On the verge of a four-game sweep, the Mets traded their brooms for ice-cold bats.
Losing seven sturdy innings from Max Scherzer, the Mets mustered simply three singles as they fell to the Rockies 1-0 on Sunday afternoon at Citi Area.
German Marquez stifled the Mets (82-47) throughout seven innings, permitting only one hit regardless of coming into the sport with a 5.22 ERA. Relievers Carlos Estevez and Daniel Bard (whom the Mets walked off in opposition to on Friday night time) then completed off the shutout to maintain the Mets from flying excessive right into a showdown with the Dodgers on Tuesday.
“We gained three video games in opposition to a significant league group out of 4,” supervisor Buck Showalter mentioned. “That’s actually exhausting to do. I don’t care the place you’re enjoying, who you’re enjoying. Coming off a tricky highway journey, I’m pleased with the best way they went after it. Confronted some guys that threw the ball effectively. I’m not going to get slowed down in precisely — I believed the pitcher was very legit at this time.”
The last-place Rockies (55-74) entered Sunday permitting essentially the most runs per sport within the majors (5.51) — together with 5.32 away from their hitter-friendly residence park — however they held the Mets comparatively in verify for 13 runs throughout 4 video games.
“Hats off to [Marquez], Estevez and Bard,” mentioned Francisco Lindor, who went 0-for-4 and is now batting 0-for-17 over his final 5 video games. “They executed. It’s a part of baseball. General we’ve performed good baseball. In the present day they hit higher than us.”
It continued a principally quiet week for the Mets’ offense, which has scored 17 runs over its final six video games in opposition to the Rockies and Yankees.
The Mets’ solely hit off Marquez got here within the fifth inning on a single by Jeff McNeil, who superior to second on a balk however was stranded there. In any other case, Marquez allowed simply two extra base runners on a pair of innocent walks. The Mets by no means received previous second base all day.
“Coming into the sequence, I knew [Marquez] was going to be a problem,” Showalter mentioned. “He’s all the time had a extremely good arm. Onerous sink, actually assaults, stays forward. Slider is a tricky recognition pitch late. … By no means actually received plenty of momentum in opposition to him. Very very similar to Max. Max was excellent.”
Scherzer introduced a one-hit shutout (on 96 pitches) into the seventh inning, when the Rockies lastly received to him on principally weak contact. C.J. Cron led off with a single to left subject earlier than Jose Iglesias singled on a bunt to 3rd base, the place Brett Baty was enjoying again. Randal Grichuk then hit a dribbler down the third-base line, the place Baty charged it and backhanded the ball however had no play at first base.
With the bases all of a sudden loaded, Scherzer received Sam Hilliard to strike out on a slider, his tenth punchout of the day.
However Brian Serven adopted with a sacrifice fly to right-center subject to place the Rockies forward 1-0.
Scherzer then received Garrett Hampson to strike out on his 112th and ultimate pitch to finish the seventh inning, leaving runners on the corners.
As soon as Marquez was out of the sport after 102 pitches, the Mets threatened to get to Estevez within the eighth when Baty smacked a one-out single and took second on a wild pitch. However pinch-hitter Starling Marte and Brandon Nimmo struck out to finish the risk.
Pete Alonso’s one-out single within the ninth inning additionally went to waste as Bard struck out Eduardo Escobar (who had pinch run for Daniel Vogelbach within the seventh) and received McNeil to floor out to finish the sport.
“Yeah, you want to rating plenty of runs, however it's what it's,” Lindor mentioned of the offense within the four-game set. “I want we might roll by means of each group on the market. However so long as we win, I’m good.”
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