Sunday, September 27, 2026

Mets Lose to Nationals 6-4 in Season Finale

 

Mets SS Francisco Lindor and DH Ronny Mauricio (Photo Credits to Brad Miller-Imagn Images)

The New York Mets lost to the Washington Nationals 6-4 at Nationals Park in the last game of the season and finished up with a record of 74-88.

Mets LHP Sean Manaea had a rough final start allowing five runs on seven hits in six innings and blew a 4-1 lead. He gave up one walk with three strikeouts.

Mets RHP Austin Warren followed in the bottom of the seventh and gave up a RBI single by 3B Brady House.

LHP Cionel Perez threw a scoreless bottom of the eighth.

The Met offense got on the board immediately in the top of the first after SS Francisco Lindor led off with a single and advanced to second on a wild pitch. Three batters later, RF Carson Benge drove in Lindor with a RBI single.

In the top of the second, catcher Luis Torrens walked with one out and two batters later, DH Ronny Mauricio hit a two-run homer for his third homer in his last three-bats. It was also the second homer in his last two days that he has batting righthanded. 

Lindor followed with a solo homer for his long awaited 300th career homer.

The offense was unable to score any more runs for the rest of the game and went 1-8 with runners in scoring position leaving nine runners on base.

Now that the season has come to an end, the entire Met organization will have the whole offseason to figure out what went wrong this season and figure out how to improve next year.

Thank you to everyone for reading my line-up posts and recaps all season long. Please stay tuned for my offseason posts with all of the hot stove free agent signings and trades.

Until next year, Let's Go Mets!

Game 162: Mets vs. Nationals Starting Lineup and Pitching Match-Up

 Mets Starting Lineup:

1. Francisco Lindor-SS

2. Juan Soto-LF

3. Bo Bichette-3B

4. Carson Benge-RF

5. Marcus Semien-2B

6. Brett Baty-1B

7. Luis Torrens-C

8. A.J. Ewing-CF

9. Ronny Mauricio-DH

The pitching match-up is LHP Sean Manaea (6-7, 4.67 ERA) vs. LHP DJ Herz (0-1, 9.00 ERA)

Saturday, September 26, 2026

Mets Beat Nationals 7-1 Powered By Three-Run Homer From A.J. Ewing and Two Homers By Ronny Mauricio

 

Mets 2B Ronny Mauricio (Photo Credits to Imagn Images via Reuters Connect)


The New York Mets beat the Washington Nationals 7-1 this afternoon at Nationals Park and improved their record to 74-87.

The Met offense was held scoreless for the first six innings, but then came alive in the top of the seventh.

RF Carson Benge led off with a single and three batters later, catcher Francisco Alvarez. CF A.J. Ewing came up next and hit a three-run homer. 2B Ronny Mauricio followed with a solo homer.

In the top of the eighth, Benge doubled with one out and then later in the inning, SS Brett Baty reached on an error by SS Nasim Nunez which allowed Benge to come around and score.

In the top of the ninth, Ewing led off with a walk and then Maurico followed with a two-runn homer for his second homer of the game and first multi-homer game of his career.

Mets RHP Jonah Tong struck out four hitters through his first two innings and then got into trouble in the bottom of the third after he gave up a hit by pitch, walk and single to load the bases. Tong was helped out by his defense after Benge made an outstanding catch and then he had back-to-back strikeouts to limit the damage to one run in the inning.

Tong gave up a lead-off single to start the bottom of the fourth and then finished up strong retiring the last six hitters he faced and was taken out after the bottom of the fifth. His final line was five innings, three hits, one run, one walk and a career-high nine strikeouts. Tong finished up with a 3.81 ERA in seven Major League starts this season.

RHP Dedniel Nunez followed in the bottom of the sixth and had a dominating inning striking out the side. Nunez picked up his second win.

LHP Richard Lavender came in next and threw a scoreless bottom of the seventh,

RHP Devin Williams threw a scoreless bottom of the eighth.

RHP Tobias Myers came on in the bottom of the ninth and closed it out with a scoreless inning.

The Mets final game of the game is tomorrow afternoon, Sunday September 27 at the Nationals at 3:05 p.m.

