Mets Lose to Phillies 7-2 After Manaea Struggles

 

Mets LHP Sean Manaea (Photo Credits to Alex Pantling-Getty Images)

The New York Mets lost to the Philadelphia Phillies 7-2 this afternoon in Game 1 of the London Series and dropped their record to 27-36.

LHP Sean Manaea cruised through the first three innings, but it then it all unraveled in the top of the fourth.

Manaea gave up a solo homer to 1B Bryce Harper with one out in the top of the fourth and then gave up a single to 3B Alec Bohm and two batters later, walked 2B Bryson Stott.

Manaea then gave up a bloop single to SS Edmundo Sosa that could have been caught by RF Starling Marte and then gave up a three-run homer to LF Whitt Merrifield.

Later in the inning, Manaea gave up a RBI single to DH Kyle Schwarber and was then taken out.

His final line was 3.2 innings, seven hits, six runs, one walk and three strikeouts.

RHP Sean Reid-Foley came in next and got the last out in the top of the fourth.

RHP Adrian Houser followed with 2.2 scoreless innings.

LHP Danny Young gave up a solo homer to RF Nick Castellanos in the top of the eighth.

RHP Adam Ottavino got the last two outs in the top of the eighth.

LHP Jake Diekmann threw a scoreless top of the ninth,

The Met offense got off to a fast start in the bottom of the first after SS Francisco Lindor led off with a double and later in the inning, Marte drove in Lindor with a RBI double.

In the bottom of the fifth, DH J,D. Martinez drove in a run with a RBI ground-out.

The offense struggled all game with men on base and went 2-11 with runners in scoring position leaving 11 runners on base, including wasting a based loaded scoring opportunity in the bottom of the ninth after Martinez grounded into a double play to end the game.

The Mets next game is tomorrow morning, Sunday, June 9 in Game 2 of the London Series beginning at 10:10 a.m. EST.