BOSTON — Clay Holmes didn’t make very many unhealthy pitches on a cold night time at Fenway Park, however two unhealthy ones ended up over the Inexperienced Monster. With the best way the Mets are hitting proper now, two was sufficient.
For the primary time this season, the Mets have misplaced three video games in a row, falling 2-0 to the Boston Purple Sox within the second sport of a three-game sequence on Tuesday night time. The once-mighty Mets seemingly can’t produce any offense in the intervening time and have a shedding document within the month of Could (8-10, 29-20 total).
Holmes tossed 4 scoreless innings and the sport was tied 0-0 heading into the underside of the fifth when Boston’s No. 9 hitter, catcher Carlos Narvaez, drilled a 1-0 sinker over the famed left discipline wall. Jarren Duran then struck out on three straight pitches and appeared like Holmes had recovered, however then Rafael Devers hit an 0-1 slider to just about the very same spot.
The Purple Sox (25-25 took a lead, which could not have been a lot — particularly contemplating they needed to play an sudden bullpen sport — however with the best way the Mets have been arising empty with runners on base, it’d as properly have been a 5-0 lead.
Proper-hander Walker Buehler, a nemesis of the Mets from the 2024 postseason, was reinstated from the 15-day injured checklist Tuesday to make his fourth begin of the season, lacking greater than a month with shoulder bursitis. Nevertheless it didn’t final lengthy.
With one out and Francisco Lindor on second base, he was charged with ball 2 on Juan Soto. However his second pitch was removed from a ball, it was a strike on the within nook of the plate. Buehler laid into house plate umpire Mark Estabrook in a profanity-laced tirade that acquired him ejected from the sport. Boston supervisor Alex Cora got here out to defend his pitcher and ended up getting tossed himself, with one other umpire having to carry him again from Estabrook.
Left-hander Brennan Bernardino got here in from the bullpen to take over for Buehler, and threw two extra balls to Soto to stroll him (the stroll was charged to Buehler). He retired the following two as a way to get the Purple Sox out of the inning unscathed.
Offense was minimal for the Mets towards all six Purple Sox pitchers. They managed solely 4 hits, although they did draw three walks, with Jeff McNeil drawing two of them. They’d runners on each inning however the first, however got here up empty every time.
It’s been a gradual slide this month with good sequence towards powerful groups just like the Chicago Cubs and Arizona Diamondbacks, however an absence of offensive firepower has them seemingly caught in impartial proper now after getting off to a sizzling begin.
Holmes pitched round site visitors over the primary three innings earlier than retiring the facet so as within the fourth. The precise-hander managed to present the Mets six robust innings, however took the loss (5-3), permitting two runs on 4 hits, strolling three and hanging out 5. Proper-hander Max Kranick turned in three shutout innings.
It was a valiant effort by the Mets’ arms, however Aroldis Chapman retired the Mets so as within the ninth to close the door for the save the second night time in a row (eight).
In some unspecified time in the future, no matter is bottling up the Mets’ offense will come unstuck and the runs will come. Nonetheless, in the intervening time, the offense is as frigid because the temperatures in Boston.
