After an inspired win yesterday, the Mets completely fumbled the bag today, losing 6-2 to the Rays thanks to a guy who’s supposed to be having a “disastrous season”: Freddy Peralta. This wasn’t just any loss; it was a gut punch delivered by an old friend who turned into their worst nightmare.
Manaea’s Roller Coaster Ride Ends in Flames
Francisco Lindor actually kicked things off perfectly, smashing a home run on the very first batter of the game. You gotta love that! It was Dollars For Dingers day, and that’s a sweet way to start raising money, right? The Mets were up 1-0. But you know how these things go. Sean Manaea’s first three batters all made contact, and just like that, Yandy Díaz scored on a Junior Caminero single, tying the game almost immediately. The 1-1 stalemate hung around until the bottom of the third, when Ryan Vilade drove in Victor Mesa Jr., putting the Rays up by a run. Manaea seemed to settle down a bit, working around baserunners in the fourth and fifth to keep it a one-run game. But then the sixth inning rolled around, and the wheels just *came off*. A single, a double, a ground-out, a sacrifice fly, a homer, and then a triple led to three more runs. That was it for Manaea, knocked out with two outs in the sixth. Austin Warren came out of the bullpen and thankfully induced a Caminero ground out to end the inning.
Peralta’s Masterclass Stuns the Mets
The Mets only managed that one run, that *one measly run*, against former teammate Freddy Peralta. The dude, who’s supposedly having a terrible season, absolutely carved them up! He went six solid innings, giving up just three hits, walking nobody, and striking out seven batters. It was a masterclass. You know the Mets would kill for a few starts like that from their own guys. The Rays bullpen got a little wobbly after Peralta left. Garrett Clevinger came in first, got just one out (a long fly ball off Francisco Alvarez’s bat), and then walked three guys. Yikes! Tyler Wells replaced him, got pinch hitter Mark Vientos to pop out, but then Lindor walked in a run. Soto, unfortunately, hit a lazy pop up on the infield, ending the inning with just one run scoring. Dylan Ross looked a little erratic in his first appearance of the season for the Mets, but he made it through the bottom of the seventh. Wells then pitched a scoreless top of the eighth, and no Met even reached base. Jefry Yan pitched the bottom of the eighth, giving up a single to Mesa and a double to Taylor Walls before a Vilade fielder’s choice pushed across Tampa Bay’s sixth run.
Down four with the bottom third of the lineup up against Kevin Kelly in the ninth, Marcus Semien did what was “expected,” softly grounding out. Alvarez went down swinging, leaving A.J. Ewing as their last hope. Ewing also struck out swinging, sealing the 6-2 loss. They need to figure out how to rebound, and fast. Tomorrow, Justin Hagenman makes his season debut against Griffin Jax in the rubber match. Here’s hoping they can pull it together.
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Originally reported by Amazin’ Avenue.
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