Mets vs. Orioles Game 37 Recap

Mets RF Michael Conforto (Credits to Newsday.com)

The New York Mets beat the Baltimore Orioles 9-4 this afternoon to snap their five-game losing streak and improve their record to 16-21.  The offense got off to a fast start in the top of the first inning after DH J.D. Davis singled and RF Michael Conforto followed with a two-run homer.  The bats went quiet after that for the next few innings until the top of the fifth inning when SS Amed Rosario singled with two outs and Conforto came through again with an RBI double.  1B Pete Alonso broke out of his slump with a solo homer in the top of the sixth inning.  In the top of the seventh inning, Rosario led off with a single and D.H. J.D. Davis followed with a hit by pitch. Next Conforto came through once again with an RBI double.  In the top of the eighth inning, 2B Robinson Cano led off with a double and Alonso walked. CF Jake Marisnik followed with an RBI single. LF Jeff McNeil hit an RBI double to bring in Alonso with two outs and later in the inning Marisnik scored on a passed ball. Davis walked and Conforto capped off his stellar day with a RBI single, his fifth RBI of the game.

RHP Michael Wacha started out well with a 1-2-3 bottom of the first inning, but ran into trouble in the bottom of the second inning. Wacha gave up a triple to catcher Pedro Severino  after Marisnik crashed into the centerfield wall. LF Ryan Mountcastle then hit a RBI single.  Two batters later, 2B Pat Valiaka hit a single and then walked SS Andrew Valazquez to load the bases.  He hit CF Cedric Mullins to bring in tying run, but was able to get out of the inning with the game tied. Wacha threw a scoreless bottom of the third and was taken out after the inning. His final line was 3 innings, 4 hits, 2 runs, 1 walk and 2 strikeouts. LHP David Peterson came in next and threw four scoreless innings in relief in the bottom of the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh innings. Peterson gave up 2 hits and 2 walks and 1 strikeouts. He picked up his fourth win and lowered his ERA to 3.03.  RHP Miguel Castro followed in his Met debut and threw a scoreless bottom of the eighth inning. LHP Justin Wilson came on in the bottom of the ninth and gave up singles to Valiakak and Valasquez and after two strikeouts, he gave up a two-run single to DH Jose Iglesias that was helped out by throwing errors by Wilson and Alonso. Wilson came back to strike out former Met 1B Dilson Herrera to end the game.

The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon at home at Citi Field in a make-up game against the Yankees at 4:10 p.m.

Game 37: Mets vs. Orioles Starting Lineup and Pitching Match-Up

Mets Starting Lineup
1. Jeff McNeil-LF
2. J.D. Davis-DH
3. Michael Conforto-RF
4. Todd Frazier-3B
5. Robinson Cano-2B
6. Pete Alonso-1B
7. Wilson Ramos-C
8. Jake Marisnick-CF
9. Amed Rosario-SS

The pitching match-up is RHP Michael Wacha (1-2, 7.41 ERA) vs. LHP John Means (0-2, 8.59 ERA)

Mets vs. Orioles Game 36 Recap

Mets RHP Ariel Jurado (Credits to MetsMerizedOnline.com)

The New York Mets lost to the Baltimore Orioles 9-5 tonight for their fifth straight loss and dropped their record to 15-21. RHP Ariel Jurado made his first start of his Met career and got into immediate trouble in the bottom of the first inning after he gave up singles to CF Cedric Mullins and RF Anthony Santander. DH Jose Iglesias doubled and then 1B Renato Nunez hit a three-run homer. In the bottom of the second inning, Jurado gave up singles to 2B Pat Valiaka and SS Andrew Velasquez. Two batters later, he gave up a RBI single to Santander and Iglesias grounded into a fielder's choice which brought home another run. He settled down after that with scoreless innings in the bottom of the third and fourth innings. Jurado's final line was 4 innings, 9 hits, 5 runs, 0 walks and 2 strikeouts.  RHP Franklyn Kilome came in next and threw a scoreless bottom of the fifth inning. Kilome stayed in for the bottom of the sixth and gave up a lead-off walk to 3B Rio Ruiz who advanced on a wild pitch. He gave up an RBI double to Valiaka.  Three batters later, he gave up a two-run homer to Santander.  Kilome stayed in for the bottom of the seventh for his third inning of work and gave up a solo homer to Nunez, but didn't allow any more runs after that in the inning. RHP Jared Hughes came in next and threw a scoreless bottom of the eighth inning.