Game 161: Mets vs. Nationals Starting Lineup and Pitching Match-Up

 Mets Starting Lineup:

1. Francisco Lindor-DH

2. Juan Soto-LF

3. Bo Bichette-3B

4. Carson Benge-RF

5. Mark Vientos-1B

6. Brett Baty-SS

7. Francisco Alvarez-C

8. A.J. Ewing-CF

9. Ronny Mauricio-2B

The pitcbing match-up is RHP Jonah Tong (2-2, 4.21 ERA) vs. LHP Connelly Early (7-5, 3.44 ERA)

Friday, September 25, 2026

Mets Lose To Nationals 7-6 And Late Rally Comes Up Short

 

Mets 2B Marcus Semuien tagging Nationals RF James Wood (Photo Credits to Rafael Suarez-Imagn Images)


The New York Mets lost to the Washington Nationals 7-6 tonight at Nationals Park for their second consecutive loss and dropped their record to 73-87.

Mets LHP Jeffrey Yan got the start as an "opener" and gave up a two-run double to SS C.J. Abrams in the bottom of the first. 

Yan did not allow any more runs in the inning and gave up a single and walk around two walks in the bottom of the second and was taken out. His final line was 1.2 innings, three hits, two runs, two walks and one strikeout.

RHP Jonathan Pintaro came in next and gave up two runs in the bottom of the third off of two back-to-back wild pitches  and also threw another wild pitch and gave up a walk after the two wild pitches and was then taken out.

LHP Cionel Perez came in next and gave up another wild pitch and gave up a sacrifice fly to LF Daylen Lile and a RBI single to catcher Keibert Ruiz and was taken out after the inning.

RHP Justin Hagenman followed in the bottom of the fourth and threw scoreless innings in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings and then in the bottom of the seventh gave up a lead-off homer to RF Dylan Crews.

LHP Nate Lavender came in next and threw a scoreless bottom of the eighth.

The Met offense got on the board immidiately in the top of the first after LF Juan Soto reached on an infield hit with one out and then 3B Bo Bichette followed with a single and DH Mark Vientos drove in Soto with a RBI double.

After a scoreless top of the second, SS Francisco Lindor singled to lead off the top of the third and then Soto followed with a single and then Bichette drove in Lindor with a RBI double. Vientos followed with a sacrifice fly to score Soto.

In the top of the fifth, Bichette hit a solo homer with one out and two batters later, RF Carson Benge hit a solo homer for his 20th homer of the season. Benge is the first Mets rookie to have 20 homers and 20 stolen bases in a season.

In the top of the eighth, pinch-hitter Brett Baty led off with a single and then Benge followed with a single to advance Baty to third. Catcher Francisco Alvarez drove in Baty with a sacrifice fly but that was the last run the Mets were able to score.

The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon, Saturday, September 26 at the Nationals at 12:35 p.m.



Game 160: Mets vs. Nationals Starting Lineup and Pitching Match-Up

 Mets Starting Lineup:

1. Francisco Lindor-SS

2. Juan Soto-LF

3. Bo Bichette-3B

4. Mark Vientos-DH

5. Carson Benge-RF

6. Francisco Alvarez-C

7. Marcus Semien-2B

8. A.J. Ewing-CF

9. Christopher Morel-1B

The pitching match-up is TBD vs. LHP Andrew Alavarez (2-6, 3.17 ERA)

Thursday, September 24, 2026

Mets Lose to Rangers 3-1 With Four Hits

 

Mets SS Francisco Lindor (Photo Credits to SNY.TV)


The New York Mets lost to the Texas Rangers 3-1 this afternoon at Globe Life Field to snap their two-game winning streak and dropped their record to 73-86.

Mets LHP Zac Thornton gave up a lead-off single to 2B Justin Foscue in the bottom of the first and then a two-run homer two batters later to 3B Josh Jung.

Thornton was able to settle down after that with a scoreless bottom of the second and then threw a 1-2-3 bottom of the third.

He worked around a lead-off double in the bottom of the fourth and did not allow the run to score.

Thornton finished up storng with a 1-2-3 bottom of the fifth and was then taken out. His final line was five innings, four hits, two runs, one walk and four strikeouts.

LHP Jeffrey Yan came in next in the bottom of the sixth and gave up a lead-off homer to SS Corey Seager and then gave up a walk and after retiring the next two hitters, gave up an infield hit and was then taken out.

RHP Austin Warren followed and threw 1.1 scoreless innings.

