Mets Lose To Padres 7-1 After Bullpen Falls Apart and Offense Struggles

 

Mets SS Francisco Lindor (Photo Credits to Dennis Porov-Imagn Images)

The New York Mets lost to the San Diego Padres 7-1 tonight at Petco Park for their second consecutive loss and dropped their record to 62-46.

LHP Sean Manaea gave up a lead-off single to RF Fernando Tatis Jr in the bottom of the first and three batters later, a RBI single to CF Jackson Merrill.

Manaea was able to settle in after that and did not allow any more runs for the next four innings.

His final line was five innings, three hits, one run, 0 walks and four strikeouts.

RHP Jose Butto came in next in the bottom of the sixth and gave up a one-out single to 1B Luis Arraez and two batters later, a RBI triple to Merrill.

Butto stayed in for the bottom of the seventh and gave up a lead-off single to 3B Jose Iglesias and a single to the following hitter Croneworth.

Two batters later, Butto gave up a two-run double to catcher Elias Diaz and was then taken out.

RHP Chris Devenski came in next and gave up a three-run homer to DH Manny Machado which put the game away.

Devenski stayed in for the bottom of the eighth and threw a scoreless inning.

The Met offense did not do much all night with only four hits and went 0-6 with runners in scoring position leaving eight runners on base.

Their only run came in the top of the fifth after 2B Brett Baty led off with a walk, catcher Luis Torrens followed with a single and LF Brandon Nimmo walked to load the bases.

Two batters later, RF Starling Marte drove in the lone run of the game with a sacrifice fly. Marte came into the game after RF Juan Soto was hit on the foot on a foul ball and left the game in the next half inning with a foot contusion.

The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon, Wednesday, July 30 at the Padres at 4:10 p.m.