BALTIMORE — The Mets bought a glimpse into the longer term Friday evening in Baltimore. The Orioles needed to hit the reset button in 2019 and began to stockpile gamers of their farm system. Now, the O’s have one of the best file within the AL.
Maybe it’s becoming that the identical week the Mets determined to reset and cargo their farm system with expertise they went into Baltimore. The workforce that developed expertise received, defeating the Mets 10-3 within the first sport of a three-game collection at Camden Yards. It was the fourth straight loss for the Mets (50-59), who’ve seemed misplaced for the reason that Tuesday commerce deadline.
“Guys are human beings,” stated supervisor Buck Showalter, who returned to Baltimore as a supervisor for the primary time since his Orioles tenure resulted in 2018. “But we have been outplayed, I know that.”
It’s been a tricky run for the Amazins’ for the reason that membership started dealing away veteran expertise final week, however there have been positives to take from this one.
The Mets battled again after the Orioles (68-42) took a 2-0 lead. The Mets are paying catcher James McCann $11 million to play for Baltimore and he thanked them with a two-run single off right-handed reliever John Curtiss within the fourth.
But Francisco Lindor flared one into middle subject within the sixth with the bases loaded and one out. It introduced in two runs to tie the sport and get to the Baltimore bullpen. Right-hander Dean Kremer was carried out after Lindor, having gone 5 1/3 innings, permitting two earned on two hits with 4 walks and 4 strikeouts.
After a strong inning by rookie left-hander Josh Walker, newly-acquired righty Phil Bickford (2-4) imploded. Walker, a longtime Mets farmhand who’s attempting to determine himself within the massive leagues, retired the highest of the order within the fifth to maintain the sport tied.
Bickford entered within the seventh and struck out cleanup hitter Austin Hays to get the primary out. But he walked Jordan Westburg and Ryan O’Hearn hit a single deep sufficient to attain him from first. Ramon Urias then singled to carry up McCann. The former Mets catcher hit one deep to left for a double. The Mets challenged the tag however the name was upheld. Two runs crossed and the Mets went down 5-2.
Bickford was changed by Reed Garrett, who let McCann steal third. He walked the following hitter and Adley Rutschman drove in McCann with a fly ball. McCann would go on to finish the day with 5 RBI. It was solely the second time in his profession he’s pushed in 5.
“We have to play better and some people that are given opportunities have to take advantage of them,” Showalter stated. “Guys like Lindor are doing what they can do. We tie that game up in the sixth there. Got some pitching issues.”
Bickford was tagged for 4 earned runs. Garrett would finally be charged with 4 within the seventh. The Mets had no alternative however to empty the bullpen.
“We had a couple double plays that we weren’t able to turn. Testament to them and their foot speed,” Showalter stated. “We’re just not pitching very well and not scoring any runs. It’s a bad combination.”
David Peterson tossed three scoreless to begin however since he’s been pitching out of the bullpen for the final month he wasn’t stretched out sufficient to go any deeper. Peterson was on a 60-pitch depend and he threw 52.
“It felt good to start again but it was kind of annoying to be on a pitch count,” Peterson stated. “But there’s nothing you can do, it’s just part of the process of building back up. It just kind of stinks when you see that many guys coming out of the bullpen, in the first game of a series especially. But I felt good with all of my stuff and I’m looking forward to getting more pitches next time and building on it.”
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