Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Francisco Lindor-SS
2. Jorge Polanco-DH
3. Jared Young-1B
4. Bo Bichette-3B
5. Brett Baty-RF
6. Marcus Semian-2B
7. Carson Benge-CF
8. Luis Torrens-C
9. Tyrone Taylor-LF
The pitching match-up is RHP Freddy Peralta (1-0, 4.80 ERA) vs. RHP Aaron Civale (1-0, 2.70 ERA)
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| Mets Reliver RHP Luke Weaver (Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images) |
RHP Kodai Senga had a scoreless top of the first and then gave up two runs in the top of the second on a based loaded walk to CF Desmond Clarke and a RBI ground-out to RF Lawrence Butler.
It got worse for Senga in the top of the third after he gave up a two-run homer to LF Tyler Soderstrom and later in the inning, a three-run homer to DH Carlos Cortes and was then taken out.
Senga's final line was 2.1 innings, eight hits, seven runs, two walks and three strikeouts. It was the first time in his career he has allowed a three-run homer and the first time he has allowed seven earned runs. He only threw first pitch strikes to 5 of the 17 hitters he faced.
RHP Huascar Brazoban came in next and threw 2.2 scoreless innings.
LHP Brooks Raley threw a scoreless top of the sixth.
New Met reliever RHP Craig Kimbrel came in next and threw a scoreless top of the seventh.
RHP Luke Weaver came on in the top of the eighth and had a rough outing of his own allowing a RBI single to catcher Shea Langeliers and a three-run homer to Soderstrom.
RHP Luis Garcia followed in the top of the ninth and threw a scoreless inning.
In the bottom of the first, CF Luis Robert Jr singled with one out and two batters later, 3B Bo Bichette drove in Robert Jr with a RBI single.
The Met offense was held scoreless for the next three innings until the bottom of the fifth after SS Francisco Lindor led off with a single and three batters later, Bichette came through once again with a two-run homer.
In the bottom of the sixth, catcher Francisco Alvarez led off with a homer and then LF Carson Benge followed with a walk. 2B Marcus Semien then singled to advance Benge to third and pinch-hitter Brett Baty followed by driving in Benge with a sacrifice fly.
In the bottom of the seventh, DH Jorge Polanco led off with a homer and then Bichette followed with a walk and two batters later, Alvarez singled. However, Benge and Semian flew out to end the threat.
The offense was unable to generate any more threats after that and struggled with getting a timely hit going 1-6 with runners in scoring position leaving eight runners on base.
The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon, Sunday, April 12 at home against the Athletics at 1:40 p.m.
Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Francisco Lindor-SS
2. Luis Robert Jr-CF
3. Jorge Polanco-DH
4. Bo Bichette-3B
5. Mark Vientos-1B
6. Francisco Alvarez-C
7. Carson Benge-LF
8. Marcus Semian-2B
9. Tyrone Taylor-RF
The pitching match-up is RHP Kodai Senga (0-1, 3.09 ERA) vs. LHP Jacob Lopez (0-1, 6.48 ERA)
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| Mets SS Francisco Lindor (Photo Credits to Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images) |
RHP Clay Holmes started out well with two scoreless innings and then gave up a RBI single to catcher Shea Langeliers in the top of the third.
Holmes was able to settle down with a scoreless top of the fourth and a scoreless top of the fifth. Holmes came out with one out in the top of the sixth with left hamstring tightness.
RHP Tobias Myers came in next and started out well retiring eight hitters in a row going into the top of the ninth before allowing a single to SS Jacob Wilson who advanced to second on an error by LF Carson Benge.
Myers gave up a RBI single to the following hitter former 2B Jeff McNeil. Myers then gave up a double to 3B Max Muncy and a two-run single to CF Denzel Clarke.
The Met offense was flat once again and have not scored in the last 17 innings. They went 0-3 with runners in scoring position leaving six runners on base.
The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon, Saturday, April 11 at home against the Athletics at 4:10 p.m.
Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Francisco Lindor-SS
2. Bo Bichette-DH
3. Jared Young-1B
4. Luis Robert Jr-CF
5. Brett Baty-RF
6. Marcus Semian-2B
7. Ronny Mauricio-3B
8. Francisco Alvarez-C
9. Carson Benge-LF
The pitching match-up is RHP Clay Holmes (2-0, 1.42 ERA) vs. RHP J.T. Ginn (0-0, 5.14 ERA)
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| Mets RHP Nolan McLean (Photo Credits to SNY.TV) |
RHP Nolan McLean started out well with a 1-2-3 top of the first and worked around a one-out double in the top of the second.
McLean had another 1-2-3 top of the third and was able to induce a double play grounder in the top of the fourth.
McLean's dominance continued with two more strikeouts in the top of the fifth and two more in the top of the sixth.
However, in the top of the seventh, McLean gave up a lead-off walk and then a single to 3B Jose Fernandez and was then taken out.
RHP Luke Weaver came in next and gave up a RBI double that RF Brett Baty misplayed and could have caught. Weaver was then let down by his defense once again after 1B Mark Vientos made a poor throw home which allowed the go-ahead run to score.
Weaver gave up a sacrifice fly to the following hitter LF Tim Tawa and a RBI triple to RF Jorge Barrosa.
RHP Luis Garcia came on in the top of the eighth and gave up three runs on a RBI double by DH Adrian Del Castillo, a RBI ground-out to Fernandez and a RBI double to catcher Gabriel Moreno and was then taken out.
LHP Richard followed and picked up the last two outs in the top of the eighth and had a scoreless top of the ninth.
The Met offense did not do much outside of a solo homer by CF Luis Robert Jr in the bottom of the first.
They had six hits went 0-5 with runners in scoring position and left seven runners on base.
The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Friday, April 10 opening up a three-games series at home against the Athletics at 7:10 p.m.
Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Francisco Lindor-SS
2. Bo Bichette-3B
3. Luis Robert Jr-CF
4. Mark Vientos-1B
5. Marcus Semian-2B
6. Francisco Alvarez-DH
7. Brett Baty-RF
8. Luis Torrens-C
9. Tyrone Taylor-LF
The pitching match-up is RHP Nolan McLean (1-0, 2.61 ERA) vs. LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
