Mets Beat Nationals 7-1 Powered By Three-Run Homer From A.J. Ewing and Two Homers By Ronny Mauricio

 

Mets 2B Ronny Mauricio (Photo Credits to Imagn Images via Reuters Connect)

The New York Mets beat the Washington Nationals 7-1 this afternoon at Nationals Park and improved their record to 74-87.

The Met offense was held scoreless for the first six innings, but then came alive in the top of the seventh.

RF Carson Benge led off with a single and three batters later, catcher Francisco Alvarez. CF A.J. Ewing came up next and hit a three-run homer. 2B Ronny Mauricio followed with a solo homer.

In the top of the eighth, Benge doubled with one out and then later in the inning, SS Brett Baty reached on an error by SS Nasim Nunez which allowed Benge to come around and score.

In the top of the ninth, Ewing led off with a walk and then Maurico followed with a two-runn homer for his second homer of the game and first multi-homer game of his career.

Mets RHP Jonah Tong struck out four hitters through his first two innings and then got into trouble in the bottom of the third after he gave up a hit by pitch, walk and single to load the bases. Tong was helped out by his defense after Benge made an outstanding catch and then he had back-to-back strikeouts to limit the damage to one run in the inning.

Tong gave up a lead-off single to start the bottom of the fourth and then finished up strong retiring the last six hitters he faced and was taken out after the bottom of the fifth. His final line was five innings, three hits, one run, one walk and a career-high nine strikeouts. Tong finished up with a 3.81 ERA in seven Major League starts this season.

RHP Dedniel Nunez followed in the bottom of the sixth and had a dominating inning striking out the side. Nunez picked up his second win.

LHP Richard Lavender came in next and threw a scoreless bottom of the seventh,

RHP Devin Williams threw a scoreless bottom of the eighth.

RHP Tobias Myers came on in the bottom of the ninth and closed it out with a scoreless inning.

The Mets final game of the game is tomorrow afternoon, Sunday September 27 at the Nationals at 3:05 p.m.

Game 161: Mets vs. Nationals Starting Lineup and Pitching Match-Up

 Mets Starting Lineup:

1. Francisco Lindor-DH

2. Juan Soto-LF

3. Bo Bichette-3B

4. Carson Benge-RF

5. Mark Vientos-1B

6. Brett Baty-SS

7. Francisco Alvarez-C

8. A.J. Ewing-CF

9. Ronny Mauricio-2B

The pitcbing match-up is RHP Jonah Tong (2-2, 4.21 ERA) vs. LHP Connelly Early (7-5, 3.44 ERA)

Mets Lose To Nationals 7-6 And Late Rally Comes Up Short

 

Mets 2B Marcus Semuien tagging Nationals RF James Wood (Photo Credits to Rafael Suarez-Imagn Images)

The New York Mets lost to the Washington Nationals 7-6 tonight at Nationals Park for their second consecutive loss and dropped their record to 73-87.

Mets LHP Jeffrey Yan got the start as an "opener" and gave up a two-run double to SS C.J. Abrams in the bottom of the first. 

Yan did not allow any more runs in the inning and gave up a single and walk around two walks in the bottom of the second and was taken out. His final line was 1.2 innings, three hits, two runs, two walks and one strikeout.

RHP Jonathan Pintaro came in next and gave up two runs in the bottom of the third off of two back-to-back wild pitches  and also threw another wild pitch and gave up a walk after the two wild pitches and was then taken out.

LHP Cionel Perez came in next and gave up another wild pitch and gave up a sacrifice fly to LF Daylen Lile and a RBI single to catcher Keibert Ruiz and was taken out after the inning.

RHP Justin Hagenman followed in the bottom of the fourth and threw scoreless innings in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings and then in the bottom of the seventh gave up a lead-off homer to RF Dylan Crews.

LHP Nate Lavender came in next and threw a scoreless bottom of the eighth.

The Met offense got on the board immidiately in the top of the first after LF Juan Soto reached on an infield hit with one out and then 3B Bo Bichette followed with a single and DH Mark Vientos drove in Soto with a RBI double.

After a scoreless top of the second, SS Francisco Lindor singled to lead off the top of the third and then Soto followed with a single and then Bichette drove in Lindor with a RBI double. Vientos followed with a sacrifice fly to score Soto.

In the top of the fifth, Bichette hit a solo homer with one out and two batters later, RF Carson Benge hit a solo homer for his 20th homer of the season. Benge is the first Mets rookie to have 20 homers and 20 stolen bases in a season.

In the top of the eighth, pinch-hitter Brett Baty led off with a single and then Benge followed with a single to advance Baty to third. Catcher Francisco Alvarez drove in Baty with a sacrifice fly but that was the last run the Mets were able to score.

