Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Carson Benge-RF
2. Juan Soto-DH
3. Bo Bichette-3B
4. Francisco Lindor-SS
5. A.J. Ewing-CF
6. Francisco Alvarez-C
7. Jared Young-1B
8. Brett Baty-2B
9. Tyrone Taylor-LF
The pitching match-up is RHP Freddy Peralta (5-6, 4.53 ERA) vs. Braydon Fisher (3-3, 3.48 ERA)
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| Mets DH Francisco Alvarez homering against Blue Jays (Photo Credits to Dan Hamilton-Imagn Images) |
The Met offense was held scoreless for the first four innings wasting a scoring opportunity in the top of the fourth after LF Juan Soto led off with a walk and then 3B Bo Bichette led off with a single. SS Francisco Lindor then hit a ground-out to first base to advance Soto and Bichette to second and third with one out. However, 1B Jared Young and CF A.J. Ewing struck out to end the inning.
In the top of the fifth, DH Francisco Alvarez led off with a solo homer.
In the top of the seventh, catcher Luis Torrens also hit a solo homer.
In the top of the ninth, Ewing led off with a single and then Alvarez hit a ground-out which advanced Ewing to third. 2B Bret Baty followed with a sacrifice fly to score Ewing for a much needed insurance run.
Mets RHP Nolan McLean worked out a two-out single in the bottom of the first and back-to-back singles in the bottom of the second.
McLean had a 1-2-3 bottom of the third and worked around a two-out double and walk in the bottom of the fourth.
McLean worked around an infield hit in the bottom of the fifth and a one-out walk in the bottom of the sixth and was taken out after the inning.
He had an outstanding outing with six scoreless innings on five hits and two walks with seven strikeouts.
McLean picked up his fifth win and lowered his ERA to 3.78.
LHP Brooks Raley followed with a scoreless bottom of the seventh.
RHP Luke Weaver came in next and threw a scoreless bottom of the eighth to extend his scoreless streak to 24 consecutive innings.
RHP Devin Williams followed by closing it out with a scoreless bottom of the ninth to pick up his 12th save.
The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon, Wednesday, July 1 at the Blue Jays at 3:07 p.m.
Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Carson Benge-RF
2. Juan Soto-LF
3. Bo Bichette-3B
4. Francisco Lindor-SS
5. Jared Young-1B
6. A.J. Ewing-CF
7. Francisco Alvarez-DH
8. Brett Baty-3B
9. Luis Torrens-C
The pitching match-up is RHP Nolan McLean (4-5, 4.03 ERA) vs. RHP Kevin Gausman (4-6, 4.36 ERA)
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| Mets SS Francisco Lindor (Photo Credits to SNY.TV) |
LHP Sean Manaea got off to a tough start in the bottom of the first after DH George Springer hit a fly ball to LF Juan Soto and Soto misread the bounce on the artificial turf and the ball went over his glove all the way to the left field wall.
CF A.J. Ewing ran over to recover the ball but the ball went out of his glove which allowed Springer to keep running and score a run. The play was ruled a triple and an error charged to Ewing even though Soto misplayed the fly ball.
Manaea was able to settle down after that with scoreless innings in the bottom of the second, third and fourth. Manaea gave up a lead-off double to 2B Luis Urias in the bottom of the fifth and two batters later, a sacrifice fly to CF Myles Straw.
Manea came back out for the bottom of the sixth and retired the first two hitters he faced and then SS Francisco Lindor made an error and Manaea gave up a walk and was taken out.
Manaea's final line was 5.2 innings, three hits, two runs, two walks and four strikeouts.
RHP Austin Warren followed with 1.1 scoreless innings.
RHP Joey Gerber threw a scoreless bottom of the eighth.
The Met offense was held scoreless for the first six innings until Lindor homered to lead off the top of the seventh and two batters later, CF A.J. Ewing was hit by a pitch, but later in the inning, was thrown out trying to steal second for the last out in the inning.
