Ryan Schimpf hit two of San Diego’s four homers off Verrett and drove in six runs as the Padres beat the reeling Mets 8-6 on Friday night. Struggling to stay close in the wild-card race, they took two of three in the series to win consecutive games for the first time since July 6-7 against Miami and Washington.
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‘I hope we build a lot more Mets fans, and it doesn’t matter what their sexual orientation or gender identity is.
This day belonged to Matz, who walked two and struck out eight in a 105-pitch outing. I was going to let him start the ninth depending on what the eighth inning looked like.
Just called up from the minors, Gabriel Ynoa (1-0) pitched a flawless inning to win his major league debut after Jacob deGrom gave the Mets another dominant start. T.J Rivera added to the cushion, driving in his first two career runs with a double. He hadn’t allowed a home run in the regular season since Freddie Freeman connected for Atlanta last September 23. He didn’t have a maximum number of pitches in mind, but he was “just going to read the situation”, Collins said. Clayton Richard gets the ball, and he’s 0-1 with a 6.46 ERA and 10 strikeouts this season. NY snapped a four-game losing streak Saturday night with a 3-2, 11-inning win.
Steven Matz was sailing along with a no-hitter intact, his pitch count climbing in 96-degree heat.
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The Mets handed Richard (0-2) his second loss on the season defeating the Padres 5-1.
Matz opened his start by walking Travis Jankowski, committing a balk, striking out Wil Myers and, after Jankowski was caught stealing third (a ruling upheld by review), striking out Yangervis Solarte. “I thought the energy level was much better today”.
New York Mets third baseman Wilmer Flores, left, celebrates with teammates after knocking in the win …
The Mets benefited from a mistake in the bottom of the 11th inning and outlasted the Padres, 3-2, on Saturday night at Citi Field.
Matz, who threw a career-high 120 pitches last Tuesday night in a no-decision against Arizona, walked off the mound to a big ovation from the crowd of 26,612.
“Every win is big, especially now”, deGrom said.
“I couldn’t ask for anything more”, Padres manager Andy Green said.
Richard allowed two runs over five innings in his first major league start since August 2 past year for the Chicago Cubs. “If you’re going to let him win in the zone with fastballs, it’s going to be a really tough game against a guy like him”. Richard allowed just one other hit, walked three and struck out three.
The Mets had been in position to claim the game in nine innings due to another masterful outing by deGrom, who owns a 1.49 ERA over his last nine starts. The Mets have scored nine runs in their last three games and four or more runs in seven of their last 13 games. He drew a leadoff walk, dashed to second on a wild pitch and continued to third when catcher Christian Bethancourt threw high into center field for an error.
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The 32-year-old Richard made two appearances out of the bullpen for the Padres before starting on Sunday.
