Taijuan Walker won back-to-back starts for the first time in two months, Daniel Vogelbach homered against his former team and the Mets beat the Pirates on Friday night.
Jeff McNeil, making a rare appearance in right field, saved at least one run with a spectacular catch against the wall that robbed Oneil Cruz.Cruz hit a two-run homer for last-place Pittsburgh , which has lost 90 or more games in each of the last four fully completed seasons.
Edwin Díaz allowed only a walk in 1 2/3 innings for his 30th save in 33 chances. He reached 30 saves for the second straight season and fourth time in his big league career.New York went ahead in the third when Eduardo Escobar walked with one out and, running on the pitch, scored from first on Tomás Nido's opposite-field single to right.
Vogelbach, acquired from the Pirates on July 22, drove a 94 mph sinker to left-center in the fourth. The burly designated hitter has 17 homers this season, including five with the Mets. He had not gone deep since Aug. 22. Michael Chavis had a run-scoring infield single in the fifth, when McNeil made a leaping catch near the top of the right-field wall of a Cruz drive for the final out with two on. McNeil made just his fifth start in right field this season.
Deutschland Neuesten Nachrichten, Deutschland Schlagzeilen
Similar News:Sie können auch ähnliche Nachrichten wie diese lesen, die wir aus anderen Nachrichtenquellen gesammelt haben.
Peterson tagged early, Mets fall to Cubs and get sweptDavid Peterson got only one out and the slumping Mets fell behind early in a loss that completed a three-game sweep by the Cubs on Wednesday night.
Weiterlesen »
Mets beginning search for Sandy Alderson’s eventual replacementOn Thursday, the team announced Alderson will step down from the position he assumed in 2020 when the team finds his successor.
Weiterlesen »
The inside story of the Mets’ fateful trade-deadline decisionsFor everyone ready to call the Mets’ trade deadline pickups failure, let us remind you of what we all thought when the club traded for Edwin Diaz.
Weiterlesen »
How the New Mets Are (Mostly) Overcoming Decades of DysfunctionMLB’s most confounding franchise has been a normal winning team. Can this possibly continue? stephapstein on the new Mets:
Weiterlesen »
Peterson tagged early, Mets fall to Cubs 6-3 and get sweptDavid Peterson got only one out and the slumping New York Mets fell behind early in a 6-3 loss that completed a three-game sweep by the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday night.
Weiterlesen »