Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Francisco Lindor-SS
2. Juan Soto-DH
3. Bo Bichette-3B
4. Mark Vientos-1B
5. Carson Benge-RF
6. Tyrone Taylor-LF
7. A.J. Ewing-CF
8. Luis Torrens-C
9. Brett Baty-2B
The pitching match-up is RHP Nolan McLean (5-5, 3.78 ERA) vs. LHP Martin Perez (6-5, 3.27 ERA)
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| Mets LHP Sean Manaea (Photo Credits to SNY.TV) |
LHP Sean Manaea started out with a scoreless bottom of the first, but then in the bottom of the second gave up a solo homer to RF Eli White.
In the bottom of the third, it all fell apart for Manaea after he gave up a RBI single to CF Michael Harris II and then after loading the bases, White hit a fly ball to shallow center field and there was a miscommunication between CF Tyrone Taylor and SS Francisco Lindor which caused the ball to drop and allow all three runs to score to clear the bases.
Manaea gave up a solo homer to LF Mauricio Dubon in the bottom of the fourth and then a 1-2-3 bottom of the fifth and was taken out after the inning.
Manaea's final line was five innings, six hits, six runs, one walk and four strikeouts.
RHP Austin Warren came in next in the bottom of the sixth and gave up a RBI double to catcher Joey Bart and a RBI ground-out to Dubon,
Warren stayed in for the bottom of the seventh and gave up a two-run homer to pinch-hitter Mike Yastrzemski.
RHP Joey Gerber came in next in the bottom of the eighth and gave up a three-run homer to 3B Austin Riley and was taken out.
Catcher Luis Torrens had to come in and gave up a solo homer to Harris II.
The Met offense was held scoreless for the first four innings until the top of the fifth after Taylor hit a solo homer.
In the top of the sixth, 1B Mark Vientos hit a two-run homer.
The offense's struggles to get a clutch hit continued after they went 1-9 with runners in scoring position leaving 11 runners on base.
The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon, Sunday, July 5 at the Braves at 12:30 p.m.
Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Francisco Lindor-SS
2. Juan Soto-LF
3. Bo Bichette-3B
4. Mark Vientos-1B
5. Eric Wagaman-DH
6. Francisco Alvarez-C
7. Carson Benge-RF
8. Tyrone Taylor-CF
9. Brett Baty-2B
The pitching match-up is LHP Sean Manaea (1-3, 4.71 ERA) vs. LHP Chris Sale (8-6, 2.10 ERA)
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| Mets LF Juan Soto (Photo Credits to SNY.TV) |
Mets RHP Christian Scott started out well with a 1-2-3 bottom of the first with two strikeouts, but then ran into trouble in the bottom of the second.
Scott gave up a lead-off walk to LF Mauricio Dubon and then allowed a two-run homer to the following hitter CF Michael Harris II.
Scott was hurt again by the home run in the bottom of the third after he gave up a solo homer to 2B Ozzie Albies.
Scott was able to settle down and finish up strong by striking out the side in the bottom of the fourth and was taken out after the inning.
His final line was four innings, two hits, three runs, four walks and seven strikeouts.
LHP A.J. Minter came in next in the bottom of the fifth and gave up a solo homer to 1B Matt Olson.
RHP Kodai Senga came in next and had 1-2-3 innings in the bottom of the sixth and seventh, however he stayed in for the bottom of the eighth and gave up a two-run homer to Olson.
The Met offense was held scoreless for the first two innings until the top of the third after CF A.J. Ewing reached first on an error by Olson and then LF Juan Soto followed with a two-run homer.
The offense did not do much for the next five innings until the top of the ninth after catcher Luis Torrens singled with one out and two batters later, Soto singled and 3B Bo Bichette folowed by driving in Torrens with a RBI single.
However, SS Francisco Lindor came up next and grounded out to second for the last out of the game.
The Met offense was unable to come up with a timely hit and went 2-5 with runners in scoring position leaving 10 runners on base.
The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Saturday, July 4 at the Braves at 8:08 p.m.
Mets Starting Lineup:
1. A.J. Ewing-CF
2. Juan Soto-LF
3. Bo Bichette-3B
4. Francisco Lindor-SS
5. Carson Benge-RF
6. Jared Young-1B
7. Francisco Alvarez-DH
8. Brett Baty-2B
9. Luis Torrens-C
The pitching match-up is RHP Christian Scott (2-0, 3.20 ERA) vs. RHP Grant Holmes (4-4, 3.96 ERA)
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| Mets RHP Freddy Peralta (Photo Credits to SNY.TV) |
RHP Freddy Peralta got off to a tough start in the bottom of the first after he gave up a lead-off infield hit to RF Nathan Lukes and a double to the following hitter 1B Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
Peralta then gave up another infield hit to the following hitter 3B Kazuma Okamoto to bring in a run.
Peralta was able to escape out of a based loaded jam to prevent further trouble and had a scoreless bottom of the second with two strikeouts.
However, it all apart for Peralta in the bottom of the third after he gave up a lead off walk to Okamoto and two batters later, a single to catcher Aledandro Kirk.
Two batters later, Peralta gave up a RBI double to 2B Ernie Clement and then a three-run homer to DH Sean Keys.
Peralta had a 1-2-3 bottom of the fourth and was taken out after the inning.
His final line was four innings, seven hits, five runs, two walks and four strikeouts.
RHP Joey Gerber followed with 1.1 scoreless innings.
LHP Cionel Perez came in next and had back-to-back strikeouts to end the bottom of the sixth.
Perez stayed in for the bottom of the seventh and gave up a lead-off walk to Guerrero Jr and then back-to-back singles leading to a run.
Perez gave up another single to Kirk and then a three-run homer to punch-hitter Myles Straw and was taken out.
LHP A.J. Minter followed with 1.1 scoreless innings.
The Met offense was held scoreless for the first seven innings until the top of the eighth after 2B Brett Baty singled with one out and two batters later, RF Carson Benge hit a two-run homer.
In the top of the ninth, SS Francisco Lindor added a solo homer.
The Mets are off tomorrow night and return back to action for the start of a four-game series beginning on Friday, July 3 at the Atlanta Braves at 7:15 p.m.
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)
