ATLANTA — The swag is again, however Mark Vientos might need been the lone brilliant spot within the Mets’ sequence finale towards the Atlanta Braves.
Not that Mark Vientos ever misplaced it, however there was a time this season when the participant the Mets name “Swaggy V” didn’t appear to own the identical energy he did final season, when he hit 27 house runs in a breakout marketing campaign. The Mets could not have accomplished a sweep of the Atlanta Braves on Sunday at Truist Park, however the third house run from Vientos in solely two video games has the Mets optimistic that his bat is totally again.
Left-hander Gregory Soto (1-4) couldn’t end off the underside of the eighth. With one on and two out, he walked Sean Murphy and plunked pinch-hitter Vidal Brujan to load the bases for Jurickson Profar. Profar despatched a single up the center to attain two. The Mets misplaced 4-3, ending a six-game highway journey 3-3.
“I think the whole game, with the free passes, we were giving them extra outs and they made us pay,” stated supervisor Carlos Mendoza. “We saw it again in that situation with two outs, 0-2, and [Soto] couldn’t put him away. Then before you know it, hit by a pitch, and they ended up getting another two-run single there.”
The inning began with Ozzie Albies hitting a line drive proper to Brett Baty at second base, however the ball went proper off his glove. Dominated a base hit, it was an unlucky break for the Mets (69-61).
“We couldn’t make a play,” Mendoza stated.
Juan Soto’s one-out RBI single off nearer Raisel Iglesias introduced the Mets again to inside one within the prime of the ninth, however Pete Alonso and Jeff McNeil went down so as. Had they managed to come back again, the Mets would have accomplished their first-ever sweep of the Braves at Truist Park. The final time the Amazins’ swept the Braves in Atlanta was at Turner Subject in April 2016.
The Mets are 0-53 when trailing after eight innings this season.
“We’ve got to be able to make those adjustments, especially once we get to those middle innings, and we get to their bullpen,” Mendoza stated. “We chased, and we didn’t get it done.”
Up 2-0 early after a house run from Vientos, left-hander David Peterson was in a position to cruise via the primary 5 innings with relative ease. However once more, it was additional outs given to Atlanta (59-71) that allowed the Braves to tie the sport at 2-2. With one out and one on, the Mets couldn’t flip a double play, getting just one run out of a grounder by Ozzie Albies. Michael Harris II hit a single to left, and Peterson walked Nacho Alvarez Jr. to load the bases.
“I think I’m good until that point,” Peterson stated. “I just didn’t do a good enough job after that ground ball of continuing to get guys out and fell behind in the count.”
Peterson threw two balls to Murphy, and the catcher lined the third pitch to proper subject for a two-run single.
The Mets then introduced in Brooks Raley for the third out.
Nolan McLean and Clay Holmes turned the Mets’ first two beginning pitchers aside from Peterson to throw 6.0 or extra innings since early June within the first two video games of the sequence, snapping a streak of 63 video games. The Mets have been hopeful Peterson, who went 8.0 his final trip to start out the highway journey in Washington, would be capable to go deep sufficient to maintain that run going and he practically did, pitching 5 2/3.
Atlanta loaded the bases on Peterson, whose command began to waver. He fell behind 0-2 on Murphy, and threw a cutter away on the third pitch. Murphy lined it to proper subject to attain two.
“Obviously, the walks don’t help, and then I got behind Murphy, was aggressive with the sinker and he was able to take it the other way,” Peterson stated. “The way I kind of look at it is, a good outing overall, but I needed to stay aggressive, needed to get ahead in those counts in the sixth.”
The Mets loaded the bases on Pierce Johnson with two outs within the seventh, however Alonso grounded out on the primary pitch.
Vientos took right-hander Bryce Elder deep with one on and none out within the second inning, placing the Mets up 2-0. His third house run in as many at-bats, Vientos hit two Saturday night time within the Mets’ 9-2 win. Six of his 12 house runs this season have come after the All-Star break. Sunday’s homer prolonged his hitting streak to seven video games.
Over these seven video games, Vientos has gone 10-for-28, with 5 house runs, 11 RBI, two doubles and two walks.
They now return house to play three video games towards the Philadelphia Phillies, going into the sequence 7.0 video games behind their divisional foes within the NL East. They’re 2.0 video games forward of the Cincinnati Reds for the third NL Wild Card spot, however the lead might be reduce to just one.0 sport if Arizona Diamondbacks defeat the Reds tonight in Phoenix.
“Another day we didn’t get the job done,” Mendoza stated. “We’ve got to finish games.”
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