RHP Jack Weisenburger came in next and threw a scoreless bottom of the eighth.

The Met offense got off to a fast start in the top of the first after SS Francisco Lindor led off with a ground rule double and three batters later, RF Carson Benge drove in Lindor with a RBI single.

The offense did not do much after that and had only four hits and went 1-5 with runners in scoring position leaving three runners on base.

The Mets next game is tomorrow night, September 25 at the Washington Nationals at 6:45 p.m.

Game 159: Mets vs. Rangers Starting Lineup and Pitching Match-Up

 Mets Starting Lineup:

1. Francisco Lindor-SS

2. Juan Soto-DH

3. Bo Bichette-3B

4. Caeson Benge-RF

5. Brett Baty-1B

6. Marcus Semie-2B

7. A.J. Ewing-CF

8. Luis Torrens-C

9. Nick Morabito-LF

The pitcbing match-up is LHP Zac Thornton (5-5, 3.40 ERA) vs. RHP Kumar Rocker (5-11, 4.47 ERA)

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Mets Beat Rangers 7-2 Powered By Brett Baty Grand Slam

 

Mets 1B Brett Baty (Photo Credits to SNY.TV)


The New York Mets beat the Texas Rangers 7-2 tonight at Globe Life Field for their second consecutive win and improved their record to 73-85.

The Met offense was held scoreless for the first two innings until the top of the third after SS Francisco Lindor singled with two outs and then DH Juan Soto followed with a two-run homer.

The offense was held scoreless for the next five innings until the top of the eighth after 2B Marcus Semien hit a go-ahead solo homer.

In the top of the ninth, LF Nick Morabito singled with one out and two batters later, Soto was intentionally walked.

3B Bo Bichette followed with a walk and then pinch-hitter Brett Baty came up next in place of 1B Mark Vientos and broke the game open with a grand slam.

Mets RHP Nolan McLean dominated through the first four innings retiring the first 12 consecuitve hitters he faced, but then ran into trouble in the bottom of the fifth.

McLean gave up a lead-off single to LF Brandon Nimmo and after a ground-out, allowed a RBI single to 1B Jake Burger.. McLean then gave up another single and walk to load the bases with one out and then gave up a sacrifice fly to CF Evan Carter, but did not allow any more runs in the inning and was able to keep the game tied.

McLean came back out for the bottom of the sixth and had a 1-2-3 inning on five pitches and then finished up strong with another 1-2-3 inning in the bottom of the seventh needing only eight pitches.

His final line was seven innings, three hits, two runs, one walk and five strikeouts. 

McLean finished up his season with a 12-10 record and 3.16 ERA in 31 starts.

RHP Devin Williams came in next in the bottom of the eighth in his first appearance since coming off the IL and had a 1-2-3 inning with a strikeout.

LHP Cionel Perez followed in the bottom of the ninth and closed it out with a scoreless inning.

The Mets next gane is tomorrow afternoon, Thursday, September 24 at the Rangers at 2:35 p.m.

Game 158: Mets vs. Rangers Starting Lineup and Pitching Match-Up

 Mets Starting Lineup:

1. Francisco Lindor-SS

2. Juan Soto-DH

3. Bo Bichette-3B

4. Mark Vientos-1B

5. Carson Benge-RF

6. Marcus Semien-2B

7. Francisco Alvarez-C

8. A.J. Ewing-CF

9. Nick Morabito-LF

The pitching match-up is RHP Nolan McLean (11-10, 3.18 ERA) vs. LHP Cody Bradford (0-5, 4.19 ERA)

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Mets Beat Rangers 6-3 Behind Clutch Hitting From Carson Benge and Francisco Alvarez And Six Innings From Sean Manaea and Stellar Bullpen

 

Mets LHP Sean Manaea (Photo Credits to SNY.TV)


The New York Mets beat the Texas Rangera 6-3 tonight at Globe Life Field and improved their record to 72-85. This is manager Andy Green's first win as a full time manager after signing a three-year deal with the team today and has an overall record of 38-38 since becoming the manager since late June.

The Met offense was held scoreless for the first two innings until the top of third after DH Francisco Alvarez led off with a double and then two batters later, catcher Luis Torrens grounded out to second to advance Alvarez to third. SS Francisco Lindor followed with a walk and then LF Juan Soto drove in Alvarez with a RBI single.

