Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Starling Marte-DH
2. Francisco Lindor-SS
3. Juan Soto-RF
4. Pete Alonso-1B
5. Brandon Nimmo-DH
6. Mark Vientos-3B
7. Tyrone Taylor-CF
8. Jeff McNeil-CF
9. Hayden Senger-C
The pitching match-up is RHP Chris Devenski (0-0, 3.38 ERA) vs. LHP Max Fried (10-2, 2.13 ERA)
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| Mets LF Brandon Nimmo (Photo Credits to Brad Penner-Imagn Images) |
The Met offense got off to another fast start in the bottom of the first after DH Starling Marte led off with a double, SS Francisco Lindor followed with a walk and then RF Juan Soto hit a sacrifice bunt to catcher Austin Wells which allowed Marte and Lindor to advance to second and third.
1B Pete Alonso then walked to load the bases and LF Brandon Nimmo came through with a grand slam.
In the bottom of the second, CF Tyrone Taylor reached on an error by 3B Jazz Chisholm Jr and advanced to second.
Marte followed with a RBI single.
In the bottom of the fifth, Lindo walked with one out and stole second and two batters later, Alonso came through with a two-run homer to the opposite field.
In the bottom of the seventh, pinch-hitter Ronny Mauricio led off with a double and Lindor followed with a RBI single.
Soto followed with a walk and then Alonso came up and broke the game open with a towering three-run home to left field for his second homer of the game.
In the bottom of the eighth, Lindor doubled with one out and Soto followed with a RBI single.
RHP Frankie Montas gave up two solo homers to Chisholm Jr in the top of the second and Wells in the top of the third.
Montas gave up an infield hit and walk and a two-run double to 1B Cody Bellinger in the top of the sixth and was then taken out.
His final line was 5.2 innings, four runs, five hits, no walks and two strikeouts.
He picked up his first win.
LHP Richard Lovelady came in next and picked up the last out in the top of the sixth and stayed in for the top of the seventh and gave up a solo homer to SS Anthony Volpe.
RHP Chris Devenski had to come in and got the last out in the top of the seventh.
RHP Ryne Stanek followed in the top of the eighth and gave up a RBI double to DH Ben Rice.
RHP Edwin Diaz closed it out with a scoreless top of the ninth.
The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon, Sunday, July 6 at home against the Yankees at 1:40 p.m.
Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Starling Marte-DH
2. Francisco Lindor-SS
3. Juan Soto-RF
4. Pete Alonso-1B
5. Brandon Nimmo-LF
6. Mark Vientos-3B
7. Luis Torrens-C
8. Jeff McNeil-2B
9. Tyrone Taylor-CF
The pitching match-up is RHP Frankie Montas (0-1, 6.00 ERA) vs. LHP Carlos Rodon (9-5, 2.95 ERA)
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| Mets 2B Jeff McNeil (Photo Credits to Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images) |
The Met offense got off to a fast start in the bottom of the first after LF Brandon Nimmo led off with a double and two batters later, RF Juan Soto hit a game-tying two-run homer to the opposite field.
After a scoreless bottom of the second, Soto double with one out in the bottom of the third and 1B Pete Alonso followed with a RBI single.
In the bottom of the sixth, 3B Brett Baty hit a solo homer.
In the bottom of the seventh, 1B Pete Alonso walked with two outs and then 2B Jeff McNeil followed with a game-winning two-run homer.
RHP Justin Hageman made his first start for the Mets and got into immediate trouble in the top of the first after he gave up back-to-back homers to the first two hitters of the game LF Jason Dominguez and RF Aaron Judge.
Hageman settled down by retiring the next nine hitters in a row before allowing another solo homer this time to CF Cody Bellinger to lead off the top of the fourth.
Hageman was able to get out of the fourth with the game tied and gave up a one-out single in the top of the fifth and was then taken out.
RHP Adam Warren came in next and gave up a two-run homer to Dominguez.
Warren then worked around a single by Judge and a single by DH Giancarlo Stanton to keep it a two-run deficit.
Warren stayed in for the top of the sixth and threw a scoreless inning and got SS Anthony Volpe to ground into an inning ending double play.
RHP Huascar Brazoban followed with a scoreless top of the seventh with three strikeouts to pick up his fourth win.
RHP Reed Garett came on in the top of the eighth and threw a scoreless inning and came back out for the top of the ninth and closed it out with a 1-2-3 inning helped out by a stellar diving stop by McNeil to throw out 2B D.J. LeMahieu. Garrett picked up his third save.
The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon, Saturday, July 5 at home at Citi Field against the Yankees at 4:10 p.m.
Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Brandon Nimmo-LF
2. Francisco Lindor-SS
3. Juan Soto-RF
4. Pete Alonso-1B
5. Jeff McNeil-2B
6. Luis Torrens-C
7. Brett Baty-3B
8. Ronny Mauricio-DH
9. Tyrone Taylor-CF
The pitching match-up is RHP Justin Hagenman (0-0, 1.50 ERA) vs. RHP Marcus Stroman (1-1, 8.16 ERA)
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| Mets RHP Ryne Stanek (Photo Credits to Brad Penner-Imagn Images) |
After a scoreless bottom of the first, LF Brandon Nimmo drove in the first run of the game with a solo homer in the bottom of the second.
The Met offense did not do much against former Met LHP Jose Quintana until the bottom of the sixth after DH Starling Marte reached on an infield hit with one out and then SS Francisco Lindor followed with a single.
RF Juan Soto then drove in Marte with a RBI single for the go-ahead run.
1B Pete Alonso followed with a RBI double to score Lindor for a much needed insurance run.
LHP David Peterson cruised through the first three innings, but was let down by his defense in the top of the fourth.
2B Brett Baty dropped a line drive to put runners on first and second with one out and then 3B Mark Vientos drove in front of Lindor which caused Lindor to get one out instead of two.
Peterson gave up an infield hit to 3B Caleb Durbin which allowed the tying run to score.
In the top of the fifth, Peterson was able to work around a lead-off double after Alonso made a strong to throw out SS Junior Ortiz at home.
Peterson had a scoreless top of the sixth and retired the first two hitters he faced in the top of the seventh, but then gave up a solo homer to 2B Andrew Monasterio and an infield hit to RF Sal Frelick and was taken out,
Peterson's final line was 6.2 innings, five hits, two runs, (one earned run), three walks and four strikeouts.
He picked up his sixth win and lowered his ERA to 3.18.
RHP Ryne Stanek followed and picked up the last out in the top of the seventh.
Stanek stayed in for the top of the eighth and had a dominating inning striking out the side.
RHP Edwin Diaz came on in the top of the ninth and after a strikeout, gave up a one-out single to pinch-hitter Christian Yelich.
Yelich tried to steal second and was originally ruled safe, but replay showed that catcher Luis Torrens throw and Lindor's tag beat Yelich to the bag for the second out of the inning,
Diaz then struck out pinch-hitter Brice Tarang to close it out for his 18th save of the season.
The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon, Friday, July 4 for the first game of the second Subway Series of the series against the Yankees at Citi Field at 3:10 p.m.
Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Starling Marte-DH
2. Francisco Lindor-SS
3. Juan Soto-RF
4. Pete Alonso-1B
5. Brandon Nimmo-LF
6. Mark Vientos-3B
7. Luis Torrens-C
8. Brett Baty-2B
9. Tyrone Taylor-CF
The pitching match-up is LHP David Peterson (5-4, 3.30 ERA) vs. LHP Jose Quintana (6-2, 3.30 ERA)
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| Mets SS Francisco Lindor (Photo Credits to Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images) |
After a scoreless bottom of the first, 3B Brett Baty and SS Ronny Mauricio walked with two outs in the bottom of the second.
Catcher Hayden Senger then hit a high chopper back to Brewers starter RHP Jacob Misiorowksi and then took a bad hop and never reached 2B Brice Torang to allow Senger to reach first for an infield hit and load the bases.
