LOS ANGELES — Over a span of two weeks and 7 video games in New York and Los Angeles, the Mets confirmed that once they play their sport, they’ll hold with the most effective in baseball, but additionally that there’s nonetheless loads of work left to do that season.
The Mets secured the season sequence, however cut up the four-game sequence with a 6-5 loss Thursday afternoon at Dodger Stadium.
David Peterson tossed seven sturdy innings and the Mets received three dwelling runs, however they went simply 2-for-12 with runners in scoring place. The missed alternatives allowed the Dodgers to come back again within the backside of the eighth to overhaul them. The Mets have been up 5-3 at the beginning of the inning, and down 6-5 by the point it ended.
“We ended up splitting the series here, but felt like we gave that one away,” stated supervisor Carlos Mendoza. “We were sloppy today. We didn’t play well, and it cost us it.”
An error by third baseman Brett Baty within the backside of the eighth allowed the Dodgers to tie the sport, and stored the inning going to offer them an opportunity to win.
Reed Garrett struggled with command and gave up an RBI double to Will Smith earlier than getting an out. Smith tagged up on a deep fly ball by Teoscar Hernandez. Andy Pages hit a floor ball proper to Baty and Smith broke for dwelling. Baty double clutched it, gradual to throw to catcher Francisco Alvarez and bounced the ball proper in entrance of the plate.
Garrett backed him up, fielding the ball on the hop, nevertheless it was too late. Smith was secure and the sport was tied at 5-5.
“Pages kind of dribbled one to me, I made a good read coming in and then was running at Will Smith because he didn’t get a great jump, and then he kind of stuttered,” Baty stated. “But then I was pump-faking and I thought he was going to come back [to third], but he ended up going that way anyway.”
“The play there is to give it up,” stated supervisor Carlos Mendoza. “Give it up, especially with how far [Smith] was down the line, and if he wants to stop, then we’ll get him in a rundown. We just didn’t make a play.”
Tommy Edman struck out and Garrett was almost out of the inning. With Pages on second, he deliberately walked Freddie Freeman. A well-recognized face hit a single to left discipline to attain Pages: former Mets outfielder Michael Conforto.
Nearer Tanner Scott, who blew up twice in video games in opposition to the Mets already this season, simply transformed the save this time round.
“It’s just a very, very dumb mistake and it can’t happen in that situation,” he stated. “Gotta give it up early and get him running back towards third base. Terrible, terrible play.”
Pete Alonso hit his fifteenth dwelling run of the season and his third of the sequence off right-hander Landon Knack to guide off the second inning. The Mets scored three within the third to go up 4-0 with Brandon Nimmo and Starling Marte belting back-to-back homers off Knack to start out the inning. Brett Baty scored Alonso, who had been hit by a pitch, on a sacrifice fly.
The Dodgers took three runs off Peterson within the backside of the third to tug inside one run of tying the sport. The Mets managed one run within the high of the eighth off Jose Ureña, nevertheless it wasn’t sufficient. That they had alternatives they did not capitalize on, going 2-for-10 with runners in scoring place. That they had two on with one out within the third, the bases loaded with one out within the fourth, and stranded runners within the fifth, sixth and eighth innings.
“I think that was it right there,” Mendoza stated. “We had a couple of chances to add on and we couldn’t cash in. When you continue to give [the Dodgers] a chance and give them an opportunity to come back, they’re going to make you pay.”
Peterson put the Mets in place to win, leaving with the lead intact. The left-hander battled by way of site visitors, holding the Dodgers to a few earned runs on three hits, strolling two and placing out six.
The Mets (39-24) aren’t trying forward simply but to a possible NLCS rematch with the Dodgers (38-25) in October. In addition they aren’t trying on the previous both; this sequence wasn’t about exacting revenge on the group that eradicated them from the postseason final fall. Dodger Stadium might have been a spot that haunted them, very like Turner Discipline was once in Atlanta, and SunTrust Park was earlier than that doubleheader they have been compelled to play the day after the common season ended final yr.
However that wasn’t the case. Two pitchers who grew up calling Southern California dwelling, Tylor Megill and Griffin Canning, turned in gutsy performances. Alonso channeled his interior Duke Snider, homering thrice over 4 video games at Dodger Stadium, considered one of his favourite locations to play.
“I think we’re a great baseball team,” Garrett stated. “We played a great series, and I think we have a special team. So I think that’s really all we focus on.”
The Mets have been nonetheless haunted, nonetheless, nevertheless it was by their very own errors and the runners they did not drive dwelling.
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