In the top of the fourth, RF Carson Benge hit a ground rule double and later in the inning, Alvarez reached on an error by former Met RF Brandon Nimmo which allowed Benge to score.

In the top of the sixth, pinch-hitter Brett Baty led off with a double and then Benge followed with a walk. Two batters later, Alvarez drove in Baty and Benge with a two-run double and then Ewing followd with an infield hit to advance Alvarez to third. Torrens followed with a sacrifice fly to score Alvarez and then Ewing stole second for his 25th stolen base of the year which sets the new Met franchise record for most stolen bases by a rookie.

In the top of the seventh, 3B Bo Bichette singled with one out and after Baty grounded into a fielder's choice, Benge hit a RBI double to score Baty for his second double of the game.

Mets LHP Sean Manaea had a dominating bottom of the first striking out the side and then had a scoreless bottom of the second. 

Manaea gave up a lead-off walk in the bottom of the third and then later in the inning, Torrens commited a passed ball which lead to a RBI double by 3B Josh Jung.

Manaea had more trouble in the bottom of the fourth after he gave up a bloop single, walk and hits baseman to load the bases with nobdy out. He then gave up a sacrifice fly and a hit by pitch and then anothe sacrifice fly to bring in the second run of the inning and then got a strikeout to end the inning.

Manaea finished up strong with 1-2-3 innings in the bottom of the fifth and sixth and was then taken out. His final line was six innings, three hits, three runs, two walks and nine strikeouts. He picked up his sixth win.

LHP Nate Lavander followed with 1-2-3 bottom of the seventh.

RHP Dedniel Nunez came in next and threw a 1-2-3 bottom of the eighth with two strikeouts.

RHP Kodai Senga came on in the bottom of the ninth and closed it out with a scoreless bottom of the ninth to pick up his eighth save.

The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Wednesday, September 23 at the Rangers at 8:05 p.m.

Game 157: Mets vs. Rangers Starting Lineup and Pitching Match-Up

 Mets Starting Lineup:

1. Francisco Lindor-SS

2. Juan Soto-LF

3. Bo Bichette-3B

4. Mark Vientos-1B

5. Carson Benge-RF

6. Marcus Semien-2B

7. Francisco Alvarez-DH

8. A.J. Ewing-CF

9. Luis Torrens-C

The pitching match-up is LHP Sean Manaea (5-7, 4.74 ERA) vs. LHP Mackenzie Gore (8-11, 4.67 ERA)

Mets Hire Andy Green As Full-Time Manager

 

Mets Manager Andy Green (Photo Credits to SNY.TV)


The New York Mets announced on Tuesday that they hiring Andy Green as full-time manager for the 2027 season and will be given a three-year contract.

Green took over for Carlos Mendoza as the interm manager earlier this year back in June and has a record of 37-38.

He helped develop the rookie outfielders Carson Benge and A.J. Ewing as well as the young pitchers. Green also earned the respect of veteran players Juan Soto, Francisco Lindor and Bo Bichette.

Green has handled the media well and kept the clubhouse together.

It will be exciting to see how he can do over the course of a full season as the roster takes shape in the offseason.

Sunday, September 20, 2026

Mets Lose to Phillies 7-2 in Final Home Game of the season

 

Mets RHP Jonah Tong (Photo Credits to SNY.TV)


The New York Mets lost to the Phildelphia Phillies 7-2 this afternoon at Citi Field to split their four game series in the final home game of the season and dropped their record to 71-85.

Mets RHP Jonah Tong had a tough top of the first and gave up two runs.

Tong had a 1-2-3 top of the second and then gave up two more runs in the top of the third.

He had a scoreless top of the fourth and was taken out with two outs in the top of the fifth.

Tong's final line was 4.2 innings, five hits, four runs, four walks and five strikeouts.

RHP Jonathan Weisenberger came in next and threw 1.1 scoreless innings.

LHP Jefry Yan followed and threw a scoreless inning.

RHP Kodai Senga came in next and gave up three runs in the top of the eighth on a bases clearing triple by CF Justin Crawford and was then taken out.

RHP Austin Warren had to come in and threw 1.2 scoreless innings.

The Met offense was held scoreless for the first five innings until 3B Bo Bichette hit a solo homer in the bottom of the sixth.

In the bottom of the seventh, pinch hitter Brett Baty hit a RBI single.

