 top of the second with two strikeouts.

He had a 1-2-3 top of the third to retire seven consecutive hitters and then ran into trouble in the top of the fourth.

Thornton gave up a lead-off walk to Olson and then a two-run homer to Albies.

Thornton was then helped out by his defense after he was able to get double-play grounders to end the top of the fourth and top of the fifth.

He finished up strong with a 1-2-3 top of the sixth and was taken out with one out in the top of the seventh.

Thornton's final line was 6.1 innings, six hits, three earned runs, one walk and five strikeouts.

He picked up his second career win in five major league starts.

RHP Huascar Brazoban came in next and picked up last two outs in the top of the seventh.

RHP Daniel Duerte followed and closed it out with two scoreless innings in the top of the eighth and ninth with three strikeouts.

The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Tuesday, July 28 at home against the Braves at 7:10 p.m.

Game 107: Mets vs. Braves Starting Lineup and Pitching Match-Up

 Mets Starting Lineup:

1. A.J. Ewing-RF

2. Francisco Lindor-SS

3. Bo Bichette-3B

4. Luis Robert Jr-CF

5. Francisco Alvarez-DH

6.  Jared Young-1B

7. Tyrone Taylor-LF

8. Marcus Semien-2B

9. Luis Torrens-C

The pitching match-up is LHP Zac Thornton (1-1, 1.93 ERA) vs. LHP Martin Perez (6-6, 3.38 ERA)

Mets Beat Dodgers 8-3 Powered By Three-Run Homers From Tyrone Taylor and Marcus Semien

 

Mets CF Tyrone Taylor (Photo Credits to John Jones-Imagn Images)

The New York Mets beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-3 this afternoon at Citi Field to snap their three-game losing streak and improved their record to 44-62.

The Met offense got off to a fast start in the bottom of the first after CF A.J. Ewing led off with a double and SS Francisco Lindor followed with a RBI single.

The offense was held scoreless for the next four innings until the bottom of the sixth after RF Carson Benge led off with a walk and two batters later, pinch-hitter Luis Robert Jr walked. CF Tyrone Taylor came up next and delivered a three-run homer.

In the bottom of the seventh, Ewing led off with a walk and two batters later and advanced to second after SS Francisco Lindor followed with a ground-out. 3B Bo Bichette then reached on an infield hit and Ewing scored on a passed ball and Bichette advanced to second.

Two batters later, DH Jorge Polanco walked and 2B Marcus Semien followed by breaking the game open with a three-run homer.

Mets RHP Freddy Peralta had another difficult outing in what could be his final start in a Met uniform before the trading deadline on August 3.

His final line was four innings, six hits, three runs, (two earned runs), two walks and three strikeouts.

LHP Cionel Perez followed with two scoreless innings in the top of the fifth and sixth. He picked up his fifth win of the season.

LHP Brooks Raley came in next and threw a scoreless top of the seventh.

RHP Luke Weaver came on in the top of the eighth and made an incredible play to get the last out at first base to escape a based loaded jam.

RHP Devin Williams closed it out with a scoreless top of the ninth.

The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Monday, July 27 at home against the Atlanta Braves at 7:10 p.m.

Game 106: Mets vs. Dodgers 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. Jorge Polanco-DH

6. Jared Young-1B

7. Tyrone Taylor-LF

8. Brett Baty-2B

9. Luis Torrens-C

The pitching match-up is RHP Freddy Peralta (5-9, 5.01 ERA) vs. RHP Emmet Sheehan (4-7, 5.13 ERA)

Mets Lose To Dodgers 4-3 after late rally comes up short

 

Mets 3B Bo Bichette (Photo Credits to Imagn Images via Reuters Connect)

The New York Mets lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3 tonight at Citi Field for their third consecutive loss and dropped their record to 43-62.

Mets RHP Nolan McLean started out well with two scoreless innings and then ran into trouble in the top of the third. 

McLean gave up a lead-off homer to RF Kyle Tucker and two batters later, gave up a single to catcher Dalton Rushing. McLean was then let down by his defense after 1B Brett Baty made a throwing error which allowed Rushing to advance to third and DH Shohei Ohrani to reach first.

McLean gave up a RBI ground-out to the following hitter CF Andy Pages.  McLean then gave up a single to 1B Freddie Freeman to advance Pages to third and then catcher Francisco Alvarez committed a passed ball to allow Pages to score.

McLean was able to settle down for a brief inning with a 1-2-3 top of the fourth, but in the top of the fifth gave up a lead-off double to LF Tesoscar Hernandez and later in the inning, a RBI single to Pages.

McLean had a scoreless top of the sixth and was taken out after the inning.

His final line was six innings, seven hits, four runs (two earned runs), two walks and seven strikeouts.

LHP Daniel Duerte followed with two scoreless innings in the top of the seventh and eighth.

RHP Huascar Brazoban threw a scoreless top of the ninth.

The Met offense was held scoreless for the first four innings against RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto stranding two baserunners in the bottom of the first and third innings.

They broke through in the bottom of the fifth after 1B Brett Baty and catcher Francisco Alvarez singled to lead off the inning and three batters later, 3B Bo Bichette drove in Baty with a RBI single.

In the bottom of the eighth, RF Carson Benge led off with a hit by pitch and CF Luis Robert Jr followed with a walk. 1B Jorge Polanco and 2B Marcus Semien struck out, but then pinch-hitter Tyrone Taylor delivered with a two-run double. Alvarez followed with an intentional walk, but LF A.J. Ewing struck out to end the inning.

In the ninth inning, they went down 1-2-3.

The Met offense went 2-11 with runners in scoring position leaving 10 runners on base,

The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon, Sunday, July 26 at the Dodgers at 1:40 p.m.

Game 105: Mets vs. Dodgers Starting Lineup and Pitching Match-Up

 Mets Starting Lineup:

1. A.J. Ewing-LF

2. Francisco Lindor-SS

3. Bo Bichette-SS

4. Carson Benge-RF

5. Luis Robert Jr-CF

6. Jorge Polanco-DH

7. Marcus Semien-2B

8. Brett Baty-1B

9. Francisco Alvarez-C

The pitching match-up is RHP Nolan McLean (7-6, 3.34 ERA) vs. RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6, 2.78 ERA)

Mets Place Juan Soto on 10-day Injured List With Left Calf Strain

 

Mets OF Juan Soto (Photo Credits to SNY.TV)

The New York Mets placed OF Juan Soto on the 10-day injured list with left calf strain. Soto is expected to miss more than three weeks.

Eric Wagaman was recalled as corresponding roster move.