Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Francisco Lindor-SS
2. Bo Bichette-3B
3. Carson Benge-RF
4. Luis Robert Jr-LF
5. Eric Wagaman-1B
6. Christopher Morel-DH
7. Marcus Semien-2B
8. A.J. Ewing-CF
9. Luis Torrens-C
The pitching match-up is RHP Nolan McLean (9-8, 3.34 ERA) vs. LHP Sean Newcomb (1-3, 2.44 ERA)
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| Mets LF Luis Robert Jr (Photo Credits to Matt Marton-Imagn Images) |
The Met offense got off to a fast start in the top of the first after CF A.J. Ewing led off with a single and then stole second. Two batters later, RF Carson Benge drove in Ewing with a RBI single.
In the top of the third, 3B Bo Bichette hit a solo homer with one out and then Benge followed with a single. Later in the inning, Benge stole second and then LF Luis Robert Jr hit a two-run homer.
After a scoreless top of the fourth, Benge homered to lead off the top of the fifth and then 1B Jared Young followed with a double.
Two batters later, pinch-hitter Eric Wagaman drove in Young with a RBI single.
2B Marcus Semien followed with a RBI single.
In the top of the seventh, Robert Jr hit a solo homer for his second homer of the game.
In the top of the ninth, Young led off with a double and two batters later, pinch-hitter Luis Torrens hit a two-run homer.
Mets RHP Christian Scott started out well with a 1-2-3 bottom of the first and then gave up a solo homer to RF Braden Montgomery in the bottom of the second and came back to get back-to-back strikeouts to end the inning.
In the bottom of the third, Scott gave up a lead-off homer to CF Trisan Peters that went off Benge's glove and then gave up two singles and a walk to load the bases. Scott allowed a sacririce fly to DH Andrew Benintendi, but was able to escape out of the inning without any further damage.
Scott then recovered to have a 1-2-3 bottom of the fourth but had more trouble in the bottom of the fifth after he gave up a lead-off hit by pitch and then two more walks to load the bases and then another walk to bring in a run and was taken out.
RHP Jonathan Pintaro came in next and struck out SS Colson Montgomery to end the inning. Scott's final line was 4.2 innings, five hits, four runs, four walks and six strikeouts.
Pintaro came back out for the bottom of the sixth, but he did not have same level of success after he gave up a lead-off single and walk and a sacrifice bunt. Pintaro then gave up an infield hit to LF Sam Antonacci to bring in a run and was taken out.
RHP Austin Warren followed and picked up last three outs in the inning. Warren stayed in for the bottom of the seventh and threw a scoreless inning. He threw 1.2 scoreless innings and picked up his second win.
RHP Dedniel Nunez came in next and threw a scoreless bottom of the eighth.
RHP Kodai Senga closed it out with a scoreless bottom of the ninth.
The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon, Sunday, August 23 at the White Sox at 2:10 p.m.
Mets Starting Lineup:
1. A.J. Ewing-CF
2. Francisco Lindor-SS
3. Bo Bichettte-3B
4. Carson Benge-RF
5. Jared Young-1B
6. Luis Robert Jr-LF
7. Brett Baty-DH
8. Marcus Semien-2B
9. Francisco Alvarez-C
The pitching match-up is RHP Christian Scott (4-3, 3.51 ERA) vs. RHP Luis Castillo (4-9, 4.99 ERA)
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| Mets 2B Marcus Semien (Photo Credits to Matt Marton-Imagn Images) |
After a scoreless top of the first, RF Carson Benge singled to lead off the top of the second and three batters later, 3B Brett Baty singled. 2B Marcus Semien followed with a RBI single.
In the top of the third, 1B Jared Young singled with one out and then LF Luis Robert Jr followed with a double. Baty followed with a two-run double to score Young and Robert Jr.
In the top of the fifth, DH Bo Bichette hit a solo homer.
Mets LHP Sean Manaea cruised through the first five innings allowing two hits and a walk with four strikeouts, however it all imploded for Manaea in the bottom of the sixth.
He walked 1B Munetaka Murakami with one out and then gave up a two-run homer to 3B Miguel Vargas. Manaea then gave up solo homers to LF Randall Grichul and DH Colson Montgomery for back-to-back-to back homers. Manaea was able to recover and get the last two outs to finish out the inning and was then taken out.
His final line was six innings, five hits, four runs, two walks and four strikeouts.
LHP Nate Lavender followed with 1.1 scoreless innings.
RHP Daniel Duarte came in next and threw a scoreless bottom of the eighth.
LHP Jefrey Yan came on in the bottom of the ninth and gave up a lead-off walk and three batters later, gave up a walk-off two-run homer to catcher Jake Rogers.
The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Saturday, August 22 at the White Sox at 7:10 p.m.
Mets Starting Lineup:
1. A.J. Ewing-CF
2. Francisco Lindor-SS
3. Bo Bichette-DH
4. Carson Benge-RF
5. Jared Young-1B
6. Luis Robert Jr-LF
7. Brett Baty-3B
8. Marcus Semien-2B
9. Francisco Alvarez-C
The pitching match-up is LHP Sean Manaea (4-5, 4.22 ERA) vs. RHP Sean Burke (7-6, 3.15 ERA)
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| Mets RF Carson Benge (Photo Credits to SNY.TV) |
The Met offense was held scoreless for the first three innings and then came alive in the bottom of the fourth.
CF A.J. Ewing led off with a single and then SS Francisco Lindor grounded into a double play. 3B Bo Bichette followed with a walk and RF Carson Benge came up next and hit a two-run homer.
The offense did not score for the next three innings until the bottom of the inning after Ewing walked with one out and stole second and then Lindor followed with a single. Bichette then grounded into a fielder's choice and caught a break when SS Sung-Mun Song made a throwing error to score Ewing and put two more runners in scoring position.
Two batters later, 1B Jared Young drove in Bichette with a RBI single.
Mets RHP Robert Stock started out well with four scoreless innungs and then in the top of the fifth, gave up a lead-off double to SS Xander Bogaerts and two batters later, a RBI double to DH Manny Machado and was then taken out.
Stock's final line was 4.1 innings, two hits, one run, three walks and six strikeouts.
RHP Jonathan Pintato followed and picked up last two outs in the top of the fifth
LHP Nate Lavender came in next and threw a scoreless top of the sixth.
Lavender picked up his first win of the season.
RHP Austin Warren followed and threw a scoreless top of the seventh.
RHP Daniel Duarte threw a scoreless top of the eighth.
RHP Kodai Senga came on in the top of the ninth and gave up a run off two hits and a walk, but was able to get the game-ending double play to pick up his fourth save of the season.
The Mets are off tomorrow and return back to action on Friday, August 21 at the Chicago White Sox at 7:40 p.m.
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-DH
7. Brett Baty-LF
8. Marcus Semien-2B
9. Luis Torrens-C
The pitching match-up is RHP Robert Stock (0-2, 6.57 ERA) vs. RHP Michael King (8-8, 3.41 ERA)
