Mets Beat Padres 4-2 Powered By Carson Benge To Take Series

 

Mets RF Carson Benge (Photo Credits to SNY.TV)

The New York Mets beat the San Diego Padres 4-2 this afternoon at Citi Field to take two out of three games in the series and improved their record to 58-70.

The Met offense was held scoreless for the first three innings and then came alive in the bottom of the fourth.

CF A.J. Ewing led off with a single and then SS Francisco Lindor grounded into a double play. 3B Bo Bichette followed with a walk and RF Carson Benge came up next and hit a two-run homer.

The offense did not score for the next three innings until the bottom of the inning after Ewing walked with one out and stole second and then Lindor followed with a single. Bichette then grounded into a fielder's choice and caught a break when SS Sung-Mun Song made a throwing error to score Ewing and put two more runners in scoring position.

Two batters later, 1B Jared Young drove in Bichette with a RBI single.

Mets RHP Robert Stock started out well with four scoreless innungs and then in the top of the fifth, gave up a lead-off double to SS Xander Bogaerts and two batters later, a RBI double to DH Manny Machado and was then taken out.

Stock's final line was 4.1 innings, two hits, one run, three walks and six strikeouts.

RHP Jonathan Pintato followed and picked up last two outs in the top of the fifth

LHP Nate Lavender came in next and threw a scoreless top of the sixth.

Lavender picked up his first win of the season.

RHP Austin Warren followed and threw a scoreless top of the seventh.

RHP Daniel Duarte threw a scoreless top of the eighth.

RHP Kodai Senga came on in the top of the ninth and gave up a run off two hits and a walk, but was able to get the game-ending double play to pick up his fourth save of the season.

The Mets are off tomorrow and return back to action on Friday, August 21 at the Chicago White Sox at 7:40 p.m.