LF Brandon Nimmo came up next and delivered one of the biggest hits of the season with a grand slam to right field.
SS Francisco Lindor followed with a solo homer to give him and Nimmo back-to-back homers.
In the bottom of the second, Mauricio led off with another walk and Senger followed with a sacrifice fly.
Nimmo then grounded out to first which allowed Mauricio to advance to third and Lindor delivered once again with a RBI single.
In the bottom of the eighth, Senger walked with one out and was replaced by pinch-runner Travis Jankowski.
Two batters later, Lindor capped off his stellar night at the plate with a RBI double to score Jankowskis for his third RBI of the game.
RHP Huascar Brazoban got the start as an "opener" and threw a scoreless top of the first and then came out.
RHP Blaine Tidwell followed and did an outstanding job throwing scoreless innings in the top of the second, third, fourth and fifth.
Tidwell stayed in for the top of the sixth, but then gave up back-to-back homers to LF Christian Yelich and CF Jackson Chourio and two batters later, gave up a single to 1B Rhys Hoskins and was taken out.
RHP Dedniel Nunez came in next and allowed a single to 3B Anthony Seigler and a RBI groud-out to SS Junior Ortiz, but came back to strike out catcher Eric Haase to end the inning.
LHP Richard Lovelady followed with a scoreless top of the eighth.
RHP Ryne Stanek picked up the first two outs in the top of the eighth and was then taken out with two runners on and two outs after he gave up a single and walk.
RHP Edwin Diaz came on and picked up the biggest out of the game after he struck out pinch-hitter Jake Bauers to end the inning.
Diaz stayed in for the top of the ninth and picked up two more strikeouts as part of a 1-2-3 inning to close it out and picked up his 17th save of the season.
The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Thursday, July 3 at home against the Brewers at 7:10 p.m.
Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Brandon Nimmo-LF
2. Francisco Lindor-DH
3. Juan Soto-RF
4. Pete Alonso-1B
5. Jeff McNeil-2B
6. Tyrone Taylor-CF
7. Brett Baty-3B
8. Ronny Mauricio-SS
9. Hayden Senger-C
The pitching match-up is RHP Huascar Brazoban (3-2, 3.83 ERA) vs. RHP Jacob Misiorowski (3-0, 1.13 ERA)
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| Mets RHP Reed Garrett (Photo Credits to Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images) |
RHP Clay Holmes got off to a rocky start in the top of the first after he gave up a lead-off homer to RF Sal Frelick, but then settled down after that.
Holmes was able to make it to the top of sixth, but then walked DH Christian Yelich and retired CF Jackson Churino on a fly-out and was then taken out.
RHP Reed Garrett came in next and got into immediate trouble after he gave up a RBI double to 2B Brice Turang to tie the game and then gave up a single to LF Isaac Collins and walked 1B Jake Bauers to load the bases.
It all fell apart for Garrett after he gave up a grand slam to the following hitter SS Joey Ortiz and then Garrett was taken out after the inning.
LHP Brandon Waddell came in next in the top of the seventh and threw a scoreless inning, but then gave up a lead-off homer to LF Isaac Collins in the top of the eighth.
Waddell stayed in for the top of the ninth and threw a scoreless inning.
The Met offense was held scoreless for the first two innings until the bottom of the third after CF Jeff McNeil led off with a hit by pitch and then catcher Luis Torrens followed with a single to advance McNeil to third.
2B Brett Baty drove in McNeil with a sacrifice fly.
In the bottom of the fourth, RF Juan Soto led off with a walk and stole second and then 1B Pete Alonso drove in Soto with a RBI single.
The offense was unable to do much after that managing only two hits.
The Mets have another game tonight at home against the Brewers at 7:10 p.m.
Tonight's Mets-Brewers game has been postponed due to rain.
There will be a doubleheader tomorrow Wednesday, July 2.
It is a split doubleheader with the first game beginning at 1:10 p.m. and the second game starting at the regular scheduled 7:10 time.
Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Francisco Lindor-SS
2. Starling Marte-DH
3. Juan Soto-RF
4. Pete Alonso-1B
5. Brandon Nimmo-LF
6. Mark Vientos-3B
7. Jeff McNeil-CF
8. Luis Torrens-C
9. Brett Baty-2B
The pitching match-up is RHP Clay Holmes (8-4, 2.97 ERA) vs. RHP Freddy Peralta (8-4, 2.90 ERA)
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| Mets RHP Frankie Montas (Photo Credits to SNY.TV) |
RHP Frankie Montas had a chance to escape out of a based loaded jam with two outs in the bottom of the first, but was unable to do so after he gave up a two-run single to 3B Ke'Bryan Hayes.
It only got worse for Montas in the inning after he then gave up back-to-back homers to CF Oneil Cruz and LF Tommy Pham.
Montas gave up another run in the bottom of the second on a sacrifice fly by DH Andrew McCutchen.
Montas was able to settle down after that with scoreless innings in the bottom of the third and fourth and came back after the fourth.
His final line was four innings, seven hits, six runs, one walk and five strikeouts.
LHP Richard Lovelady came in next in the bottom of the fifth and gave up a solo homer to RF Bryan Reynolds and later in the inning, a RBI single to Pham.
Lovelady stayed in for the bottom of the sixth and threw a scoreless inning.
RHP Dedniel Nunez followed in the bottom of the seventh and gave up a two-run homer to Cruz.
OF Travis Jankowski came on in the bottom of the eighth and gave up two singles and a hit by pitch to load the bases and then gave up two runs before getting a 5-4-3 double play to end the inning.
The Met offense did not do much outside of a solo homer by catcher Luis Torrens in the top of the fifth.
The top four hitters in the lineup SS Francisco Lindor, LF Brandon Nimmo, RF Juan Soto and 1B Pete Alonso combined to go 2-15 with four strikeouts.
The Mets are off tomorrow and return back to action on Tuesday, July 1 at home at Citi Field against the Milwaukee Brewers at 7:15 p.m.
Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Francisco Lindor-SS
2. Brandon Nimmo-LF
3. Juan Soto-RF
4. Pete Alonso-1B
5. Jeff McNeil-CF
6. Mark Vientos-DH
7. Brett Baty-3B
8. Luis Torrens-C
9. Ronny Mauricio-2B
The pitching match-up is RHP Frankie Montas (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. RHP Mike Burrows (1-2, 4.45 ERA)
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| Mets 2B Brett Baty (Photo Credits to SNY.TV) |
RHP Paul Blackburn started out with a scoreless bottom of the first, but after a 89-minute rain delay, came back for the bottom of the second and lost all his momentum.
Blackburn gave up five straight singles before leaving the game with the based loaded.
RHP Jose Butto came in next and gave up a sacrifice fly, but was able to settle down after that retiring the next three hitters he faced.
LHP Brandon Waddell followed and did an outstanding job with three scoreless innings in the bottom of the fourth, fifth and sixth.
RHP Reed Garrett threw a scoreless bottom of the seventh.
RHP Huascar Brazoban came on in the bottom of the eighth and had another difficult outing with two hits and two walks before leaving with the based loaded.
RHP Collin Poche followed in his season debut and had a rough time allowing all three inherited runs to score and then two more runs.
In the top of the first, SS Francisco Lindor led off with a double and two batters later, RF Juan Soto drove in Lindor with a RBI single.
After scoreless innings in the top of the second, third and fourth, 1B Pete Alonso doubled with one out in the top of the fifth and LF Brandon Nimmo followed with a RBI single.
The Met offense was unable to score any more runs after that and their struggles with runners in scoring position continued after the went 2-8 with RISP and left nine runners on base.
The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon, Sunday, June 29 at the Pirates at 1:35 p.m.
Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Francisco Lindor-SS
2. Mark Vientos-3B
3. Juan Soto-RF
4. Pete Alonso-1B
5. Brandon Nimmo-LF
6. Starling Marte-DH
7. Tyrone Taylor-CF
8. Brett Baty-3B
9. Luis Torrens-C
The pitching match-up is RHP Paul Blackburn (0-2, 6.62 ERA) vs. LHP Bailey Falter (6-3, 3.59 ERA)
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| Mets RF Juan Soto (Photo Credits to Sny.TV) |
LHP David Peterson started out well with a 1-2-3 bottom of the first, but it all fell apart in the bottom of the second.
Peterson gave up a one-out walk to catcher Joey Bart and then gave up a single to 3B Ke'Bryan Hayes.
Peterson allowed a RBI single to the following hitter 1B Jared Triolo and a RBI double to the next hitter CF Alexander Canario.
Peterson then gave up a RBI single to SS Isiah Kiner-Falefa and LF Tommy Pham grounded into a fielder's choice to bring in another run.
Peterson had scoreless innings in the bottom of the third and fourth, but in the bottom of the fifth, gave up a RBI double to RF Bryan Reynolds and three batters later, a RBI double to Hayes.
Peterson was then taken out and his final line was 4.2 innings, seven hits, five runs, three walks and five strikeouts.
RHP Blaine Tidwell came in next and had a difficult outing allowing a three-run homer to Reynolds in the bottom of the sixth and a RBI single to Reynolds in the bottom of the seventh.
Tidwell stayed in for the bottom of the eighth and threw a scoreless inning.
His final line was 3.1 innings, five hits, four runs, two walks and one strikeout.
The Met offense did not do much outside of a solo homer by RF Juan Soto in the top of the fourth.
They went 0-9 with runners in scoring position leaving eight runners on base.
The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon, Saturday, June 28 at the Pirates at 4:05 p.m.
Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Francisco Lindor-SS
2. Brandon Nimmo-LF
3. Juan Soto-RF
4. Pete Alonso-1B
5. Jeff McNeil-CF
6. Mark Vientos-DH
7. Brett Baty-3B
8. Ronny Mauricuio-2B
9. Hayden Senger-C
The pitching match-up is LHP David Peterson (5-3, 2.98 ERA) vs. RHP Mitch Keller (1-10, 4.02 ERA)
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| Mets LF Jeff McNeil (Photo Credits to SNY.TV) |
The Met offense was held scoreless for the first three innings against RHP Grant Holmes, but in the bottom of the fourth, RF Juan Soto led off with a walk, 1B Pete Alonso followed with a single and two batters later, CF Tyrone Taylor drove in Soto with a sacrifice fly.
In the bottom of the fifth, SS Francisco Lindor and DH Brandon Nimmo singled with one out and two batters later, Alonso drove in Lindor with a RBI single.
In the bottom of the seventh, Soto singled with two outs, Alonso followed with a double and then LF Jeff McNeil broke the game open with a two-run single.
RHP Griffin Canning cruised through the first two innings and after giving up a lead-off single in the top of the third, had to leave the game after he suffered a non-contact ankle injury. Canning was down for several minutes and had to be helped off the field and was unable to put any pressure on his leg.
Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said after the game that the team is waiting an MRI, but it is believed to be an Achilles injury.
RHP Austin Warren had to come in a emergency relief situation and did a fantastic job with 2.1 scoreless innings allowing one hit and no walks with two strikeouts in his second appearance of the season.
Warren picked up his first win of the season.
RHP Dedniel Nunez and had a fine performance as well retiring all six hitters he faced including striking out the side in the top of the seventh.
RHP Ryne Stanek threw a scoreless top of the eighth.
RHP Edwin Diaz closed it out with a scoreless top of the ninth.
The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Friday, June 27 at the Pittsburgh Pirates at 6:40 p.m.
Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Francisco Lindor-SS
2. Brandon Nimmo-LF
3. Juan Soto-RF
4. Pete Alonso-1B
5. Jeff McNeil-LF
6. Tyrone Taylor-CF
7. Brett Baty-3B
8. Luis Torrens-C
9. Ronny Mauricio-2B
The pitching match-up is RHP Griffin Canning (7-3, 3.91 ERA) vs. RHP Grant Holmes (4-6, 3.71 ERA)
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| Mets RF Juan Soto (Photo Credits to Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images) |
The Met offense was held scoreless for the first two innings until the bottom of the third after ,B Ronny Mauricio hit a solo homer.
In the bottom of the fourth, RF Juan Soto led off with a solo homer of his own.
1B Pete Alonso followed with a hit by pitch and CF Jeff McNeil then doubled.
DH Starling Marte drove in Alonso with a sacrifice fly.
3B Brett Baty, Mauricio and catcher Hayden Senger all followed with singles to load the bases.
SS Francisco Lindor then hit a sacrifice fly to score Baty and LF Brandon Nimmo drove in Mauricio with a RBI single.
In the bottom of the seventh, Soto led off with another homer. It is the 27th multi-homer game of his career which is the most of any player before age 27 passing Jimmie Foxx. Soto has now hit 10 homers in June.
RHP Clay Holmes worked around two walks in the first two innings and started out with three scoreless innings until he gave up a solo homer to catcher Drake Baldwin in the top of the fourth.
Holmes had a scoreless top of the fifth and was then taken out.
His final line was five innings, three hits, one run, four walks and two strikeouts.
He picked up his eighth win and lowered his ERA to 2.97.
LHP Brandon Waddell followed with a scoreless top of the sixth.
RHP Jose Butto threw a scoreless top of the seventh.
RHP Ryne Stanek threw a scoreless top of the eighth.
RHP Jonathan Pintaro made his ML debut in the top of the ninth and struggled allowing two runs on two hits with two walks in 0.2 innings and then came out.
RHP Edwin Diaz came on and picked up the last out of the game for his 16th save of the season.
The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Thursday, June 26 at home against the Braves at 7:10 p.m.
Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Francisco Lindor-SS
2. Brandon Nimmo-LF
3. Juan Soto-RF
4. Pete Alonso-1B
5. Jeff McNeil-CF
6. Starling Marte-DH
7. Brett Baty-3B
8. Ronny Mauricio-2B
9. Hayden Senger-C
The pitching match-up is RHP Clay Holmes (7-4, 3.04 ERA) vs. RHP Didier Fuentes (0-1, 7.20 ERA)
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| Mets RHP Frankie Montas (Photo Credits to SNY.TV) |
RHP Frankie Montas made his Met debut and had an impressive outing with five scoreless innings.
He gave up three hits and three walks with five strikeouts.
Montas had a lot of life on his fastball with 46 of them topping out at 94.8 mph.
RHP Huascar Brazoban came in next in the top of the sixth and completely unraveled walking the based loaded and then gave up a sacrifice fly to 2B Ozzie Albies and was taken out.
LHP Jose Castillo came in next and gave up an infield hit to pinch-hitter Eli White, hit CF Michael Harris II and then gave up a RBI single to SS Nick Allen and was taken out.
RHP Reed Garrett followed and struck out RF Ronald Acuna Jr, but then gave up a two-run single to 1B Mattt Olson and came out after the inning.
LHP Richard Lovelady threw a scoreless top of the seventh and then came back out for the top of the eighth and after retiring the first two hitters, walked Acuna Jr, gave up a RBI double to Olson and walked DH Marcell Ozuna.
RHP Dedneil Nunez followed and gave up a RBI double to 3B Austin Riley and then stayed in for the top of the ninth and threw a scoreless inning.
The Met offense was held scoreless for the first three innings against RHP Spencer Strider until the bottom of the fourth after RF Juan Soto walked with one out and stole second, 1B Pete Alonso followed with a single and DH Starling Marte then walked to load the bases.
CF Jeff McNeil then drove in Soto with a sacrifice fly and catcher Luis Torrens followed with a walk to load the bases.
2B Brett Baty came up next and drove in Alonso and Marte with a two-run single.
The offense did not do much after that until the bottom of the ninth after McNeil doubled with one out and then pinch-hitter Jared Young followed with a single.
