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.

Game 114: Mets vs. Guardians Starting Lineup and Pitching Match-Up

 Mets Starting Lineup:

1. A.J. Ewing-LF

2. Francisco Lindor-SS3

3. Bo Bichette-3B

4. Francisco Alvarez-DH

5. Carson Benge-RF

6. Luis Robert Jr-CF

7. Marcus Semien-2B

8. Jared Young-1B

9. Luis Torrens-C

The pitching match-up is LHP Sean Manaea (2-5, 4.42 ERA) vs. LHP Joey Cantillo (8-6, 3.88 ERA)

Mets Trade Clay Holmes and Tyrone Taylor to Cubs

 

Mets RHP Clay Holmes (Photo Credits to Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images)

The New York Mets traded RHP Clay Holmes and outfielder Tyrone Taylor to the Chicago Cubs for infield prospect Jefferson Rojas.

Rojas is ranked as the Cubs number 2 prospect and has played all infield positions and has a .799 OPS this season with Double-A Knoxville.

Holmes got off to an outstanding start with a 2.39 ERA and 1.10 WHIP over his first nine outings but had an unfortunate injury on May 15th against the Yankees with a comebacker broke his fibula.

It is expected that Holmes will decline his 2027 player option and become a free agent.

Taylor was acquired from the Brewers in 2024 and had a strong season in 2024 with a .701 OPS in 130 games with plus defense in center field.

This year he has hit for a lot more power hitting seven homers with 14 RBI in 24 games since returning off the IL with a hip injury.

Mets Trade Luke Weaver to Pirates

 

Mets reliever RHP Luke Weaver (Photo Credits to SNY.TV)

The New York Mets traded reliever RHP Luke Weaver to the Pittsburgh Pirates for infield prospect Sammy Stafura.

Stafura is ranked as the no 9 prospect in the Pirates minor league system according to MLB Pipeline.

He is hitting .276 with 20 homers, 20 stolen bases and 54 RBI in 60 games for A-level Bradenton and High-A Greensboro.

Weaver had a spectacular year for the Mets with a 1.84 ERA and 0.81 WHIP with 45 strikeouts in 44 innings across 42 games in a Met uniform.

Now with Weaver gone as well as Brooks Raley , Huascar Brazoban and A.J. Minter, the Met bullpen will look drastically different with Devin Williams as the only current member of the bullpen who will be on the team in 2027.

Mets Trade Brooks Raley To Phillies

 

Mets LHP Brooks Raley (Photo Credits to SNY.TV)

The New York Mets traded LHP Brooks Raley to the Philadelphia Phillies for prospects outfielder John Spikerman and right-handed pitcher Luke Gabrysh.

Spikerman is the Phillies 27th ranked prospect who is known as a plus defender. He was selected in the third round of the 2024 MLB Draft. Spikerman has a ,754 OPS this year for Single-A Clearwater and High-A Jersey Shore with a .423 OPS in High-A.

Gabrush was drafted in the 15th round of the 2024 draft. He has a 4.17 ERA and 1.131 WHIP over 146.2 innings in two minor league seasons. Gabrush has 89 strikeouts in 68.1 innings in 18 games (17 starts) with High Single-A.

Raley did a fine job as a Met with a 1.96 ERA and 1.08 WHIP in 41.1 innings this year over 45 appearances.

He posted a 2.31 ERA an 1.08 WHIP in 128.2 innings in his total Mets career.

Mets Trade Huascar Brazoban To White Sox

 

Mets RHP Huascar Brazoban (Photo Credits to SNY.TV)

The New York Mets traded reliever RHP Huascar Brazoban to the Chicago White Sox for right-handed pitching prospects Gabe Davis and Zach Franklin.

Davis is the White Sox 18th ranked prospect. He was a fifth round pick in the 2025 MLB Draft. He was promoted to Double-A Birmingham at the end of May. He began the year in High-A Winston Salem where had a 2.63 ERA and 1.06 WHIP in eight starts. In 10 Double-A starts, he had a 8.31 ERA and 1.85 WHIP.

Franklin is 27 years old and has pitched in Triple-A Charlotte this year and has a 1.13 WHIP, two holds, and five saves in six opportunities.

Brazoban was acquired by the Mets from the Miami Marlins in 2024. He had a fine year for the Mets in 2026 with a 2.61 ERA and 47 strikeouts in 51.2 innings.

Mets Shutout By Marlins 2-0 To Lose Series Wasting Several Scoring Opportunities

 

Mets SS Francisco Lindor (Photo Credits to Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images)

The New York Mets lost to the Miami Marlins 2-0 at Citi Field this afternoon for their third consecutive loss to drop their record to 47-66.

Mets RHP Robert Stock made his first start since 2021 and did a fine job allowing one run on three hits in five innings. He gave up no walks with four strikeouts.

LHP Brooks Raley followed and threw a scoreless top of the sixth.

RHP Luke Weaver came in next and threw a scoreless top of the seventh.

RHP Huascar Brazoban threw a scoreless top of the eighth.

RHP Devin Williams gave up a run in the top of the ninth on a RBI single by 2B Xavier Edwards.

The Met offense did not do much for the first six innings against RHP Sandy Alcantara and then finally came alive in the bottom of the seventh.

CF Luis Robert Jr led off with a single and 1B Jared Young followed with a double. 2B Marcus Semien then walked to load the bases with no outs.

However, DH Jorge Polanco and catcher Francisco Alvarez followed with strikeouts and then LF A.J. Ewing grounded out to end the inning.

In the bottom of the eighth, SS Francisco Lindor led off with a double, but then 3B Bo Bichette flew out to centerfield, RF Carson Benge grounded out to second and Robert Jr. flew out to left.

In the bottom of the ninth, Alvarez walked with two outs and then Ewing flew out to centerfield for the last out.

The offense was unable to come up with any timely hits and was unable to deliver with men on base. They went 0-12 with runners in scoring position leaving 10 runners on base.

The Mets are off tomorrow as they look ahead to the trading deadline at 6:00 p.m. They return back to action on Tuesday, August 4 at the Cleveland Guardians at 6:40 p.m.