The Mets obtained a stable debut on the mound however a no-show efficiency on the dish.
Jose Quintana donned the Mets’ uniform for the primary time on Thursday afternoon however obtained nearly no assist from his offense of their 6-2 loss to the Chicago White Sox. Quintana returned from a rib lesion and gave Buck Showalter’s squad a good efficiency.
The southpaw tossed 5 innings permitting two runs on six hits whereas placing out three. The 34-year-old allowed the 2 runs within the first two innings of the sport with Eloy Jiminez’s RBI single and Elvis Andrus’ sac-fly within the second.
However, Quintana’s counterpart was simply barely higher as Michael Kopech stored the Amazin’s bats at bay within the afternoon matchup.
Kopech tossed 5.2 innings permitting only one run on two hits whereas placing out 5. The Mets did work 4 walks towards the 27-year-old, nonetheless, Omar Narvaez’s fifth-inning solo homer — his first as a Met — was the one injury they might do.
Once Showalter turned to his bullpen within the sixth, the sport obtained out of hand. Drew Smith got here on in reduction and was charged with 4 runs, nonetheless, solely considered one of them being earned as Pete Alonso’s error within the sixth unlocked the floodgates with the White Sox rallying to attain 4 runs within the body. Yasmani Grandal’s two-RBI double to place the competition at 4-1 felt just like the knockout blow earlier than Pedro Grifol’s squad added two extra.
Alonso added a much-needed RBI single within the eighth however the Mets went down simply within the ninth as the sport would go ultimate at 6-2 as they failed to finish the three-game sweep.
The Amazins will ship as much as Boston to tackle the Red Sox on Thursday evening to start a four-game set. Kodai Senga is scheduled to take the ball towards southpaw James Paxton.
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Source: www.bostonherald.com