Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Carson Benge-RF
2. Bo Bichette-SS
3. Juan Soto-DH
4. Mark Vientos-1B
5. Brett Baty-3B
6. Marcus Semien-2B
7. A.J. Ewing-CF
8. Tyrone Taylor-LF
9. Hayden Senger-C
The pitching match-up is RHP Christian Scott (0-0, 4.12 ERA) vs. RHP Tyler Phillips (0-0, 1.20 ERA)
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| Mets SS Bo Bichette (Photo Credits to Sam Navarro-Imagn Images) |
Mets RHP Freddy Peralta started out well with a scoreless bottom of the first, but then ran into trouble in the bottom of the second. Peralta gave back-to-back singles with one out and a poor throw by LF Juan Soto to second base allowed the runners to second and third.
Peralta then gave up a two-run double to RF Owen Cassie.
Peralta gave up another run in the bottom of the third on a solo homer by DH Liam Hicks.
Peralta had a scoreless bottom of the fourth and then gave up another solo homer to Hicks in the bottom of the fifth.
Peralta had scoreless innings in the bottom of the sixth and seventh and was then taken out.
His final line was seven innings, eight hits, four runs, two walks and nine strikeouts.
RHP Jonthan Pintaro who was called up on Saturday came in next and threw a scoreless bottom of the eighth.
The Met offense was held scoreless for the first eight innings managing only one hit against RHP Max Meyer on a single by 1B Mark Vientos in the top of the second until the top of the ninth. Pinch-hitter Tyrone Taylor singled with two outs and Vientos drove in Taylor with a RBI single. CF A.J. Ewing came up next and grounded out to third to end the game.
The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon, Sunday, May 24 at the Marlins at 1:40 p.m.
Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Carson Benge-RF
2. Bo Bichette-SS
3. Juan Soto-LF
4. Brett Baty-3B
5. Mark Vientos-1B
6. A.J. Ewing-CF
7. Marcus Semien-2B
8. M.J. Melendez-DH
9. Luis Torrens-C
The pitching match-up is RHP Freddy Peralta (3-3, 3.31 ERA) vs. RHP Max Meyer (4-0, 2.85 ERA)
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| Mets DH Juan Soto (Photo Credits to Sam Navarro-Imagn Images) |
Mets RHP Tobias Myers got the start as an "opener" and threw a scoreless bottom of the first. Myers came back out for the bottom of the second and gave up a one-out double to LF Estuery Ruiz and was taken out.
LHP Sean Manaea came in next and then Ruiz stole third and Manaea gave up a RBI ground-out.
Manaea was able to retire the next seven hitters he faced, but in the bottom of the fourth he gave up a two-out triple to Ruiz and a RBI single to RF Owen Cassie.
Manaea stayed in for the bottom of the fifth and threw a scoreless inning and was then taken out.
His final line was 3.2 innings, four hits, one run, 0 walks and three strikeouts.
RHP Jonah Tong came in next in his season debut and had a terrific outing with three scoreless hitless innings facing the minimum. He gave up one walk with two strikeouts.
The Met offense got off to a fast start in the top of the first after DH Juan Soto hit a solo homer. However, they did not do much after that since Marlins starting pitcher RHP Eury Perez retired the next eight hitters in a row until Soto singled in the top of the fourth.
The only other hit they had was a single by CF A.J. Ewing in the top of the eighth. RF Carson Benge was robbed by Marlins centerfielder Jakob Marsee who robbed him on deep fly balls in the top of the first and sixth.
The offense had only three hits all night and were unable to generate any rallies to put runners in scoring position.
The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon, Saturday, May 23 at the Marlins at 4:10 p.m.
Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Carson Benge-RF
2. Bo Bichette-SS
3. Juan Soto-DH
4. Mark Vientos-1B
5. Brett Baty-3B
6. Marcus Semien-2B
7. A.J. Ewing-CF
8. Nick Morabito-LF
9. Luis Torrens-C
The pitching match-up is RHP Tobias Myers (0-1, 3.41 ERA) vs. RHP Eury Perez (2-6, 5.33 ERA)
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| Mets LF Juan Soto and Catcher Luis Torrens (Photo Credits to Brad Mills-Imagn Images) |
The Met offense did not do much outside of the top of the third when D.H. M.J. Melendez was hit by a pitch was hit by a pitch with one out and then catcher Luis Torrens followed by reaching on an infield hit.
RF Carson Benge then singled to load the bases and SS Bo Bichette drove in Melendez and Torrens with a two-run single up the middle.
They had a chance to break the game open in the top of the ninth with the based loaded and no out, but Melendez struck out, Torrens lined out to second baseman Nasim Nunez and Benge flew out to deep right centerfield that was knocked out by the wind.
Mets LHP David Peterson retired the first two hitters he faced in the bottom of the first and then walked three straight hitters to load the bases. Peterson was able to escape out of trouble and then settled down with scoreless innings in the bottom of the second, third and fourth.
Peterson gave up a run in the bottom of the fifth and was able to get out of further trouble after 1B Mark Vientos made a nice diving grab to his left to strand runner at third base.
Peterson was taken out after the inning and his final line was five innings, four hits, one run, three walks and three strikeouts.
He picked up his third win and lowered his ERA to 5.03.
RHP Huascar Brazoban followed with a 1-2-3 bottom of the sixth.
LHP Brooks Raley came in next and threw a 1-2-3 bottom of the seventh.
RHP Luke Weaver came on in the bottom of the eighth and threw a scoreless inning.
RHP Devin Williams followed in the bottom of the ninth and got off to a rocky start after CF A.J. Ewing misplayed a fly ball by DH Daylen Lile due to a wind which lead to a lead-off double.
Williams was able to get the next out on a ground-out and then came back to strike out pinch-hitter Jose Tena swinging at a change-up in the dirt and then was able to retire catcher Keibert Ruiz on a ground-out to close out the game.
Williams picked up his seventh save of the season.
The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Friday, May 22 at the Miami Marlins at 7:10 p.m.
Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Carson Benge-RF
2. Bo Bichette-SS
3. Juan Soto-LF
4. Mark Vientos-1B
5. Brett Baty-3B
6. Marcus Semien-2B
7. A.J. Ewing-CF
8. M.J. Melendez-DH
9. Luis Torrens-C
The pitching match-up is LHP David Peterson (2-4, 5.40 ERA) vs. RHP Cade Cavilli (2-2, 4.05 ERA)
