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The Mets found a way to break a 1-1 tie in the eighth inning and beat the Kansas City Royals, 6-2.
New York took advantage of Kansas City's mistakes in the bottom of the eighth, rattling off five runs with two outs. Jorge Polanco somehow reached first safely to load the bases and Jared Young was hit by a pitch to drive in the go-ahead run. With the inning extended, Brett Baty gave the team some breathing room with a two-run single, a wild pitch scored a run, and Francisco Alvarez drove in another.
-- After recording his first career four-hit game in Tuesday's wild loss, A.J. Ewing smashed his first career leadoff home run off of Steven Cruz to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.
He's the fifth different Met to hit a leadoff homer this season, joining Francisco Lindor, Bo Bichette, Juan Soto, and Carson Benge. The last time five Mets hit a leadoff home run in a season came in 1962.
-- Christian Scott had one of his best outings of the season by tossing five scoreless innings, lowering his season ERA to 3.17.
The young right-hander needed 49 pitches to get through the first two innings scoreless, but was able to settle down for two quicker frames in the third and fourth innings (25 pitches combined). Scott kept it going with a 1-2-3 fifth inning, but that would be all after reaching 90 pitches. Overall, he allowed three hits, struck out five, and walked one.
-- Lindor nearly had a huge hit in the bottom of the third inning with two runners on base, but Tuesday's star Tyler Tolbert made a leaping catch at the wall in right field for the third out.
-- Tobias Myers, who was recalled from Triple-A earlier Wednesday, replaced Scott on the mound in the sixth inning. Although it didn't go as he'd like, as he allowed a one-out double to Jac Caglianone and an RBI-single to Salvador Perez that tied the game at 1-1.
Myers returned to pitch the seventh inning and escaped some trouble, including a leadoff double, to keep the game knotted up. In total, he allowed one run on three hits over 2.0 IP with one strikeout and one walk.
-- The Mets bats struggled against Royals bulk reliever Randy Dobnak, getting just three hits (two by Benge) against him over 5.2 innings into the bottom of the seventh. Francisco Alvarez walked with two outs, ending Dobnak's day, but was left stranded as Ewing struck out looking on a questionable call and couldn't challenge since they had none remaining.
-- Xzavion Curry made his team debut in the ninth with a five-run lead, allowing one run on a double with a walk.
Scott silenced the Royals' bats after they put up 19 hits and 16 runs on Tuesday night.
The Mets wrap up their three-game series on Thursday against the Royals at 1:10 p.m. on SNY.
Sean Manaea (1-4, 4.76 ERA) will take the mound opposed by Michael Wacha (5-6, 3.45 ERA).
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New York took advantage of Kansas City's mistakes in the bottom of the eighth, rattling off five runs with two outs. Jorge Polanco somehow reached first safely to load the bases and Jared Young was hit by a pitch to drive in the go-ahead run. With the inning extended, Brett Baty gave the team some breathing room with a two-run single, a wild pitch scored a run, and Francisco Alvarez drove in another.
Here are the takeaways...
-- After recording his first career four-hit game in Tuesday's wild loss, A.J. Ewing smashed his first career leadoff home run off of Steven Cruz to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.
He's the fifth different Met to hit a leadoff homer this season, joining Francisco Lindor, Bo Bichette, Juan Soto, and Carson Benge. The last time five Mets hit a leadoff home run in a season came in 1962.
-- Christian Scott had one of his best outings of the season by tossing five scoreless innings, lowering his season ERA to 3.17.
The young right-hander needed 49 pitches to get through the first two innings scoreless, but was able to settle down for two quicker frames in the third and fourth innings (25 pitches combined). Scott kept it going with a 1-2-3 fifth inning, but that would be all after reaching 90 pitches. Overall, he allowed three hits, struck out five, and walked one.
-- Lindor nearly had a huge hit in the bottom of the third inning with two runners on base, but Tuesday's star Tyler Tolbert made a leaping catch at the wall in right field for the third out.
-- Tobias Myers, who was recalled from Triple-A earlier Wednesday, replaced Scott on the mound in the sixth inning. Although it didn't go as he'd like, as he allowed a one-out double to Jac Caglianone and an RBI-single to Salvador Perez that tied the game at 1-1.
Myers returned to pitch the seventh inning and escaped some trouble, including a leadoff double, to keep the game knotted up. In total, he allowed one run on three hits over 2.0 IP with one strikeout and one walk.
-- The Mets bats struggled against Royals bulk reliever Randy Dobnak, getting just three hits (two by Benge) against him over 5.2 innings into the bottom of the seventh. Francisco Alvarez walked with two outs, ending Dobnak's day, but was left stranded as Ewing struck out looking on a questionable call and couldn't challenge since they had none remaining.
-- Xzavion Curry made his team debut in the ninth with a five-run lead, allowing one run on a double with a walk.
Game MVP: Christian Scott
Scott silenced the Royals' bats after they put up 19 hits and 16 runs on Tuesday night.
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What's next
The Mets wrap up their three-game series on Thursday against the Royals at 1:10 p.m. on SNY.
Sean Manaea (1-4, 4.76 ERA) will take the mound opposed by Michael Wacha (5-6, 3.45 ERA).
Continue reading...
