Mets Beat Brewers 3-2 in 10 Innings on Walk-off Win

 

Mets SS Francisco Lindor (Photo Credits to SNY.TV)

The New York Mets beat the Milwaukee Brewers 3-2 in 10 innings tonight at Citi Field and improved their record to 60-72.

The Met offense was held scoreless for the first four innings wasting five baserunners until the bottom of the fifth after SS Francisco Lindor hit a solo homer.

In the bottom of the sixth, CF Luis Robert Jr led off with a homer.

The offense did not do much for the next three innings until the bottom of the tenth after RF Carson Benge was intentionally walked with one out and then Robert Jr followed with a walk to load the bases.

Pinch-hitter Christopher Morel then hit a grounder to 3b David Hamilton who threw the ball wide home with the infield hit to allow Lindor to score who started out at second as the ghosr runner.

Mets LHP Zac Thornton cruised through the first three innings and then in the top of the fourth, gave up a lead-off double and later in the inning, a RBI single to RF Luis Lara.

Thornton was able to settle down with scoreless innings in the top of the fifth and sixth and was then taken out. His final line was six innings, seven hits, one run, 0 walks and four strikeouts. He worked out of several jams and held the Brew Crew to 1-7 with RISP and was able to get two double plays. Thornton lowered his ERA to 2.88.

LHP Nate Lavender followed with two scoreless innings in the top of the seventh and eighth. 

RHP Austin Warren came on in the top of the ninth and struggled giving up a lead-off double to catcher Wilson Contreras and then walked pinch-hitter Jake Bauers. Warren then gave up a RBI double to pinch-hitter Christian Yelich and then picked up a strikeout and then was taken out.

LHP Jefry Yan followed and struck out CF Garrett Mitchell and walked 3B Joey Ortiz to load the bases. Yan was then helped out by his defense after Lindor made an incredible diving backhanded grab to keep the game tied.

RHP Jonathan Pintaro came on in the top of the tenth with the ghost runner on second and struck out the first two hitters he faced and then got a flyout to right to end the inning and picked up his second win of the season.

The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Wednesday, August 26 at home against the Brewers at 7:10 p.m.

Game 132: Mets vs. Brewers Starting Lineup and Pitching Match-Up

Mets Starting Lineup:

1. Francisco Lindor-SS

2. Bo Bichette-3B

3. Carson Benge-RF

4. Luis Robert Jr-CF

5. Eric Wagaman-DH

6. Jared Young-1B

7. Marcus Semien-2B

8. Luis Torrens-C

9. A.J. Ewing-LF

The pitching match-up is LHP Zac Thornton (3-4, 3.04 ERA) vs. LHP Kyle Harrison (10-3, 2.84 ERA) 

Mets Lose To White Sox 2-1 On Walk-Off Homer

 

Mets RHP Nolan McLean (Photo Credits to Imagn Images via Reuters Connect

The New York Mets lost to the Chicago White Sox 2-1 this afternoon at Rate Field to lose two out of three games in the series and dropped their record to 59-72.

Mets RHP Nolan McLean cruised through the first two innings and then escaped out of a based loaded jam in the bottom of the third after he struck out DH Andrew Benintendi with two outs.

McLean then had a 1-2-3 bottom of the fourth and worked around a hit by pitch in the bottom of the fifth. He had a scoreless bottom of the sixth and was taken out after the inning.

His final line was six innings, one hit, 0 runs, four walks and six strikeouts.

RHP Dedniel Nunez followed with a scoreless bottom of the seventh.

RHP Daniel Duarte gave up a RBI double to Benitendi in the bottom of the eighth.

RHP Kodai Senga came on in the bottom of the ninth and gave up a walk-off homer to CF Tristan Peters.

The Met offense did not do much for the first six innings and had a chance to score in the top of the seventh after RF Carson Benge led off with a ground-rule double and then LF Luis Robert Jr followed with a walk. However, 1B Jared Young, pinch-hitter Francisco Alvarez and 2B Marcus Semien all struck out against rookie LHP Hagen Smith.

In the top of the ninth, Benge singled with one out and then Robert Jr followed with another walk. Young came up next and drove in Benge with a RBI single to tie the game. Alvarez then struck out and Semien followed with a walk to load the bases with two outs. CF A.J. Ewing came up who has been struggling mightly and then struck out to end the threat.

The Met offense struggled all game with men on base after they went 1-9 with runners in scoring positon leaving seven runners on base.

The Mets are off tomorrow and return back to home to Citi Field on Tuesday, August 25 against the Milwaukee Brewers at 7:10 p.m.

Game 131: Mets vs. White Sox Starting Lineup and Pitching Match-Up

 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)

Mets Beat White Sox 10-5 Behind Five Homers

 

Mets LF Luis Robert Jr (Photo Credits to Matt Marton-Imagn Images)

The New York Mets beat the Chicago White Sox 10-5 tonight at Rate Field and improved their record to 59-71.

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.

Game 130: Mets vs. White Sox Starting Lineup and Pitching Match-Up

 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)

Mets Lose To White Sox 6-4 On Walk-Off Homer After Blowing Four-Run Lead

 

Mets 2B Marcus Semien (Photo Credits to Matt Marton-Imagn Images)

The New York Mets lost to the Chicago White 6-4 tonight at Rate Field and dropped their record to 58-71.

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.