The Met offense was unable to come up with timely hits and they went 1-9 with runners in scoring position leaving nine runners on base.

The Mets are off tomorrow and return back to action on Tuesday, September 22 at the Texas Rangers at 8:05 p.m, in their second-to-last series of the year.

Game 156: Mets vs. Phillies Starting Lineup and Pitching Match-Up

 Mets Starting Lineup:

1. Francisco Lindor-SS

2. Juan Soto-LF

3. Bo Bichette-3B

4. Mark Vientos-1B

5. Carson Benge-RF

6. Marcus Semien-2B

7. Francisco Alvarez-C

8. Nick Morabito-CF

9. Luis Torrens-C

The pitching match-up is RHP Jonah Tong (2-1, 3.43 ERA) vs. LHP Cristopher Sanchez (17-6, 2.93 ERA)

Saturday, September 19, 2026

Mets Rout Phillies 10-3 Powered By Alvarez Three-Run Homer

 

Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez (Photo Credits to SNY.TV)


The New York Mets beat the Philadelphia Phillies 10-3 this afternoon at Citi Field for their second consecutive win and improved their record to 71-84.

After a scorless bottom of the first, RF Carson Benge homered to lead off the bottom of the second.

The Met offense was held scoreless for the next two innings until the bottom of the fifth, after 2B Marcus Semien led off with a walk and then 1B Brett Baty followed with a single and then catcher Francisco Alvarez hit a three-run homer.

In the bottom of the sixth, Benge walked with one out and then CF A.J. Ewing followed with a single and Semien then walked to load the bases.

Baty then drove in Benge with a RBI single and two batters later, DH Ronny Maurico drew a based loaded walk to bring in Ewing.

After a scoreless bottom of the seventh, Semien singled to lead off the bottom of the eighth and then Baty followed with a walk and advanced to second and third on a wild pitch.

Two batters later, Mauricio was hit by a pitch to load the bases and then Lindor drew a based loaded walk to bring in a run. LF Juan Soto followed with a RBI single to score Baty.  3B Bo Bichette then hit a RBI single to score pinch-runner Nick Morabito.

Benge followed with an infield hit to score Lindor.

Mets RHP Christian Scott dominated through the first three innings with five strikeouts, but then ran into trouble in the top of the fourth.

Scott gave up a lead-off ground-rule double to RF Bryce Harper and two batters later, a RBI single to 1B Alec Bohm.

In the top of the fifth, Scott gave up a one-out double to DH Kyle Schwarber and then a single to SS Trea Turner who then stole second. Scott gave up a sacrifice fly to Harper and was then taken out.

LHP Jeffry Yan came in next and gave up a single to 2B Luis Arraez and walked Bohm and then retired 3B Bryson Stott on a ground-out to end the inning.

Yan came back out for the top of the sixth and had a 1-2-3 inning. He picked up his second win.

LHP Cionel Perez followed and picked up first two outs in the top of the seventh. 

RHP Jonathan Pintaro came in next and picked up last out in the seventh.

RHP Dedniel Nunez followed and threw scoreless top of the eighth.

RHP Tobias Myers closed it out with a scoreless top of the ninth.

The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon, Sunday, September 21 at home against the Phillies 1:10 p.m in the final home game of the season.

Game 155: Mets vs. Phillies Starting Lineup and Pitching Match-Up

 Mets Starting Lineup:

1. Francisco Lindor-SS

2. Juan Soto-LF

3. Bo Bichette-3B

4. Carson Benge-RF

5. A.J. Ewing-CF

6. Marcus Semien-2B

7. Brett Baty-1B

8. Francisco Alvarez-C

9. Ronny Maurico-DH

The pitching match-up is RHP Christian Scott (4-5, 3.76 ERA) vs. RHP Andrew Painter (3-9, 5.54 ERA)

Friday, September 18, 2026

Mets Beat Phillies 6-3 Powered By Juan Soto Three-Run Homer And Strong Outing From Zac Thornton

 

Mets LF Juan Soto (Photo Credits to SNY.TV)



The New York Mets beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-3 tonight at Citi Field to snap their five-game losing streak and improved their record to 70-84.

The Met offense got off to a fast start in the bottom of the first after SS Francisco Lindor led off with a double and two batters later, 3B Bo Bichette singled to advance Lindor to third.