In the top of the second inning, 2B Robinson Cano  led off with a single and then LF Jeff McNeil followed with a double. DH Pete Alonso drove in Cano with a sac fly. 3B Luis Guillorme  then hit a RBI single to bring in McNeil.  Cano continued his hot hitting with a solo homer in the top of the third inning. McNeil flew out and Alonso grounded out to start the top of the sixth inning, but Guillorme singled with two outs and SS Andres Giminez hit a two-run homer the first of his career to tie the game.

The Mets next game is at the Orioles tomorrow at 4:05 p.m.

Game 36: Mets vs. Orioles Starting Lineup and Pitching Match-Up

Mets Starting Lineup
1. Brandon  Nimmo-CF
2, Michael Conforto-RF
3. Dominic Smith-1B
4. Robinson Cano-2B
5. Jeff McNeil-LF
6. Pete Alonso-1B
7. Luis Guillorme-3B
8. Andres Giminez-SS
9. Ali Sanchez-C

The pitching match-up is RHP Ariel Jurado (season debut) vs. RHP Asher Wojcechowski (1-3, 5.13 ERA)

Mets vs. Marlins Game 35 Recap

Mets RHP Jacob deGrom (Credits to MetsMerizedOnline.com)

The New York Mets lost to the Miami Marlins 5-3 this afternoon for their fourth consecutive loss and dropped their record to 15-20. RHP Jacob deGrom started out strong with five scoreless innings, but it all fell apart in the top of the sixth. DeGrom gave up a lead-off homer to DH Garrett Cooper and then 1B Pete Alonso made an error which allowed RF Matt Joyce to reach first. He then gave up a RBI double to 1B Lewin Diaz which scored Joyce and then another RBI double to SS Miguel Rojas which scored Diaz. Catcher Jorge Alfaro followed with another RBI double to bring in another run and then deGrom was finally able to get out of the inning and was taken out after the inning. His final line was 6 innings, 4 runs, (1 earned), 2 walks and 9 strikeouts.  RHP Hunter Strickland came in next and threw a scoreless top of the seventh inning.  RHP Brad Brach followed and gave up a solo homer to 3B Brian Anderson. RHP Edwin Diaz threw a scoreless top of the ninth inning.

The offense was held scoreless for the first two innings until the bottom of the third inning after SS Amed Rosario and RF Brandon Nimmo walked to start the inning and then 2B Jeff McNeil drove in Rosario with an RBI double. LF Dominic Smith followed with a sac fly to bring in Nimmo. DH Robinson Cano hit a solo homer in the bottom of the sixth.

The Mets next game is tomorrow night at the Baltimore Orioles at 7:35 p.m.

Mets Trade Pitching Prospect Kevin Smith for Reliever Miguel Castro

Mets RHP Miguel Castro (Credits to MetsMerizedOnline.com)

The New York Mets traded pitching prospect RHP Kevin Smith to the Baltimore Orioles today for Orioles reliever RHP Miguel Castro. Castro is a hard thrower and features a sinker at 97.5 mph. He has a career ERA of 4.30 and struck out 220 hitters in 274 innings. Castro has a 4.02 ERA this year with 24 strikeouts in 15 2/3 innings for a career high of 13.8 strikeouts per 9 innings.

Smith was the Mets Minor League Pitcher of the Year last year and had a 3.15 ERA in 23 starts. He was drafted in the seventh round of the 2018 MLB Draft and was the no 12 ranked prospect in the Mets organization.

Mets Acquire Todd Frazier from Texas Rangers

Mets 3B Todd Frazier (Credits to MetsMerizedOnline.com)

The New York Mets have brought back third baseman Todd Frazier from the Texas Rangers.  Frazier is hitting .241 with two homers and 7 RBI's in 121 at-bats this year. He hit .233 with 37 doubles and 39 homers in two years with the Mets in 2018 and 2019.