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The New York Mets got a rare shutout win in Toronto, 3-0, as they evened up their three-game set with the Blue Jays at a game a piece behind a strong start by Nolan McLean and a pair of home runs from their catching corps.
The starting matchup was McLean versus Gausman, and they swapped zeroes for the first four innings. But the Mets finally broke through with a run on a solo homer by Francisco Alvarez in the fifth to make it 1-0. Luis Torrens did the same with an opposite field shot in the seventh to double the lead and make it 2-0.
McLean was brilliant through six innings, as he shut out the Blue Jays on five hits and a pair of walks to go with seven strikeouts. He threw 91 pitches, and his effort gave the Mets a chance to use their biggest strength, which is their phenomenal bullpen.
Brooks Raley and Luke Weaver added scoreless innings in the seventh and eighth, respectively, with Weaver’s effort being his 24th consecutive scorelesss, as he’s now gone two months without giving up a run.
The Mets padded their lead with another run in the ninth as they turned to small ball to score. The rally started with a single by A.J. Ewing, who went to second on an error on the pickoff throw that first baseman Sean Keys couldn’t pick up. A groundout by Alvarez got Ewing to third, and Brett Baty added a sacrifice fly to center to bring him home.
Gausman went six and gave up just one run, as he, too, scattered five hits and two walks to go with seven strikeouts. Mason Fluharty and Tommy Nance each got nicked for a run, but no one from the Blue Jays did much of anything offensively in this one, with a double by Dalton Varsho being the lone extra base hit of the night for Toronto.
Devin Williams closed it out in the ninth despite giving up a hit, and the Mets also got a stellar defensive effort from Bo Bichette in the second half of the game en route to the 3-0 win.
The win was just the Mets second in their last 11 games, but any Mets win is a good win these days. This was actually one of their best-played games of the season, and they’ll send Freddy Peralta to the hill tomorrow afternoon against an undecided starter for Toronto on Canada Day with a chance to win the series.
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The starting matchup was McLean versus Gausman, and they swapped zeroes for the first four innings. But the Mets finally broke through with a run on a solo homer by Francisco Alvarez in the fifth to make it 1-0. Luis Torrens did the same with an opposite field shot in the seventh to double the lead and make it 2-0.
McLean was brilliant through six innings, as he shut out the Blue Jays on five hits and a pair of walks to go with seven strikeouts. He threw 91 pitches, and his effort gave the Mets a chance to use their biggest strength, which is their phenomenal bullpen.
Brooks Raley and Luke Weaver added scoreless innings in the seventh and eighth, respectively, with Weaver’s effort being his 24th consecutive scorelesss, as he’s now gone two months without giving up a run.
The Mets padded their lead with another run in the ninth as they turned to small ball to score. The rally started with a single by A.J. Ewing, who went to second on an error on the pickoff throw that first baseman Sean Keys couldn’t pick up. A groundout by Alvarez got Ewing to third, and Brett Baty added a sacrifice fly to center to bring him home.
Gausman went six and gave up just one run, as he, too, scattered five hits and two walks to go with seven strikeouts. Mason Fluharty and Tommy Nance each got nicked for a run, but no one from the Blue Jays did much of anything offensively in this one, with a double by Dalton Varsho being the lone extra base hit of the night for Toronto.
Devin Williams closed it out in the ninth despite giving up a hit, and the Mets also got a stellar defensive effort from Bo Bichette in the second half of the game en route to the 3-0 win.
The win was just the Mets second in their last 11 games, but any Mets win is a good win these days. This was actually one of their best-played games of the season, and they’ll send Freddy Peralta to the hill tomorrow afternoon against an undecided starter for Toronto on Canada Day with a chance to win the series.
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