 |
| Mets 2B Luisangel Acuna (Photo Credits to AP) |
The Met offense was held scoreless for the first two innings and then broke through in the top of the third.
2B Luisangel Acuna led off with a walk and then stole second. Two batters later, 1B Pete Alonso drove in the first run of the game with a RBI single.
The offense was held scoreless for the next two innings and then came alive again in the top of the sixth.
Alonso led off with a single and two batters later, 3B Mark Vientos drove in the go-ahead run with a RBI double to the opposite field. Later in the inning, Vientos scored on a throwing error to first base by RHP Justin Topa.
In the top of the seventh, Acuna led off with a bunt single and then reached second on a throwing error by RHP Jorge Alcala.
Two batters later, RF Juan Soto broke the game open with a two-run homer.
RHP Clay Holmes cruised through the first four innings, and then ran into trouble in the bottom of the fifth.
Holmes gave up a walk, hit by pitch and then another walk to load the bases with no outs but was able tp limit the damage to one run on a sacrifice fly and was taken out after the inning.
His final line was five innings, two hits, one run, two walks and eight strikeouts.
Holmes has excellent command of his sinker which helped him pick up key strikeouts.
He picked up his second win and lowered his ERA to 3.66.
RHP Huascar Brazoban followed with two more outstanding innings in the bottom of the sixth and seventh. Brazoban now has a 0.79 ERA and 0.71 WHIP in 11 1/3 innings this year.
RHP Reed Garrett came in next in the bottom of the eighth and continued his dominant start to the season with a 1-2-3 inning with two strikeouts. Garrett has not allowed a run in 6 2/3 innings so far this season.
RHP Ryne Stanek closed it out with a scoreless bottom of the ninth.
The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Tuesday, April 15 at the Twins at 7:40 p.m.
No comments:
Post a Comment