![]() Adrián Morejón came in for the Padres in the bottom of the seventh. A Profar ground out (also challenged, by the Padres, but Díaz did in fact touch the base) moved him to second, but he was stranded there by a Soto ground out. He got Grisham to ground out, but Nola reached on a single. In the seventh, the trumpets were sounded, and Edwin Díaz entered the game. The Mets challenged, but Marte was ruled to have not touched the base in time (it seemed…incorrect), and onto the seventh they went. Nimmo walked, but the inning ended when Marte grounded out to Machado in what looked like a wrong call. Terrance Gore came in to run for him, but it was for naught when Nido swung first pitch and hit into a double play. Martinez was still in for the bottom of the inning, and Ruf became the leadoff base runner after getting hit by a pitch. But he held the Padres in check, striking out Jake Cronenworth, getting Brandon Drury to fly out, and getting Kim to ground out. The next three batters were outs, but the Mets went into the sixth with the lead yet again.ĭespite being at 90 pitches, and not looking his best the inning prior, deGrom came back out for the sixth. Martinez stayed in for the bottom half of the inning, and Alonso took him deep on the very first pitch he saw to put the Mets back out in front. Soto then singled to put runners on the corners with just one out, but deGrom recovered to strike out Machado and Bell to keep the game tied. Profar then laced a single down the first base line that drove in Grisham to tie the game. Grisham led off with a walk, and then Nola bunted him over to second. In the fifth, deGrom looked like he was struggling. But the Mets went into the fifth inning with the lead once more. After a pitching change with Snell leaving and Nick Martinez coming in, Marte and Lindor flew out to end the inning. But Nimmo came up and hit a single to left field, driving in Escobar to put the Mets ahead. Nido started out trying to bunt but once he got to two strikes he just swung away and struck out for the first out. In the bottom half of the inning, Escobar and Ruf (!) walked, to put two on with no outs. He eventually escaped the prolonged jam, but he was clearly not having a very good time. He gave up a leadoff single to Josh Bell, then followed that with three straight force outs, so there was always a threat looming at first. In the bottom half, Lindor led off with a walk, but then the next three Mets went down in order, with two strikeouts and a groundout, so Lindor was left stranded at first.ĭeGrom’s fourth was more struggling. But deGrom struck out Machado to keep the Padres at just one run. Austin Nola struck out, but Jurickson Profar drew a two-out walk and Soto singled to right which ended up with Profar at third and Soto at second after a bad throw by Marte nearly allowed Profar to score. After a Ha-Seong Kim strikeout, deGrom gave up a solo home run to Trent Grisham to tie the game. But Marte flew out to end the inning and strand the two runners, leaving their lead at still just a single run.ĭeGrom didn’t look as sharp in the third. But Tomás Nido worked a 1-2 count into a walk, and Nimmo singled, and the Mets were threatening again. In the bottom half, Snell started out easy, getting two strikeouts from Eduardo Escobar and Darin Ruf, throwing just seven pitches between the two. No strikeouts, but he induced a flyout and two groundouts to send down all three batters he faced. But they got Snell’s pitch count up early, making him throw nearly 30 pitches in the first inning alone.ĭeGrom’s second inning was hitless as well. Pete Alonso and Mark Canha followed with walks, but Jeff McNeil ended the inning with a flyout. But following that, Francisco Lindor sent a ball into orbit for a solo home run, putting the Mets ahead by one. Brandon Nimmo led off with a single, but was erased by a Starling Marte double play. In the bottom half, the Mets challenged Snell immediately. With just twelve pitches, he set down the side in order, with two strikeouts to boot (including one strike that caused Juan Soto to swing out of his socks). In the first inning, deGrom looked as sharp as he’s ever been. But there were nine innings (at least) standing between the Mets and the end of their season, and that’s more than enough time to right the ship. But deGrom has historically been the recipient of less than ample run support from the Mets, and that would not fly for a do-or-die playoff game. Jacob deGrom was facing off against Blake Snell, a pitcher the Mets had seen earlier in the year and had been able to smack around themselves. Their season would be over if they lost, and they had been smacked around the night before by the Padres, so the vibes were not great. The Mets came into tonight’s game with everything on the line. ![]()
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