Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Brandon Nimmo-CF
2. Francisco Lindor-SS
3. Jeff McNeil-2B
4. Pete Alonso-1B
5. Daniel Vogelbach-DH
6. Starling Marte-RF
7. Brett Baty-3B
8. Mark Canha-LF
9. Omar Narvaez-C
The pitching match-up is RHP Max Scherzer (8-3, 4.31 ERA) vs. RHP Bobby Miller (5-1, 4.50 ERA)
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| Mets RHP Kodai Senga (Photo Credits to Jim McIsaac-Getty Images) |
RHP Kodai Senga had another stellar outing allowing one run on four hits in six innings.
Senga had two walks with nine strikeouts and lowered his ERA to 3.20.
LHP Brooks Raley followed with a scoreless top of the seventh.
RHP Adam Ottavino came on in the top of the eighth and gave up back-to-back one out singles to 3B Max Muncy and DH J.D. Martinez.
Ottavino was then able to get LF David Peralta to ground out to 1B Pete Alonso, but then Alonso made a poor high throw to shortstop Francisco Lindor trying to turn a double play which allowed the go-ahead run to score.
RHP Grant Hartwig followed in the top of the eighth and gave up a lead-off single to 2B Mookie Betts and two batters later a double to catcher Will Smith.
Hartwig was then let down by his defense after 3B Brett Baty dropped a pop-out which allowed a run to score.
Hartwig gave up RBI singles to the following two hitters Martinez and Peralta.
The Met offense did not do much outside of a solo homer by CF Brandon Nimmo in the bottom of the fourth.
They struggled with picking up timely hits in particular in the bottom of the eighth wasting a scoring opportunity with runners on first and third and no out.
They went 0-3 with runners in scoring position leaving two runners on base.
The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon, Sunday July 16 at home against the Dodgers at 1:40 p.m.
Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Brandon Nimmo-CF
2. Francisco Lindor-SS
3. Jeff McNeil-LF
4. Pete Alonso-1B
5. Daniel Vogelbach-DH
6. Francisco Alvarez-C
7. D.J. Stewart-RF
8. Brett Baty-3B
9. Luis Guillorme-2B
The pitching match-up is RHP Kodai Senga (7-5, 3.31 ERA) vs. RHP Tony Gonsolin (5-3. 3.86 ERA)
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| Mets RHP Justin Verlander (Photo Credits to Robert Sabo-NY Post) |
RHP Justin Verlander started out with four scoreless innings, but ran into trouble in the top of the fifth.
Verlander gave up a two-run single to 2B Mookie Betts and a RBI double to 1B Freddie Freeman and was taken out after the inning.
His final line was five innings. two hits, three runs, six walks and six strikeouts.
LHP David Peterson came in next in the top of the sixth and gave up a RBI single to SS Miguel Rojas.
RHP Trevor Gott threw a scoreless inning in the top of the seventh.
RHP Dominic Leone followed and gave up a solo homer to DH J.D. Martinez in the top of the eighth.
RHP Drew Smith came in next in the tpp of the ninth and gave up a RBI ground-out to catcher Will Smith.
The Met offense did little all night outside of a lead-off double by CF Brandon Nimmo in the bottom of the first.
They had only one hit and went 0-3 with runners in scoring position leaving four runners on base.
The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Saturday, July 15 at home against the Dodgers at 7:15 p.m.
Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Brandon Nimmo-CF
2. Tommy Pham-DH
3. Francisco Lindor-SS
4. Pete Alonso-1B
5. Starling Marte-RF
6. Jeff McNeil-2B
7. Francisco Alvarez-C
8. Brett Baty-3B
9. Mark Canha-LF
The pitching match-up is RHP Justin Verlander (3-4, 3.60 ERA) vs. LHP Julio Urias (6-5, 4.76 ERA)
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| Mets RHP Max Scherzer (Photo Credits to AP) |
RHP Max Scherzer got off to a rough start in the bottom of the first after he gave up a lead-off double to 2B Ha-Seong Kim and two batters a double to RF Fernando Tatis Jr.
Scherzer then gave up a three-run homer to 3B Manny Machado.
Scherzer was able to settle down with scoreless innings in the bottom of the second, third and fourth, but ran into more trouble in the bottom of the fifth.
Scherzer gave up a one-out single to Tatis Jr and then a two-run homer to Machado, his second of the game and was taken out after the inning.
Scherzer's final line was five innings, six hits, five runs, three walks and seven strikeouts.
LHP T.J. McFarland came in next in the bottom of the sixth and gave up a one-out RBI single to CF Trent Grisham.
RHP Grant Hartwig followed and threw 1.2 scoreless innings.
RHP Dominic Leone threw a scoreless bottom of the eighth.
The Met offense struggled with men on base and wasted a based loading scoring opportunity in the top of the second after catcher Francisco Alvarez grounded into a double play with bases loaded and one out.
In the top of the fourth, they had another based loaded opportunity with one out but DH D.J. Stewart and Alvarez struck out to end the threat.
In the top of the eighth, 2B Luis Guillorme hit a double to lead off the inning and then CF Brandon Nimmo followed with a walk.
LF Mark Canha then hit a two-run double, but SS Francisco Lindor grounded out and 1B Pete Alonso grounded into a double play to end the threat.
In total, the offense hit four inning-ending double plays and went 1-6 with runners in scoring position leaving six runners on base.
The Mets are now off for the next four days due to the All-Star Break and return back to action on Friday, July 14 at home against the Los Angeles Dodgers at 7:10 p.m.
Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Brandon Nimmo-CF
2. Tommy Pham-LF
3. Francisco Lindor-SS
4. Pete Alonso-1B
5. Jeff McNeil-RF
6. D.J. Stewart-DH
7. Francisco Alvarez-C
8. Brett Baty-3B
9. Luis Guillorme-2B
The pitching match-up is RHP Max Scherzer (8-2, 4.03 ERA) vs. RHP Joe Musgrove (7-2, 3.56 ERA)
