The second half of the season for the New York Mets started in a familiarly chaotic style Monday night time, however they nonetheless got here away victorious of their 82nd recreation of the 12 months.
The Mets will look to climb over .500 Tuesday night time, after they go to the Washington Nationals within the second recreation of a four-game sequence.
Sean Manaea (5-3, 3.89 ERA) is slated to begin for the Mets in opposition to fellow left-hander DJ Herz (1-2, 5.48).
J.D. Martinez hit the tiebreaking three-run homer within the tenth inning Monday night time for the Mets, who scored six runs earlier than withstanding a livid rally by the Nationals to earn a 9-7 victory.
The additional-inning recreation was the twelfth of the season for the Mets, which ties them with the Miami Marlins and Philadelphia Phillies for probably the most such video games.
The six-run tenth inning tied the franchise file for many runs scored within the tenth inning or later, set first within the eleventh inning in opposition to the Chicago Cubs on June 30, 1979, and matched within the tenth inning in opposition to the Houston Astros on Aug. 1, 2001.
The Mets virtually squandered the lead within the backside of the tenth on Monday, when the Nationals despatched the profitable run to the plate earlier than Reed Garrett struck out Luis Garcia Jr. to earn his fourth save.
“A win is a win, proper?” Mets supervisor Carlos Mendoza mentioned with a smile postgame.
The underside line has been higher recently for New York, which has endured a roller-coaster season. The Mets had been as many as 11 video games underneath .500 twice however have gone 17-6 since June 3 to climb again to .500 at 41-41. They inched over the break-even mark with a 7-2 win over the Astros on Friday earlier than dropping the ultimate two video games of the three-game sequence.
The Nationals got here inside inches of extending the Mets’ dropping streak within the backside of the ninth Monday night time. Prime prospect James Wooden, who was referred to as up from Triple-A Rochester earlier within the day, raced to second base when pitcher Jake Diekman dedicated a throwing error after fielding Wooden’s leadoff dribbler to the third base facet of the mound.
Keibert Ruiz then grounded out to 3rd, leaving Wooden at second base. Wooden superior to 3rd on a groundout to first by Garcia however was stranded there when proper fielder Tyrone Taylor made a lunging catch of Jacob Younger’s liner to proper.
“One, we have to attempt to get that man over,” Nationals supervisor Dave Martinez mentioned. “And we have to attempt to get the ball within the air. We had three photographs to drive him in. We simply could not do it.”
The lack to get Wooden dwelling — and the last-ditch rally within the tenth, when Jesse Winker (double) Ildemaro Vargas (two-run double) and Ruiz (single) every drove in runs — symbolizes the all-or-nothing nature of the Nationals in 28 video games since June 1. Washington has scored three runs or fewer 13 instances in that span — the identical variety of instances it has scored 5 runs or extra.
Manaea earned the win in his most up-to-date begin Wednesday, when he allowed two hits over 5 scoreless innings because the Mets beat the New York Yankees 12-2. He’s 1-1 with a 5.28 ERA in three profession video games (two begins) in opposition to the Nationals.
Herz took the loss Wednesday after giving up 4 runs over 3 1/3 innings because the Nationals fell to the San Diego Padres 8-5. In his solely begin in opposition to the Mets, the rookie misplaced in his main league debut June 4, when he surrendered 4 runs over four-plus innings in New York’s 6-3 victory.
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