Baty followed by striking out looking and then 3B Ronny Mauricio drove in McNeil with a RBI double, but SS Francisco Lindor grounded out to second to end the game.
The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Wednesday, June 25 at the Braves at 7:10 p.m.
Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Francisco Lindor-SS
2. Brandon Nimmo-LF
3. Juan Soto-RF
4. Pete Alonso-1B
5. Starling Marte-DH
6. Jeff McNeil-CF
7. Luis Torrens-C
8. Brett Baty-3B
9. Ronny Mauricio-2B
The pitching match-up is RHP Frankie Montas vs. RHP Spencer Strider (2-5, 3.89 ERA)
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| Mets RF Juan Soto (Photo Credits to SNY.TV) |
RHP Paul Blackburn worked his way out of a jam in the top of the first after 2B Jeff McNeil turned a double play, but ran into trouble in the top of the second.
Blackburn hit 2B Ozzie Albies to lead off the inning and then stole second and gave up a single to the following hitter catcher Sean Murphy.
Blackburn then gave up a sacrifice fly to CF Michael Harris II.
Blackburn had more problems in the top of the third after he gave up a lead-off homer to RF Ronald Acuna Jr and then a double to 1B Matt Olson and a walk to DH Marcell Ozuna.
After a wild pitch, Blackburn walked 3B Austin Riley and two batters later, gave up a sacrifice fly to Murphy.
Blackburn had a scoreless top of the fourth and in the top of the fifth, struck out the first hitter he faced and then gave up a triple to Riley and two batters later, walked Murphy and was then taken out.
Blackburn's final line was 4.2 innings, six hits, three runs, three walks and five strikeouts.
RHP Jose Butto came in next and picked up the last out in the top of the fifth and threw a scoreless top of the sixth.
RHP Ryne Stanek threw a scoreless top of the seventh.
RHP Reed Garrett threw a scoreless top of the eighth.
RHP Edwin Diaz threw a scoreless top of the ninth.
The Met offense was held scoreless by RHP Spencer Schwellenbach for the first five innings until the bottom of the sixth after LF Brandon Nimmo walked with two outs and then RF Juan Soto followed with a two-run homer.
They had another scoring opportunity in the bottom of the eighth after SS Francisco Lindor and Nimmo singled with two outs, but Soto struck out on a 3-2 slider out of the zone after LHP Dylan Lee and went down 1-2-3 in the bottom of the ninth.
The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Tuesday, June 24 at home against the Braves at 7:10 p.m.
Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Francisco Lindor-SS
2. Brandon Nimmo-LF
3. Juan Soto-RF
4. Pete Alonso-1B
5. Jeff McNeil-2B
6. Tyrone Taylor-CF
7. Jarred Young-DH
8. Luis Torrens-C
9. Brett Baty-3B
The pitching match-up is RHP Paul Blackburn (0-1, 6.92 ERA) vs. RHP Spencer Scwellenbach (5-4, 3.26 ERA)
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| Mets SS Francisco Lindor (Photo Credits to Kyle Ross-Imagn Images) |
LHP David Peterson cruised through the first three innings, but then it all unraveled in the bottom of the fourth.
Peterson gave up a lead-off homer to DH Kyle Schwarber and two batters later, a double to RF Nick Castellanos.
Peterson then walked catcher J.T. Realmuto and gave up a RBI single to LF Otto Kemp.
Peterson gave up a bases clearing double to the following hitter 2B Edmundo Sosa and was taken out after the inning.
Peterson's final line was four innings, six hits, five runs, three walks and two strikeouts.
It was the most earned runs he has allowed this season to increase his ERA from 2.60 to 2.98 and it also snapped his streak of three consecutive starts with at seven innings.
RHP Chris Devenski followed with a scoreless bottom of the fifth.
RHP Dedneil Nunez came in next and threw a scoreless bottom of the sixth.
RHP Tyler Zuber gave up two runs in the bottom of the seventh on a sacrifice fly by 3B Alec Bohm and a RBI double by Castellanos.
Zuber stayed in for the bottom of the eighth and threw a scoreless inning.
The Met offense wasted a scoring opportunity in the top of the first after SS Francisco Lindor led off with a single and advanced to second on a wild pitch. However, Lindor was unable to score after DH Starling Marte struck out, RF Juan Soto flew out to right and 1B Pete Alonso struck out to end the inning.
The only run they were able to score was on a solo homer by Lindor in the top of the eighth. It was the first time in their last 29 games that the Mets have lost a game where Lindor homered.
The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Monday, June 23 back at home at Citi Field against the Atlanta Braves at 7:10 p.m.
Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Francisco Lindor-SS
2. Starling Marte-DH
3. Juan Soto-RF
4. Pete Alonso-1B
5. Brandon Nimmo-LF
6. Luis Torrens-C
7. Tyrone Taylor-CF
8. Ronny Mauricio-3B
9. Luisangel Acuna-2B
The pitching match-up is LHP David Peterson (5-2, 2.60 ERA) vs. LHP Jesus Luzardo (6-3, 4.41 ERA)
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| Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez (Photo Credits to Brett Davis-Imagn Images) |
Catcher Hayden Senger has been recalled from Triple-A.
Alvarez has had a difficult season after he broke hammate bone in his left hand in the beginning of the season and caused him to be out until April 25.
He has not hit since returning from injury hitting .236 with three homers and 11 RBI in 35 games.
Alvarez has also had problems defensively with three errors and four passed balls as well as having trouble blocking balls in the dirt and allowed 18 stolen bases out of 27 attempts.
Hopefully Alvarez can figure it out in Triple-A and regain the form that he showed in his rookie year in 2023 hitting 25 homers, but has not that type of power since due to two fractures in his left receiving hand, hitting 11 homers in 2024 and three this season.
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| Mets LF Brandon Nimmo (Photo Credits to Kyle Ross-Imagn Images) |
The Met offense got on the board right away in the top of the first after LF Brandon Nimmo hit a solo homer.
After a scoreless top of the second, SS Francisco Lindor, Nimmo and RF Juan Soto hit back-to-back homers in the top of the third. It was the first time that Met hitters have hit back-to-back-back homers since October 4, 2022 against the Washington Nationals.
In the top of the fifth, Soto hit his second homer of the game.
In the top of the sixth, catcher Francisco Alvarez reached on an infield single with one out and two batters later, 2B Ronny Mauricio singled.
Lindor followed with a two-run double.
After a scoreless top of the seventh, DH Jared Young led off the top of the eighth with a homer and two batters later, 3B Brett Baty walked.
CF Tyrone Taylor followed with a single and two batters later, Nimmo walked to load the bases.
Soto came up next and broke the game open with a two-run single.
In the top of the ninth, catcher Francisco Alvarez capped off the scoring with a solo homer of his own.
RHP Griffin Canning got off to a rocky start in the bottom of the first after he gave up a RBI double to RF Nick Castellanos and a RBI ground-out to LF Max Kepler.
Canning was able to settle down after that with scoreless innings in the bottom of the second, third and fourth innings and then gave up a RBI single in the bottom of the fifth after SS Trea Turner led off with reaching on an error by CF Jeff McNeil. Two batters later Cannin gave up a RBI single 3B Alex Bohm, but did not allow any more runs and came out after the bottom of the fifth with the lead intact.
Canning's final line was five innings, six hits, four runs, two walks and four strikeouts.
He picked up his seventh win.
RHP Huascar Brazoban followed with two scoreless innings in the bottom of the sixth and seventh.
RHP Ryne Stanek threw a scoreless bottom of the eighth.
RHP Chris Devenski closed it out with a scoreless bottom of the ninth.
The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Sunday, June 22 at the Phillies on ESPN Sunday Night Baseball at 7:10 p.m.
Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Francisco Lindor-SS
2. Brandon Nimmo-LF
3. Juan Soto-RF
4. Pete Alonso-1B
5. Jeff McNeil-CF
6. Jarred Young-DH
7. Francisco Alvarez-C
8. Brett Baty-3B
9. Ronny Mauricio-2B
The pitching match-up is RHP Griffin Canning (6-3, 3.80 ERA) vs. RHP Mick Abel (2-0, 2.21 ERA)
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| Mets RF Juan Soto (Photo Credits to Kyle Ross-Imagn Images) |
RHP Blade Tidwell started out well with three scoreless innings, but then ran into trouble in the bottom of the fourth.
Tidwell gave up singles to RF Nick Castellanos and catcher J.T. Realmuto and then walked 2B Bryson Stott to load the bases.
Tidwell then gave up a RBI ground-out to 1B Otto Kemp after Kemp grounded into a fielder's choice and then walked CF Brandon Marsh to bring in another run and was then taken out.
Tidwell's final line was 3.2 innings, four hits, two runs, three walks and four strikeouts.
LHP Jose Castillo had to come in to get the last out in the bottom of the fourth.
RHP Jose Butto followed with two scoreless innings in the bottom of the fifth and sixth.
RHP Reed Garrett came on in the bottom of the seventh and got into immediate trouble after he gave up a lead-off double to Marsh and then a RBI double to the following hitter SS Trea Turner.
Garrett then walked DH Kyle Schwarber and gave up a RBI single to 3B Alec Bohm and was then taken out.
RHP Justin Garza came in next and gave up a RBI single to Castellanos and after a fly-out and walk, gave up a bases clearing double to Stott.
Garza stayed in for the bottom of the eighth and gave up a two-run homer to Castellanos.
The Met offense was held scoreless for the first five innings against RHP Zach Wheeler, but then came alive in the top of the sixth after 1B Pete Alonso and 2B Jeff McNeil hit back-to-back homers.
Two batters later, catcher Luis Torrens singled, but 3B Brett Baty struck out and CF Tyrone Taylor fouled out to first to end the inning.
The Met offense was shut down after that and did not have any more hits.
They went 0-2 with runners in scoring position and left seven runners on base.
The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Saturday, June 21 at the Phillies at 7:15 p.m.
Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Francisco Lindor-SS
2. Brandon Nimmo-LF
3. Juan Soto-RF
4. Pete Alonso-1B
5. Jeff McNeil-2B
6. Jarred Young-DH
7. Luis Torrens-C
8. Brett Baty-3B
9. Tyrone Taylor-CF
The pitching match-up is RHP Blaine Tidwell (0-1, 14.73 ERA) vs. RHP Zach Wheeler (7-2, 2.76 ERA)
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| Mets RHP Clay Holmes (Photo Credits to SNY) |
RHP Clay Holmes started out well with three scoreless innings, but than ran into trouble in the bottom of the fourth.
Holmes gave up a lead-off walk to 1B Mall Olson and then gave up a single to DH Marcell Ozuna.
Two batters later, Holmes gave up a RBI single to 2B Ozzie Albies.
Holmes ran into more trouble in the bottom of the fifth after he gave up a lead-off walk to RF Ronald Acuna Jr and two batters later, a single to 3B Austin Riley and then a walk to catcher Drake Baldwin to load the bases and was then taken out.
Holmes's final line was three runs on four hits with five strikeouts and six walks in 4.2 innings.
RHP Huascar Brazoban came in next and walked Albies to bring in a run, but then retired CF Michael Harris II on a ground-out to end the inning.
Brazoban stayed in for the bottom of the sixth and gave up a lead-off infield single to SS Nick Allen and then walked Acuna Jr.
Two batters later, Brazoban walked Riley to load the bases and then gave up a bases-clearing double to Olson and was taken out.
RHP Justin Hagenman came in next and after a ground-out to Ozuna, gave up a RBI single to Baldwin.
Hagenman stayed in for the rest of the game with 2.2 scoreless innings with two hits and a strikeout.
After a scoreless top of the first, CF Tyrone Taylor singled with one out in the top of the second and later in the inning, 3B Ronny Mauricio drove in Taylor with a RBI single.
The Met offense did not do much outside of that with six hits including three singles and two doubles.
They went 1-8 with runners in scoring position leaving six runners on base.
The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Friday, June 20 at the Philadelphia Phillies at 7:15 p.m.
Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Francisco Lindor-SS
2. Brandon Nimmo-LF
3. Juan Soto-RF
4. Pete Alonso-1B
5. Starling Marte-DH
6. Jeff McNeil-2B
7. Tyrone Taylor-CF
8. Francisco Alvarez-C
9. Ronny Maurucio-3B
The pitching match-up is RHP Clay Holmes (7-3, 2.87 ERA) vs. RHP Spencer Strider (1-5, 4.35 ERA)
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| Mets RHP Paul Blackburn (Photo Credits to SNY.TV |
RHP Paul Blackburn got off to a rocky start in the bottom of the first after he gave up a lead-off homer to RF Ronald Acuna Jr on his first pitch.
Blackburn gave up a single to the following hitter LF Alex Verdugo and then walked 3B Austin Riley.
After retiring 1B Matt Olson on a ground-out to first, catcher Luis Torrens made a costly error after he touched the ball with his mask to allow Verdugo to score.
Later in the inning, Blackburn gave up a sacrifice fly to DH Marcell Ozuna.
Blackburn was able to settle down after that working around a lead-off triple in the bottom of the second and had a 1--2-3 bottom of the third.
Butto gave up a one-out double to 2B Ozzie Albies in the bottom of the fourth and was taken out with 73 pitches.
RHP Jose Butto followed and gave up a run on a wild pitch on a play that should have been caught by Torrens and looked like a passed ball.
Butto stayed in for the bottom of the fifth and threw a scoreless inning.
LHP Jose Castillo came in next and threw a scoreless bottom of the sixth.
RHP Ty Adcock followed in the bottom of the seventh and gave up a solo homer to Olson.
RHP Justin Garza threw a scoreless bottom of the eighth.
The Met offense was stymied by LHP Chris Sale who threw 8.2 scoreless innings allowing five hits and one walk with seven strikeouts.
The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Thursday, June 19 at the Braves at 7:15 p.m,
Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Francisco Lindor-SS
2. Starling Marte-DH
3. Juan Soto-RF
4. Pete Alonso-1B
5. Brandon Nimmo-LF
6. Luis Torrens-C
7. Tyrone Taylor-CF
8. Jeff McNeil-2B
9. Ronny Mauricio-3B
The pitching match-up is RHP Paul Blackburn (0-0, 6.75 ERA) vs. LHP Chris Sale (4-4, 2.79 ERA)
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| Mets RHP Tylor Megill (Photo Credits to Getty Images) |
Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said that Megill will only miss 4-5 weeks in a best-case scenario.
Megill began experiencing some "pulling" in his right elbow in his last start on his offspeed pitches.
Now that he is hurt, this injury hurts the Mets starting rotation depth even more after RHP Kodai Senga out due to a right hamstring strain that should also cause him to be out until at least the middle of July.
RHP Griffin Canning and RHP Paul Blackburn have also struggled with a combined 10.93 ERA in the last 10 days.
With Megill out, the Mets will have to figure out a spot starter in his absence.
Fortunately. LHP Sean Manaea and RHP Frankie Montas are on their way back hopefully soon from rehab starts.
Now with Megill on the IL, the Mets rotation consists of LHP David Peterson, Canning, Blackburn and RHP Clay Holmes.
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| Mets CF Tyrone Taylor (Photo Credits to SNY.TV) |
LHP David Peterson had scoreless innings in the bottom of the first and second and then gave up a RBI single to 1B Matt Olson in the bottom of the third.
Peterson was able to settle down after that with scoreless innings in the bottom of the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh, but then ran into trouble in the bottom of the eighth.
He gave up a lead-off walk to SS Nick Allen and then gave up a single to RF Ronald Acuna Jr and was then taken out.
RHP Reed Garrett came in next and gave up a single to LF Alex Verdugo to load the bases, but then responded by striking out Olson and getting 3B Austin Riley to hit a shallow fly ball to right field for the second out.
