Mets Lose to Twins 4-3 in 10 Innings After Eighth Inning Rally Comes Up Short

 

Mets RF Juan Soto (Photo Credits to Imagn Images)

The New York Mets lost to the Minnesota Twins 4-3 in 10 innings at Target Field this afternoon to lose two out of three games in the series and dropped their record to 11-7.

RHP Huascar Brazoban got the start as an "opener'' in place of RHP Griffin Canning who was out with an ilness and threw a scoreless bottom of the first.

RHP Justin Hagenman came in next in his ML debut and did a fine job allowing one run on three hits in 3.1 innings.

RHP Jose Butto followed and had a rough outing allowing runs in the bottom of the fifth and sixth.

RHP Ryne Stanek came in next and threw a scoreless bottom of the seventh.

LHP A.J. Minter followed and threw a scoreless bottom of the eighth.

RHP Edwin Diaz came on in the bottom of the ninth and threw a scoreless inning.

RHP Reed Garrett appeared next in the bottom of the tenth and gave up a walk-off single to 1B Ty France.

The Met offense was held scoreless for the first seven innings, but then finally came alive in the top of the eighth.

SS Francisco Lindor led off with a single and two batters later, 1B Pete Alonso drove in Lindor with a RBI single.

DH Jesse Winker followed with a RBI double to score Alonso.

Two batters later, 2B Luisangel Acuna drove in the tying run with a RBI single but then CF Tyrone Taylor lined out to former Met LF Harrison Bader.

The offense was unable to get any more timely hits after that inning and went 3-12 with runners in scoring position leaving nine runners on base.

The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Thursday, April 17 back at home against the St. Louis Cardinals at 7:10 p.m.