Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Francisco Lindor-SS
2. Bo Bichette-3B
3. Luis Robert Jr-CF
4. Carson Benge-RF
5. Francisco Alvarez-DH
6. Marcus Semien-2B
7. Eric Wagaman-1B
8. Luis Torrens-C
9. Cristian Pache-LF
The pitching match-up is RHP Nolan McLean (7-7, 3.29 ERA) vs. LHP Foster Griffin (12-3, 3.06 ERA)
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| Mets RF Carson Benge (Photo Credits to David Richard-Imagn Images) |
The Met offense was held scoreless for the first two innings until the top of the third after LF Brett Baty and DH Jorge Polanco hit back-to-back homers.
In the top of the fourth, RF Carson Benge reached on an error with one out and then 1B Jared Young followed with a RBI double.
In the top of the sixth, Benge hit a solo homer.
The offense did not score in the top of the seventh and eighth innings, and then came alive in the top of the ninth.
1B Jared Young led off with a walk and three batters later with two outs, Polanco doubled. 2B Marcus Semien then walked to load the bases and then CF A.J. Ewing reached on an error by 2B Travis Bazzana.
In the top of the tenth, 3B Bo Bichette hit a game-winning double.
Mets RHP Christian Scott started out well with three scoreless innings and then gave up a RBI single to Bazzana in the bottom of the fourth and then came back to get three straight outs with two strikeouts.
In the bottom of the fifth, Scott loaded the bases and then gave up a two-run single to 1B Nataniel Lowe and was taken out after the inning with the game tied.
Scott's final line was five innings, six hits, three runs, two walks and seven strikeouts.
LHP Jefry Yan came in next in the bottom of the sixth in his ML debut and escaped out of a based loaded jam.
RHP Dedneil Nunez followed in the bottom of the seventh in his return back to the Major Leagues and was hurt by his defense to start the inning after Young made a fielding error and then Nunez gave up a RBI double to catcher Patrick Bailey and a RBI single to 3B Angel Genao.
RHP Chayce McDermott followed with two scoreless innings in the bottom of the eighth and ninth. McDermott picked up his first win.
RHP Daniel Duerte closed it out with a scoreless bottom of the tenth and picked up his first save.
The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon, Thursday, August 6 at the Guardians at 1:10 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-C
7. Brett Baty-LF
8. Jorge Polanco-DH
9. Marcus Semien-2B
The pitching match-up is RHP Christian Scott (3-3, 2.99 ERA) vs. RHP Tanner Bibee (4-11, 3.81 ERA)
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| Mets Catcher Luis Torrens (Photo Credits to SNY.TV) |
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.
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)
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| Mets RHP Clay Holmes (Photo Credits to Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images) |
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.
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| Mets reliever RHP Luke Weaver (Photo Credits to SNY.TV) |
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.