However, Garrett was unable to escape out of the jam after he gave up a bases-clearing double to DH Marcell Ozuna on a hanging splitter on a 2-2 count.
Garrett then recovered to retire the next hitter to keep the game tied.
In the bottom of the ninth, RHP Edwin Diaz threw a scoreless inning.
In the bottom of the tenth, RHP Huascar Brazoban came on and walked Acuna Jr intentionally and after retiring Verduco on a inifield hit was let down by his defense.
Catcher Francisco Alvarez couldn't handle a pitch in the dirt and had SS Luke Williams in a rundown at second, but made the mistake of throwing the ball to second instead of throwing the ball to third or running the ball back at Williams to get him in a rundown and tag him out.
Brazoban then gave up another walk and then a walk-off sacrifice fly to Riley.
The Met offense got off to a fast start in the top of the first after RF Juan Soto hit a solo homer.
In the top of the second, 2B Jeff McNeil singled and two batters later, Alvarez followed with a walk.
Two batters later, CF Tyrone Taylor delivered with a two-run double.
In the top of the fifth, Taylor came through with a solo homer.
In the top of the sixth, Alonso singled but was doubled off first to end the inning after McNeil lined out to second.
In the top of the ninth, poor baserunning cost them once again after Soto singled to lead off the inning and then Alonso hit a deep flyball to right field, but was robbed after Acuna Jr made an incredible leaping catch and then doubled Soto off first after Soto made a poor baserunning read of the catch and flyball.
The Met offense went 1-6 with runners in scoring position leaving two runners on base.
The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Wednesday, June 18 at the Braves at 7:15 p.m.
Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Francisco Lindor-SS
2. Brandon Nimmo-LF
3. Juan Soto-RF
4. Pete Alonso-1B
5. Jeff McNeil-2B
6. Jarred Young-DH
7. Francisco Alvarez-C
8. Ronny Mauricio-3B
9. Tyrone Taylor-CF
The pitching match-up is LHP David Peterson (5-2, 2.49 ERA) vs. RHP Spencer Schwellenbach (5-4, 3.11 ERA)
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| Mets RHP Griffin Canning (Photo Credits to SNY.TV) |
RHP Griffin Canning had a scoreless top of the first, but then ran into trouble in the top of the second.
Canning gave up back-to-back walks to 1B Jonathan Aranda and LF Jake Mangum and then gave up a bunt single to 3B Jose Caballero to load the bases.
Canning then gave up a RBI ground-out to CF Kameron Misner and threw a wild pitch which allowed Mangum to score.
Canning gave up a RBI single to the following hitter catcher Danny Jansen.
Canning's struggles continued in the top of the third after he gave up a one-out walk to DH Junior Caminero and then gave up a single to Aranda and a RBI single to Mangum.
Canning had a scoreless top of the fourth and gave up two walks to start the top of the fifth and was then taken out.
RHP Max Kranick came in next and gave up a two-run double to Aranda.
Kranick stayed in for the top of the sixth and threw a scoreless inning and threw another scoreless inning in the top of the seventh.
RHP Ty Adcock had a scoreless top of the eighth.
RHP Ryne Stanek gave up three runs in the top of the ninth and picked up two outs.
LF Jared Young had to come in to get the last out in the inning.
The Mets are off tomorrow and return back to action on Tuesday, June 17 at the Atlanta Braves at 7:15 p.m.
Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Francisco Lindor-DH
2. Brandon Nimmo-LF
3. Juan Soto-RF
4. Pete Alonso-1B
5. Jeff McNeil-2B
6. Tyrone Taylor-CF
7. Brett Baty-3B
8. Francisco Alvarez-C
9. Luisangel Acuna-SS
The pitching match-up is RHP Griffin Canning (6-2, 3.22 ERA) vs. RHP Shane Baz (5-3, 4.97 ERA)
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| Mets RHP Tylor Megill (Photo Credits to SNY.TV) |
RHP Tylor Megill started out well with two scoreless innings and after one out in the top of the third, gave up a ground-rule double to SS Taylor Walls and a RBI single to the following hitter RF Josh Lowe.
It all unraveled for Megill in the top of the fourth after he gave up a lead-off homer to 3B Junior Caminero and then hit LF Jake Magnum and gave up a single to catcher Matt Thaiss.
Two batters later, Megill made a costly fielding error on a sacrifice bunt which allowed the tying run to score and two batters later, gave up a RBI single to 2B Brandon Lowe.
Megill gave up a RBI single to the following hitter 1B Yandy Diaz and walked DH Jonathan Aranda to load the bases.
Megill then gave up a wild pitch to allow another run to score and walked Caminero and was then taken out.
Megill's final line was 3.2 innings, seven hits, six runs, (three earned runs), two walks and five strikeouts.
LHP Jose Castillo came in next and got the last out in the top of the fourth.
Castillo stayed in for the top of the fifth and gave up a RBI double to SS Taylor Walls and gave up another run in the top of the sixth on a RBI triple by Diaz and was then taken out.
RHP Jose Butto followed with two scoreless innings in the top of the sixth and seventh.
RHP Ryne Stanek came in next and threw a scoreless top of the eighth.
RHP Justin Garza threw a scoreless top of the ninth.
After scoreless innings in the bottom of the first and second, 2B Brett Baty drove in the first Met run of the game with a solo homer in the bottom of the third.
Three batters later, SS Francisco Lindor doubled and then LF Brandon Nimmo drove in Lindor with a RBI single.
In the bottom of the fifth, 3B Ronny Mauricio hit a solo homer to snap his 0-12 streak and then Lindor walked and advanced to second on a wild pitch.
LF Brandon Nimmo followed his second RBI single.
The Met offense was unable to score any more runs after that and went 2-4 with runners in scoring position leaving six runners on base.
The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon, Sunday, June 15 at home against the Rays at 1:40 p.m.
Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Francisco Lindor-SS
2. Brandon Nimmo-LF
3. Juan Soto-RF
4. Pete Alonso-1B
5. Jeff McNeil-CF
6. Starling Marte-DH
7. Brett Baty-2B
8. Luis Torrens-C
9. Ronny Mauricio-3B
The pitching match-up is RHP Tylor Megill (5-4, 3.76 ERA) vs. RHP Drew Rasmussen (5-4, 2.22 ERA)
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| Mets 1B Pete Alonso (Photo Credits to Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images) |
RHP Clay Holmes started out well with three scoreless innings, but then gave up a solo homer to 1B Jonathan Aranda in the top of the fourth.
Holmes had a scoreless top of the fifth and was then taken out after the inning surprisingly with only 79 pitches.
His final line was five innings, three hits, one run, two walks and three strikeouts.
RHP Paul Blackburn came in next in the top of the sixth and got into immediate trouble with three straight singles and after getting a pop-out, gave up a two-run single to LF Jake Mangum and was then taken out.
RHP Max Kranick followed and gave up a RBI ground-out to 3B Junior Caminero and a game-tying RBI single to CF Kameron Misner and a two-run homer to catcher Danny Jansen.
Kranick stayed in for the top of the seventh and threw a scoreless inning.
RHP Justin Garza threw two scoreless innings in the top of the eighth and ninth.
After three scoreless innings, RF Juan Soto reached on an error by RHP Taj Bradley in the bottom of the fourth and then 1B Pete Alonso followed with a RBI double.
2B Jeff McNeil walked to load the bases and DH Starling reached on an infield single which tied the game.
CF Tyrone Taylor then grounded into a fielder's choice which brought home another run.
In the bottom of the fifth, catcher Francisco Alvarez led off with a walk and SS Francisco Lindor followed with a walk.
LF Brandon Nimmo then reached on an error by 1B Jonathan Aranda to load the bases and Soto followed with a based loaded walk.
1B Pete Alonso then struck out and McNeil flew out to left, but Marte came through once again with a two-run single.
Taylor struck out with the bases loaded and two outs to end the threat.
