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| Mets RF Starling Marte (Photo Credits to Jayne Karnin-Oncea-Imagn Images) |
LHP Sean Manaea cleary did not have his best stuff starting in the bottom of the first due to decreasing fastball velocity after he gave up a lead-off single to DH Shohei Ohtani and two batters later a single to LF Teoscar Hernandez.
Manaea then gave up a two-run double to 2B Tommy Edman.
Manaea was able to get a scoreless bottom of the second, but then ran into more trouble in the bottom of the third.
Manaea gave up a lead-off single to Hernandez and then a two-run homer to Edman and walked 1B Max Munch and was then taken out.
RHP Phil Maton followed and after retiring the first two hitters he faced, gave up a two-run homer to catchee Will Smith and was taken out after the inning.
RHP Edwin Diaz came in next and threw two scoreless innings in the bottom of the fourth and fifth and was then taken out.
RHP Ryne Stanek followed in the bottom of the sixth and gave up a lead-off walk to Smith and two batters later, a RBI single to Ohrani and was then taken out.
RHP Reed Garrett came in next and retired the next three hitters he faced to end the inning.
RHP Kodai Senga followed with a scoreless bottom of the seventh, but then had a rough bottom of the eighth.
Senga gave up a lead-off single to 2B Chris Taylor and then walked Ohtani.
Senga then gave up a RBI double to the following hitter RF Mookie Betts and a sacrifice fly to the following hitter Teoscar Hernandez.
Later in the inning, Senga gave up a RBI single to Kiki Hernandez and was then taken out with two outs.
RHP Jose Butto had to come in and retired CF Andy Pages on a fly out to center to end the inning.
The Met offense got on the board early in the top of the first after SS Francisco Lindor led off with a walk and advanced to second on a wild pitch.
LF Brandon Nimmo followed with a ground-out to second to advance Lindor to third and two batters later, 1B Pete Alonso drove in Lindor with an infield single.
In the top of the second, catcher Francisco Alvarez walked and Lindor singled with two outs, but Nimmo popped out to second to end the inning.
In the top of the third, Alonso reached first on another infield single with one out and then DH Jesse Winker walked.
Two batters later, CF Tyrone Taylor was hit by a pitch to load the bases with two outs, but then 2B Jeff McNeil struck out to end the inning.
In the top of the fourth, catcher Francisco Alvarez led off with a single and three batters later, 3B Mark Vientos hit a two-run homer for his fifth homer of the postseason along with 18 hits and 14 RBI.
After a scoreless top of the fifth, Alvarez singled to lead off the top of the sixth and then Vientos and Alonso walked to load the bases with two outs.
Winker had a chance to cut into the lead, but flew out to left to end the inning.
In the top of the seventh, Taylor and McNeil singled with one out and then Alvarez drove in Taylor with a sacrifice fly.
After a scoreless top of the eighth, Taylor singled with two outs in the top of the ninth and McNeil followed with a RBI single.
Alvarez grounded out to second for the final out of the game.
The Met offense had numerous chances to deliver with men on base, but were unable to come up with big hits.
They went 2-9 with runners in scoring position leaving nine runners on base.
The Mets now look ahead to the offseason and will be interesting to see what moves David Steans makes to improve this roster.
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It was a blast and a fun season and this 2024 Mets team gave us fans a lot of fond memories to look back on.
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