It took greater than 5 innings for the Mets to report their first hit Wednesday, and there wasn’t way more offense to comply with.
The Mets managed solely two hits — each singles — of their 5-0 loss to the Miami Marlins as their six-game profitable streak got here to an finish.
However supervisor Carlos Mendoza didn’t consider the mid-40s climate at Citi Area was guilty for the ice-cold bats. The afternoon was all about Marlins starter Max Meyer.
“You’ve just got to give credit to Meyer,” Mendoza mentioned. “He was really good.”
Meyer stifled the Mets (8-4) over 6.1 stellar innings, the primary 5.1 of which had been hitless.
Francisco Lindor broke up the no-hit bid with a single, however Juan Soto adopted by grounding into an inning-ending double play. Soto completed 0-for-4 with a strikeout, marking his first sport as a Met wherein he didn’t attain base.
Meyer, the third total decide within the 2020 draft, restricted the Mets to 2 hits and two walks whereas putting out 4.
“The backdoor slider to lefties, right at the corner, got swings and misses,” Mendoza mentioned. “He used his fastball effectively, stayed on the attack, but I think the main thing was just his secondary pitches. Whether it was his slider or sweeper, he threw it for strikes and he got chases, too.”
It was a very tough afternoon for Brett Baty, who went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts and dedicated a pricey error at second base.
Baty heard boos a number of instances from some inside the crowd of 29,232.
“I know that is not an excuse at all, but … it’s a very small sample size,” mentioned Baty, who’s 3-for-27 (.111) this season. “I’ve got to control what I can control and just come in here and be the same guy every single day and try to get better.”
Baty has been splitting time at second base with rookie Luisangel Acuña within the absence of Jeff McNeil, who’s nearing a rehab project for an indirect pressure.
“He knows how to handle it,” Mendoza mentioned of Baty. “Obviously, it’s not easy because you want to see results, and as of right now he’s struggling. He’s going through it. But he’ll continue to work hard. We’ll continue to support him. We’ll continue to give him opportunities, and he’s got to fight through it.”
Mets starter Tylor Megill held the Marlins scoreless via 4 innings, regardless of starting the sport with back-to-back four-pitch walks. He wanted 72 pitches to get via three innings and stranded seven baserunners via 4.
Miami lastly broke via within the fifth, which Kyle Stowers started with a single. Jonah Bride then hit a grounder to the glove facet of Baty, who whipped round and tried to nab the lead runner however threw vast of Lindor at second base.
“I thought it was the right play,” Baty mentioned. “It just kind of sailed on me a little bit. If I went back to that play again, I’d probably do the same thing. I’d just probably aim more towards the bag instead of aiming at Lindor coming across the bag.”
Matt Mervis lined a single on the following pitch, giving Miami a 1-0 lead and ending Megill’s day. Bride would later rating on Nick Fortes’ two-out bloop single in opposition to reliever Max Kranick.
Each of the runs charged to Megill had been unearned, and he lowered his ERA to 0.63. However Megill (2-1) surrendered six hits with three walks and 7 strikeouts over four-plus innings and suffered his first lack of the season.
The Marlins piled on within the ninth inning in opposition to Mets nearer Edwin Diaz, who allowed an RBI single to Bride and a two-run house run to Mervis. Diaz didn’t enable a run in his first 4 appearances however had not pitched since Sunday.
The Mets’ closing 9 batters had been all retired to cap the workforce’s first shutout lack of the season.
With Wednesday’s loss, the Mets completed their first homestand at 5-1.
The Mets are off Thursday, then look to get again into the win column Friday evening once they start a three-game sequence in opposition to the A’s in West Sacramento. Griffin Canning (0-1, 2.79 ERA) will go for his first win as a Met, whereas JP Sears (1-1, 3.46 ERA) is ready to begin for the A’s.
Initially Printed: April 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM EDT