The Met offense was unable to score any more runs wasting scoring opportunities in the bottom of the seventh, eighth and ninth innings.
They went 2-16 with runners in scoring position leaving 12 runners on base.
The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon, Saturday, June 14 at home against the Rays at 4:10 p.m.
Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Francisco Lindor-SS
2. Brandon Nimmo-LF
3. Juan Soto-RF
4. Pete Alonso-1B
5. Jeff McNeil-2B
6. Starling Marte-DH
7. Tyrone Taylor-CF
8. Ronny Mauricio-3B
9. Francisco Alvarez-C
The pitching match-up is RHP Clay Holmes (7-3, 2.95 ERA) vs. RHP Taj Bradley (4-5, 4.58 ERA)
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| Mets 2B Jeff McNeil (Photo Credits to Brad Penner-Imagn Images) |
The Met offense got off to a fast start in the bottom of the first after SS Francisco Lindor led off with a walk and two batters later, RF Juan Soto also walked. Later in the inning, 2B Jeff McNeil came through once again with a three-run homer for his fourth homer in last five games and seventh of the season.
LF Brandon Nimmo added a solo homer in the bottom of the fifth after hitting two homers on Wednesday.
RHP Kodai Senga was cruising for the first five innings and picked up two outs in the top of the sixth, but had to come out of the game after he had a hamstring strain while trying to cover first base after 1B Pete Alonso made a high throw.
Senga was placed on the injured list with a hamstring strain and have an MRI on Friday.
His final line was 5.2 innings, one hit, one walk and five strikeouts.
He picked up his seventh win and lowered his ERA to 1.47.
LHP Jose Castillo came in next and picked up the last out in the top of the sixth and first out in the top of the seventh and was then taken out.
RHP Huascar Brazoban followed with 1.2 scoreless innings.
RHP Ryne Stanek came on in the top of the ninth and got into immediate trouble after he allowed a run on three straight singles for a total of two earned runs before finally getting taken out.
RHP Edwin Diaz came in next and walked 1B Nathaniel Lowe to load the bases and then gave up a RBI single to Josh Bell.
Diaz was able to settle down after that getting RF Alex Cali to pop out for the first out and then induced back-to-back grounders to close it out for his 15th save of the season.
The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Friday, June 13 at home against the Tampa Bay Rays at 7:10 p.m.
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| Mets RHP Kodai Senga (Photo Credits to Jason Szenes-NY Post) |
Senga was trying to catch a high throw from 1B Pete Alonso and fell down and was on the ground for several minutes before walking off on his own power.
He is heading to the injured list with a hamstring strain and will have an MRI on Friday.
Hopefully Senga will not be out too long since the Mets cannot afford to lose a pitcher of his caliber after he had five more scoreless innings on Thursday to lower his ERA to 1.47.
Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Francisco Lindor-SS
2. Brandon Nimmo-LF
3. Juan Soto-RF
4. Pete Alonso-1B
5. Jeff McNeil-2B
6. Starling Marte-DH
7. Brett Baty-3B
8. Tyrone Taylor-CF
9. Francisco Alvarez-C
The pitching match-up is RHP Kodai Senga (6-3, 1.59 ERA) vs. RHP Michael Soroka (3-3, 4.86 ERA)
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| Mets LHP David Peterson (Photo Credits to SNY.TV) |
The Met offense got on the board immediately in the bottom of the first after LF Brandon Nimmo walked with one out. Two batters later, 1B Pete Alonso drove in Nimmo with a RBI double for his league-best 63th RBI and 20th this month as well as his 39th extra-base hit.
After a scoreless bottom of the second, SS Francisco Lindor doubled with one out in the bottom of the third and two batters later, RF Juan Soto hit a two-run homer to right-center to extend his on-base streak to 13 games and raised his OPS to .854. Soto has also hit five homers in his last 11 games.
In the bottom of the fifth, Nimmo led off with a homer.
In the bottom of the seventh, Nimmo once again led off with a homer.
LHP David Peterson had a spectacular outing with a complete-game shutout.
He gave up six walks and no walks with six strikeouts throwing 106 pitches.
Peterson was in complete control all night and had excellent command of his slider and change-up.
He picked up his fifth win and lowered his ERA to 2.49.
It is the first complete-game shutout by a Met lefty since Steven Matz in 2019.
The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon, Thursday, June 12 at home against the Nationals at 1:10 p.m.
Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Francisco Lindor-SS
2. Brandon Nimmo-LF
3. Juan Soto-RF
4. Pete Alonso-1B
5. Jeff McNeil-CF
6. Jarred Young-DH
7. Luis Torrens-C
8. Brett Baty-2B
9. Ronny Mauricio-3B
The pitching match-up is LHP David Peterson (4-2, 2.80 ERA) vs. RHP Jake Irwin (5-2, 4.02 ERA)
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| Mets 2B Jeff McNeil (Photo Credits to Brad Penner-Imagn Images) |
After a scoreless bottom of the first, LF Brandon Nimmo singled to lead off the bottom of the second and then three batters later, 2B Jeff McNeil brought in Nimmo with a RBI single.
RF Juan Soto hit a solo homer in the bottom of the third.
The Met offense was held scoreless for the next four innings, but then came alive again in the bottom of the eighth.
DH Starling Marte drew a two-out walk after being down 0-2 in the count and then Soto followed with a RBI double.
1B Pete Alonso came up next and drove in Soto with a RBI single to tie the game, but was thrown out trying to stretch it into a double.
RHP Griffin Canning got off to a tough start in the top of the first after he gave up a two-run homer to 1B Nathaniel Lowe.
Canning gave up another run in the top of the second on a RBI double by 2B C.J. Abrams.
Canning was able to settle down after that after allowing a lead-off single to start the third, but then retired the next seven hitters he faced including a 1-2-3 top of the fourth.
He picked up one out in the top of the sixth and was then taken out.
Canning's final line was 5.1 innings, seven hits, four runs, two walks and four strikeouts.
RHP Jose Butto followed with a scoreless top of the sixth.
LHP Jose Castillo came in next and picked up the last two outs in the top of the seventh and one out in the top of the eighth and was then taken out.
RHP Justin Garza followed for his Met debut and had a dominant performance with two strikeouts to end the inning.
RHP Edwin Diaz came in next in the top of the ninth and threw a scoreless inning with two strikeouts.
RHP Reed Garrett followed and threw a scoreless top of the tenth to pick up his second win of the season.
The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Wednesday, June 11 at home against the Nationals at 7:05 p.m.
Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Francisco Lindor-SS
2. Starling Marte-DH
3. Juan Soto-RF
4. Pete Alonso-1B
5. Brandon Nimmo-LF
6. Luis Torrens-C
7. Tyrone Taylor-CF
8. Jeff McNeil-2B
9. Ronny Maurico-3B
The pitching match-up is RHP Griffin Canning (6-2, 2.90 ERA) vs. LHP Mackenzie Gore (3-5, 2.87 ERA)
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| Mets 1B Pete Alonso (Photo Credits to SNY.TV) |
After a scoreless top of the first, 2B Jeff McNeil led off the top of the second with a homer and then DH Ronny Mauricio followed with a single.
CF Tyrone Taylor then walked and two batters later, catcher Francisco Alvarez drove in Mauricio with a RBI single.
In the top of the third, RF Juan Soto led off with a single and then Pete Alonso followed with a two-run homer.
Two batters later, Mauricio reached on an infield hit and stole second and then Taylor drove in Mauricio with a RBI double.
In the top of the fourth, Soto and Alonso singled with two outs and then McNeil came up and broke the game open with a three-run homer.
The Met offense was held scoreless for the next two innings until the top of the seventh after McNeil led off with a double and three batters later, 3B Brett Baty hit a two-run homer.
In the top of the eighth, Soto walked with one out and then Alonso followed with another two-run homer.
In the top of the ninth, catcher Francisco Alvarez hit a solo homer.
