Mets Lose To Dodgers 4-2 due to poor bullpen and lack of offense

 

Mets LHP Sean Manaea (Photo Credits to Imagn Images)

The New York Mets lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-2 at Citi Field tonight and dropped their record to 43-61.

Mets LHP Sean Manaea started out well with three scoreless innings and then ran into trouble in the top of the fourth.

Manaea gave up back-to-back singles to 1B Freddie Freeman and SS Mookie Betts to start the inning and then gave up a sacrifice fly to 2B Miguel Rojas.

Manaea was able to settle down after that and got out of the inning without any more runs and had scoreless innings in the top of the fifth and sixth and was then taken out.

His final line was six innings, six hits, one run, two walks and three strikeouts.

LHP Brooks Raley came in next in the top of the seventh and gave up a couple of singles and then a sacrifice fly to DH Shohei Ohtani.

LHP A.J. Minter followed in the top of the eighth and gave up a two-run homer to RF Kyle Tucker.

LHP Cionel Perez came on in the top of the ninth and threw a scoreless inning.

After a scoreless bottom of the first, CF Luis Robert Jr drove in the first run of the game with a solo homer in the bottom of the second.

The Met offense did not do much after that outside of a solo homer by catcher Francisco Alvarez in the bottom of the eighth.

They went 0-3 with runners in scoring position leaving three runners on base.

The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Saturday, July 25 at home against the Dodgers at 7:15 p.m.

Game 104: Mets vs. Dodgers Starting Lineup and Pitching Match-Up

 Mets Starting Lineup:

1. A.J. Ewing-LF

2. Juan Soto-DH

3. Bo Bichette-3B

4. Francisco Lindor-SS

5. Carson Benge-RF

6. Luis Robert Jr-CF

7. Jared Young-1B

8. Marcus Semien-2B

9. Francisco Alvarez-C

The pitching match-up is LHP Sean Manaea (2-5, 4.74 ERA) vs. RHP Roki Sasaki (3-5, 4.98 ERA)

Game 102: Mets vs. Brewers Starting Lineup and Pitching Match-Up

Mets Starting Lineup:

1. A.J. Ewing-CF

2. Juan Soto-DH

3. Bo Bichette-3B

4. Francisco Lindor-SS

5. Carson Benge-RF

6. Luis Robert Jr-CF

7. Jared Young-1B

8. Marcus Semien-2B

9. Luis Torrens-C

The pitching match-up is LHP Zac Thornton (0-1, 2.60 ERA) vs. RHP Brandon Sproat (3-4, 5.16 ERA)

Game 101: Mets vs. Brewers Starting Lineup and Pitching Match-Up

 Mets Starting Lineup:

1. A.J. Ewing-RF

2. Juan Soto-LF

3. Bo Bichette-3B

4. Francisco Lindor-SS

5. Jorge Polanco-DH

6. Jared Young-1B

7. Luis Robert Jr-CF

8. Brett Baty-2B

9. Francisco Alvarez-C

The pitching match-up is RHP Freddy Peralta (5-8, 4.66 ERA) vs. RHP Jacob Misiorowski (10-4, 1.62 ERA)

Mets Shutout Brewers 4-0 Behind Outstanding Start From Zac Thorton

Mets LHP Zac Thornton (Photo Credits to Michael McLoone-Imagn Images)

The New York Mets beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-0 tonight at American Family Field and improved their record to 43-59.

After a scoreless top of the first, 1B Jared Young drove in the first run of the game with a solo homer in the top of the second.

The Met offense was held scoreless for the next two innings until the top of the fifth after 3B Bo Bichette walked with two outs and then SS Francisco Lindor followed with a double. RF Carson Benge came up next and drove in Bichette and Lindor with a two-run double.

CF Luis Robert Jr added a solo homer in the top of the eighth.

LHP Zac Thornton had another outstanding start with six scoreless innings. He gave up three hits and one walk with two strikeouts. Thornton picked up his first Major League win and lowered his ERA to 1.93.

RHP Luke Weaver followed with a scoreless bottom of the seventh.

LHP Brooks Raley came in next and threw a scoreless bottom of the eighth.

Former Brewer RHP Devin Williams came on in the bottom of the ninth and closed it out with a scoreless inning.

The Mets next gams is tomorrow afternoon, Wednesday, July 22 at the Brewers at 2:10 p.m.

Game 100: Mets vs. Phillies Starting Lineup and Pitching Match-Up

 Mets Starting Lineup:

1. A.J. Ewing-CF

2. Juan Soto-DH

3. Bo Bichette-3B

4. Francisco Lindor-SS

5. Carson Benge-RF

6. Jared Young-1B

7. Marcus Semien-2B

8. Brett Baty-RF

9. Luis Torrens-C

The pitching match-up is RHP Nolan McLean (6-6, 3.52 ERA) vs. RHP Alan Rangel (0-2, 4.19 ERA)

Mets Lose To Phillies 6-1 With Sloppy Defense and Lack of Offense

 

Mets LHP Sean Manaea (Photo Credits to Kyle Ross-Imagn Images)

The New York Mets lost to the Philadelphia Phillies 6-1 this afternoon at Citizens Bank Park to drop their record to 41-58.

Mets LHP Sean Manaea got off to a tough start in the bottom of the first after SS Trea Turner led off with an infield hit and then DH Kyle Schwarber followed with a two-run homer.

Manaea was able to settle down for the next three innings throwing scoreless innings in the bottom of the second, third and fourth, but ran into trouble in the bottom of the fifth.

Manaea gave up a lead-off homer to Turner and then walked Schwarber. Schwarber was able to advance to third after catcher Francisco Alvarez made a throwing error on a pick-off attempt. Two batters later, Manaea gave up a single to 3B Alec Bohm and was then taken out.

Manaea's final line was 4.2 innings, seven hits, four runs, two walks and seven strikeouts.

RHP Kodai Senga came in next and picked up last out in the bottom of the fifth. Senga came back for the bottom of the sixth and gave up a two-run single to 1B Bryce Harper and came back out after a 45-minute rain delay and finished bottom of the sixth.

RHP Xzavion Curry followed and threw two scoreless innings in the bottom of the seventh and eighth.

The Met offense did not do much all game managing only three hits. LF Tyrone Taylor drove in the lone run with a solo homer.

They went 0-3 with runners in scoring position leaving five runners on base.

The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon, Sunday, July 19 at the Phillies at 1:35 p.m.