RF Carson Benge followed with a RBI single to score Lindor and then DH Mark Vientos followed with a walk to load the bases.

CF A.J. Ewing came up next and drove in Benge and Bichette with a two-run single.

The offense was held scoreless for the next five innings until the bottom of the sixth after 2B Marcus Semien led off with an infield single and two batters later, catcher Luis Torrens singled. Two batters later, LF Juan Soto came up next and broke the game open with a three-run homer.

Mets LHP Zac Thornton had a scoreless top of the first and then gave up a RBI double to 3B Bryson Stott in the top of the second.

Thornton settled down after that and threw scoreless innings in the top of the third, fourh and fith innings and then gave up a solo homer to LF Edmundo Sosa in the top of the sixth and was taken out after the inning.

Thornton's final line was six innings, five hits, two runs, one walk and four strikeouts. He picked up his fourth win and lowered his ERA to 3.40.

LHP Nate Lavender came in next in the top of the seventh and gave up a one-out solo homer to CF Derek Hill and then came back to retire the next four hitters he faced before being taken out with two outs in the top of the eighth.

RHP Dedniel Nunez followed and picked up the last out in the eighth and then closed it out with a 1-2-3 1-2-3 top of the ninth to pick up his first save of the season.

The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon, Saturday, September 19 at home against the Phillies at 4:10 p.m.


Game 154: Mets vs. Phillies Starting Lineup and Pitching Match-Up

 Mets Starting Lineup:

1. Francisco Lindor-SS

2. Juan Soto-LF

3. Bo Bichette-3B

4. Carson Benge-RF

5. Mark Vientos-DH

6. A.J. Ewing-CF

7. Marcus Semien-2B

8. Brett Baty-1B

9. Luis Torrens-C

The pitching match-up is LHP Zac Thornton (4-5, 3.44 ERA) vs. LHP Tim Mayza (3-3, 3.06 ERA)

Thursday, September 17, 2026

Mets Shutout By Phillies 3-0 And Waste Stellar Effort By Nolan McLean

 

Mets RHP Nolan McLean (Photo Credits to Jason Szenes-NY Post)



The New York Mets lost to the Philadelphia Phillies 3-0 tonight at Citi Field for their fifth consecuitve loss and dropped their record to 69-84.

Mets RHP Nolan McLean cruised through the first four innings, but then ran into trouble in the top of the fifth. 

McLean gave up a a lead-off single to LF Brandon Marsh and later in the inning, gave up back-to-back walks to load the bases. McLean then gave up an infield hit to RF Bryce Harper where SS Francisco Lindor made a throw to second base that was too late which allowed Marsh to score. McLean was able to espcape out of the inning without further trouble after he retired 2B Luis Arraez to line out to left field.

In the top of the sixth, McLean and 1B Jared Young dealt with a scary situation after Young was kneed in the head by McLean. Young was down on the field for several minutes and was taken off the field by a stretcher and removed from the field on a cart. Fortunately, Young had feelings in his extremities and was taken to the hospital for further evaluation. 

McLean was taken out after the top of the sixth. His final line was six innings, seven hits, one run, three walks and five strikeouts.

RHP Tobias Myers came in next in the top of the seventh and gave up a one-out walk to SS Trea Turner and was then let down by his defense after catcher Francisco Alvarez made an error on a pick-off throw to first which allowed Turner to advance to third. Myers then walked Harper and gave up a sacrifice fly to 2B Luis Arraez.

Myers stayed in for the top of the eighth and gave up a lead-off double to 3B Bryson Stott and later in the inning, a sacrifice fly to CF Jusin Crawford.

In the top of the ninth, Austin Warren threw a scoreless inning.

The Met offense was shutdown by RHP Aaron Nola and was held hitless for the first five innings and in the bottom of the sixth, LF Nick Morabito singled with one out for the first hit of the game to make runners on first and second, but then Lindor grounded into a double play to end the inning.

In the bottom of the seventh, RF Carson Benge and 1B Mark Vientos singled with two outs, but then CF A.J. Ewing grounded out to second to end the inning.

In the bottom of the eighth, 2B Brett Baty and Lindor walked, but DH Juan Soto groundd out to first to end the inning.

The offense was unable to come up with any timely hits and they went 0-4 with runners in scoring position leaving six runners on base.

The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Friday, September 18 at home against the Phillies at 7:15 p.m.