RHP Tylor Megill got off to a dominating start in the bottom of the first striking out the side and retired 12 of the first 14 batters he faced without allowing a hit.
Megill lost his no-hit bid in the bottom of the fifth after he gave up a lead-off double to CF Sam Hillard and then later allowed two runs on three hits and one walk and was taken out after the inning.
Megill's final line was five innings, three hits, two runs, three walks and five strikeouts.
RHP Paul Blackburn came in next in the bottom of the sixth and threw a scoreless inning and then gave up a run in the bottom of the seventh.
Blackburn stayed in and threw a scoreless bottom of the eighth and gave up two runs in the bottom of the ninth, but was able to close it out to pick up a four-inning save, the first by a Met reliever since 2008.
The Mets are off tomorrow and return to action on Tuesday, June 10 back at home against the Washington Nationals at 7:10 p.m.
Mets Starting Lineup;
1. Francisco Lindor-SS
2. Brandon Nimmo-LF
3. Juan Soto-RF
4. Pete Alomso-1B
5. Jeff McNeil-2B
6. Ronny Mauricio-DH
7. Tyrone Taylor-CF
8. Brett Baty-3B
9. Francisco Alvarez-C
The pitching match-up is RHP Tylor Megill (4-4. 3.77 ERA) vs. RHP Chase Dollander (2-5, 6.26 ERA)
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| Mets RHP Clay Holmes (Photo Credits to Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images) |
The Met offense was held scoreless for the first two innings until the top of the third after 3B Ronny Mauricio hit a towering 456-foot homer to the third deck in right field.
After a scoreless top of the fourth, DH Jared Young led off with a solo homer in the top of the fifth and Mauricio followed with a single and then stole second.
Two batters later, LF Brandon Nimmo drove in Maurcio with a RBI single followed a ground-out by SS Francisco Lindor to first base which allowed Mauricio to advance to third.
In the top of the sixth, CF Jeff McNeil led off with a homer.
In the top of the seventh, Nimmo and RF Juan Soto walked with one out and then 1B Pete Alonso singled which loaded the bases.
CF Tyrone Taylor who came in for defense drove in Nimmo with a sacrifice fly and then catcher Luis Torrens broke the game open with a two-run single.
In the top of eighth, Lindor singled with two outs and was replaced by pinch-hitter Luisangel Acuna and then Nimmo followed with a RBI double to score Acuna.
RHP Clay Holmes had another terrific start allowing one run on nine hits in six innings .
Holmes only gave up a solo homer to 3B Ryan McMahon in the bottom of the fourth and had no walks with six strikeouts.
Holmes was able to get out of several jams and keep it a tied game going into the top of the fifth.
He picked up his sixth win and lowered his ERA to 2.95.
RHP Jose Butto followed with two scoreless innings in the bottom of the seventh and eighth.
LHP Jose Castillo closed it out with a scoreless bottom of the ninth.
The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon, Sunday, June 8 at the Rockies at 3:10 p.m. EDT.
Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Francisco Lindor-SS
2. Brandon Nimmo-LF
3. Juan Soto-RF
4. Pete Alonso-1B
5. Jeff McNeil-CF
6. Luis Torrens-C
7. Brett Baty-2B
8. Jared Young-DH
9. Ronny Mauricio-3B
The pitching match-up is RHP Clay Holmes (6-3, 3.07 ERA) vs. RHP German Marquez (0-4, 8.50 ERA)
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| Mets 1B Pete Alonso (Photo Credits to Isaish A. Dowling-Imagn Images) |
The Met offense was held scoreless for the first six innings leaving five runners on base in the first three innings and then wasted a based loaded no out opportunity in the top of the sixth after 3B Brett Baty, catcher Francisco Lindor and SS Ronny Mauricio struck out.
However, they came alive in the top of the seventh after DH Starling Marte and RF Juan Soto singled with one out, and then 1B Pete Alonso continued his torrid start to the season with a two-run double and were 0-8 with runners in scoring position prior to the hit.
In the top of the eighth, they squandered another scoring opportunity after Mauricio doubled with two outs, but then LF Brandon Nimmo struck out to end the inning.
In the top of the ninth, Soto singled with one out and Alonso followed with a walk and then two batters later, SS Francisco Lindor came up as a pinch hitter with a fractured pinky toe and delivered the game-winning two-run double down the right field line.
RHP Kodai Senga cruised through the first two innings and then gave up a solo homer to RF Mickey Moniak in the bottom of the third.
Senga gave up a lead-off triple to SS Ryan Ritter in the bottom of the fifth and after a strikeout, Moniak hit a grounder to Alonso who made a perfect throw homer to catcher Francisco Alvarez who tagged Ritter out after he running on contact.
Senga had a scoreless bottom of the sixth and was then taken out.
His final line was six innings, five hits, one run, two walks and six strikeouts on a career-high 109 pitches.
RHP Huascar Brazoban came on in the bottom of the seventh and gave up a one-out triple to RF Sam Hillard and then a RBI single to Moniak, but Soto threw out Moniak after he tried to stretch his single into a double.
RHP Ryne Stanek came in next in the bottom of the eighth and got into trouble after he gave up a lead-off single to LF Jordan Beck and then a double to 2B Thairo Estrada.
Stanek then gave up a walk to load the bases, but was helped out by his defense after 3B Brett Baty caught a line-out by 3B Ryan McMahon and tagged Beck before he could go back to third for the unassisted double play. Stanek followed that up by striking out CF Brenton Doyle to end the inning and picked up his second win.
RHP Edwin Diaz closed it out with a 1-2-3 bottom of the ninth to pick up his 14th save of the season.
The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Saturday, June 7 at the Rockies at 9:40 p.m.
Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Brandon Nimmo-LF
2. Starling Marte-DH
3. Juan Soto-RF
4. Pete Alonso-1B
5. Jeff McNeil-2B
6. Tyrone Taylor-CF
7. Brett Baty-3B
8. Francisco Alvarez-C
9. Ronny Mauricio-SS
The pitching match-up is RHP Kodai Senga (6-3, 1.60 ERA) vs. LHP Ryan Rolison (0-0, 4.50 ERA)
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| Mets RHP Reed Garrett (Photo Credits to SNY.TV) |
LHP David Peterson started out well with two scoreless innings, but then ran into trouble in the bottom of the third.
Peterson walked 3B Miguel Rojas with one out and then gave up a single to DH Shohei Ohtani.
Peterson gave up a RBI double to the following hitter SS Mookie Betts and then a RBI single to catcher Will Smith.
Peterson gave up a RBI ground-out to RF Teoscar Hernandez before finally getting out of the inning with the lead.
Peterson was able to settle down after that and finished up strong with scoreless innings in the bottom of the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh.
His final line was seven innings, seven hits, three runs, two walks and six strikeouts.
RHP Reed Garrett came in next in the bottom of the eighth and got into immediate trouble after he walked Betts to lead-off the inning and then gave up a RBI double to Smith.
Two batters later, Garrett was let down his defense after 3B Brett Baty made a costly throwing error to home plate which allowed the tying run to score.
Later in the inning, Garrett gave up the game-winning single to former Met Michael Conforto.
After a scoreless top of the first, 1B Pete Alonso continued his hot start to the season with a solo homer in the top of the second.
In the top of the third, LF Brandon Nimmo and DH Starling Marte hit back-to-back homers,
Later in the inning, Alonso was hit by a pitch and 2B Jeff McNeil walked.
CF Tyrone Taylor then singled to load the bases and Baty drove in Alonso with a sacrifice fly.
In the top of the eighth, Marte doubled with two outs and then RF Juan Soto was intentionally walked.
Alonso then drove in a run with a RBI single, but McNeil grounded out to second to end the inning.
The Met offense struggled all game with men on base and was unable to come through with a timely hit to break the game open.
They went 2-10 with runners in scoring position leaving 13 runners on base.
The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Friday, June 6 at the Colorado Rockies at 8:40 p.m.
