Mets vs. Rays Game 55 Recap

Mets RHP Seth Lugo (Credits to MetsMerizedOnline.com)

 The New York Mets beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-2 tonight and improved their record to 25-30. After a scoreless bottom of the first inning, in the bottom of the second inning, 2B Robinson Cano tied the game with a solo homer, his tenth on the season.  In the bottom of the fourth inning, 1B Pete Alonso broke out of his slump with a solo homer to the opposite field. LF Dom Smith led off the bottom of the sixth with a double and advanced to third base on a ground-out by Cano. Alonso then came up and drove in Smith with an RBI single.  Centerfielder Guillermo Heredia hit a solo homer in the bottom of the seventh, his first as a Met. In the bottom of the eighth inning, Smith led off with a hit-by pitch and 3B Todd Frazier and Cano followed with singles to load the bases. 1B Pete Alonso then came up and grounded into a force out, but brought Smith for his third RBI of the game.

RHP Seth Lugo had a 1-2-3 top of the first inning, but gave up a solo homer to SS Willy Adames in the top of the second. Lugo settled down after that and had scoreless innings in the top of the third, fourth, fifth and sixth innings. He was taken out with two outs in the top of the seventh. His final line was 6.2 innings, 2 runs (one earned) four hits, a walk and seven strikeouts. He picked up his third win and lowered his ERA to 3.82. LHP Justin Wilson came on with the tying runs on and got CF Kevin Kiermaier to ground out to Frazier and threw out 3B Joey Wendle at home. Wilson threw a wild pitch which brought in a run, but came back to strike out pinch-hitter Hunter Renfroe to end the inning and maintain the one run lead. LHP Chasen Shrieve followed and struck out the side in the top of the eighth. RHP Edwin Diaz closed it out in the top of the ninth and worked around a hit and had a strikeout and picked up his fifth save on the season.

The Mets next game is tomorrow night at home against the Rays at 7:10 p.m.