The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon, Saturday, September 26 at the Nationals at 12:35 p.m.

Game 160: Mets vs. Nationals Starting Lineup and Pitching Match-Up

 Mets Starting Lineup:

1. Francisco Lindor-SS

2. Juan Soto-LF

3. Bo Bichette-3B

4. Mark Vientos-DH

5. Carson Benge-RF

6. Francisco Alvarez-C

7. Marcus Semien-2B

8. A.J. Ewing-CF

9. Christopher Morel-1B

The pitching match-up is TBD vs. LHP Andrew Alavarez (2-6, 3.17 ERA)

Mets Lose to Rangers 3-1 With Four Hits

 

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

The New York Mets lost to the Texas Rangers 3-1 this afternoon at Globe Life Field to snap their two-game winning streak and dropped their record to 73-86.

Mets LHP Zac Thornton gave up a lead-off single to 2B Justin Foscue in the bottom of the first and then a two-run homer two batters later to 3B Josh Jung.

Thornton was able to settle down after that with a scoreless bottom of the second and then threw a 1-2-3 bottom of the third.

He worked around a lead-off double in the bottom of the fourth and did not allow the run to score.

Thornton finished up storng with a 1-2-3 bottom of the fifth and was then taken out. His final line was five innings, four hits, two runs, one walk and four strikeouts.

LHP Jeffrey Yan came in next in the bottom of the sixth and gave up a lead-off homer to SS Corey Seager and then gave up a walk and after retiring the next two hitters, gave up an infield hit and was then taken out.

RHP Austin Warren followed and threw 1.1 scoreless innings.

RHP Jack Weisenburger came in next and threw a scoreless bottom of the eighth.

The Met offense got off to a fast start in the top of the first after SS Francisco Lindor led off with a ground rule double and three batters later, RF Carson Benge drove in Lindor with a RBI single.

The offense did not do much after that and had only four hits and went 1-5 with runners in scoring position leaving three runners on base.

The Mets next game is tomorrow night, September 25 at the Washington Nationals at 6:45 p.m.

Game 159: Mets vs. Rangers Starting Lineup and Pitching Match-Up

 Mets Starting Lineup:

1. Francisco Lindor-SS

2. Juan Soto-DH

3. Bo Bichette-3B

4. Caeson Benge-RF

5. Brett Baty-1B

6. Marcus Semie-2B

7. A.J. Ewing-CF

8. Luis Torrens-C

9. Nick Morabito-LF

The pitcbing match-up is LHP Zac Thornton (5-5, 3.40 ERA) vs. RHP Kumar Rocker (5-11, 4.47 ERA)

Mets Beat Rangers 7-2 Powered By Brett Baty Grand Slam

 

Mets 1B Brett Baty (Photo Credits to SNY.TV)

The New York Mets beat the Texas Rangers 7-2 tonight at Globe Life Field for their second consecutive win and improved their record to 73-85.

The Met offense was held scoreless for the first two innings until the top of the third after SS Francisco Lindor singled with two outs and then DH Juan Soto followed with a two-run homer.

The offense was held scoreless for the next five innings until the top of the eighth after 2B Marcus Semien hit a go-ahead solo homer.

In the top of the ninth, LF Nick Morabito singled with one out and two batters later, Soto was intentionally walked.

3B Bo Bichette followed with a walk and then pinch-hitter Brett Baty came up next in place of 1B Mark Vientos and broke the game open with a grand slam.

Mets RHP Nolan McLean dominated through the first four innings retiring the first 12 consecuitve hitters he faced, but then ran into trouble in the bottom of the fifth.

McLean gave up a lead-off single to LF Brandon Nimmo and after a ground-out, allowed a RBI single to 1B Jake Burger.. McLean then gave up another single and walk to load the bases with one out and then gave up a sacrifice fly to CF Evan Carter, but did not allow any more runs in the inning and was able to keep the game tied.

McLean came back out for the bottom of the sixth and had a 1-2-3 inning on five pitches and then finished up strong with another 1-2-3 inning in the bottom of the seventh needing only eight pitches.

His final line was seven innings, three hits, two runs, one walk and five strikeouts. 

McLean finished up his season with a 12-10 record and 3.16 ERA in 31 starts.

RHP Devin Williams came in next in the bottom of the eighth in his first appearance since coming off the IL and had a 1-2-3 inning with a strikeout.

LHP Cionel Perez followed in the bottom of the ninth and closed it out with a scoreless inning.

The Mets next gane is tomorrow afternoon, Thursday, September 24 at the Rangers at 2:35 p.m.