In the top of the eighth, catcher Francisco Alvarez doubled with one out and two batters later, Soto was intentionally walked. However, 2B Bo Bichette came up next in his first game back in Toronto and grounded back to the pitcher.
In the top of the ninth, 1B Jared Young singled with one out and Ewing followed with a walk. Just like yesterday they had another chance to win, but DH Mark Vientos and pinch-hitter second baseman Ronny Mauricio struck out to end the game.
The offense once again was unable to come up with any timely hits going 0-9 with runners in scoring position leaving seven runners on base.
The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Tuesday, June 30 at the Blue Jays at 7:07 p.m.
Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Carson Benge-RF
2. Juan Soto-LF
3. Bo Bichette-3B
4. Francisco Lindor-SS
5. Jared Young-1B
6. A.J. Ewing-CF
7. Mark Vientos-DH
8. Brett Baty-2B
9. Francisco Alvarez-C
The pitching match-up is LHP Sean Manaea (1-2, 4.87 ERA) vs. LHP Trey Yesavage (3-3, 3.56 ERA)
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| Mets RHP Kodai Senga (Photo Credits to SNY.TV) |
LHP Cionel Perez got the start as the "opener" and threw a scoreless top of the first. RHP Tobias Myers came in next and threw a scoreless top of the second, but then gave up three runs in the top of the third. Myers stayed in for the top of the fourth and threw a 1-2-3 inning.
RHP Kodai Senga came in next in the top of the fifth and had a 1-2-3 inning and worked out of a jam in the top of the sixth after he gave up a lead-off walk to 3B Alec Bohm and a double to the following hitter LF Brandon Marsh. Senga came back to retire the next three hitters he faced.
However, in the top of the seventh, Senga was not as fortunate after he gave up a lead-off single to CF Justin Crawford and two batters later, a two-run homer to DH Kyle Scwarber on a hittable fastball with two strikeouts.
Senga was able to settle down after that with scoreless innings in the top of the eighth and ninth.
His final line was five innings, four hits, two runs, one walk and four strikeouts.
The Met offense was held scoreless for the first four innings wasting a scoring opportunity in the bottom of the third before finally breaking through in the bottom of the fifth.
CF Tyrone Taylor led off with a single and 3B Brett Baty followed with a walk. Two batters later, RF Carson Benge drove in Taylor with a RBI single.
LF Juan Soto followed with a walk to load the bases with one out, but then 3B Bo Bichette struck out and DH Eric Wagaman lined out to centerfield.
In the bottom of the sixth, catcher Francisco Alvarez led off with a double and two batters later, pinch-hitter A.J. Ewing tied the game with a two-run homer.
Baty followed with a walk and then catcher Luis Torrens singled to advance Baty to third. Benge followed by driving in Baty on a ground-out fielder's choice.
In the bottom of the seventh, 1B Jared Young was hit by a pitch with two outs and then Ewing then reached base on an infield hit and Young advanced to third on a throwing error by LHP Jose Alvarado. However, Baty grounded back to the pitcher to end the threat.
In the bottom of the eighth, they threatened to score again after Torrens led off with a walk and two batters later, Soto walked. Bichette then walked to load the bases with one out, however pinch-hitter Ronny Mauricio popped out to second and Alvarez struck out to end the inning.
In the bottom of the ninth, Baty walked with two outs, but Torrens lined out for the last out.
The Met offense was unable to come up with any timely hits wasting numerous scoring opportunities. They went 2-16 with runners in scoring position leaving 14 runners on base.
The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Monday, June 29 at the Toronto Blue Jays at 7:07 p.m.
Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Carson Benge-RF
2. Juan Soto-LF
3. Bo Bichette-SS
4. Eric Wagaman-1B
5. Francisco Alvarez-DH
6. Mark Vientos-3B
7. Tyrone Taylor-CF
8. Brett Baty-2B
9. Luis Torrens-C
The pitching match-up is LHP Cionel Perez (3-3, 4.99 ERA) vs. LHP Jesus Luzardo (6-4, 4.00 ERA)
