SAN DIEGO — The Mets and the San Diego Padres began a three-game collection as two big-money groups with equivalent shedding information. Both entered the weekend determined to win the collection with the All-Star break looming.
But it was the Padres who bested the Mets on Sunday to win two of three and take the collection, heading into the All-Star break on a successful observe. Manny Machado hit two residence runs off of right-hander Max Scherzer and Joe Musgrove was dominant in a 6-2 win.
“Musgrove pitched really well and they were able to put some really good swings on Max,” stated outfielder Brandon Nimmo. “We were never able to fully recover from that. They played really well. They’re a much better team than their record indicates, as we are.”
Scherzer was hit exhausting proper from the beginning. Machado belted a three-run homer within the first inning with just one out to place San Diego up 3-0. His second residence run, a two-run shot to the alternative discipline, got here within the fifth to provide the Padres a 5-0 lead and push the sport out of attain for the Mets.
“Frustrating,” Scherzer stated. “The runs were scored on homers and the first homer was a hanging slider. When I threw that pitch, I thought I got it down and away. Out of my hand, I thought I got it down and away and I threw a hanging slider. Accountable for that. I’ve got to be better than that.”
Onetime former Met Gary Sanchez scored the sixth run within the sixth, doubling off of right-hander T.J. McFarland to guide off the inning. This got here proper after rookie catcher Francisco Alvarez dropped a popup that may have been an out. The Mets parted methods with Sanchez after solely three video games partly to have the ability to give Alvarez extra enjoying time.
Trent Grisham’s one-out RBI single scored the previous Yankees backstop.
The Mets by no means actually got here near threatening towards Musgrove (8-2), who allowed solely three hits over six shutout innings and struck out seven. The Mets let him pitch with out incident, in contrast to final October when his shiny ears brought about an uproar at Citi Field.
Musgrove received that recreation, shutting out the Mets over seven innings. The Mets misplaced 6-0 to bow out of the playoffs a lot sooner than anticipated.
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“He located well, he kept us off balance and didn’t throw many fastballs and located his off-speed well,” Nimmo stated. “He’s done this twice now where he’s pitched really, really well against us.”
Scherzer went 5 innings, permitting 5 earned runs on six hits, strolling three and placing out seven. This efficiency was a departure from his current outings, however inconsistency has plagued the Mets’ beginning employees all season and one successful week wasn’t sufficient to interrupt that sample. Scherzer took the loss (8-3), his first since May 3 towards the Detroit Tigers, struggling probably the most along with his slider.
“I’ve always been able to pitch with a slider, I’ve always been able to get that thing down and away,” Scherzer stated. “Right now, I’m being a little inconsistent with it and leaving it in the middle part of the plate at the wrong time. That’s why I’m getting beat.”
The Mets rallied for 2 runs within the eighth when Mark Canha hit a two-run double off lefty Adrian Morejon. With two on and none out, the outfielder drove one to heart discipline to clear the bases and put the Mets on the board. Canha wasn’t even initially within the lineup, coming into within the second inning after Tommy Pham injured his proper groin operating down a single by Sanchez within the high of the primary.
The Mets would get no additional. Pete Alonso hit a tough liner to heart discipline however Xander Bogaerts snagged it and doubled off Canha at second to finish the inning.
It was a weekend of shaky pitching performances and extra sloppy protection from the Mets (42-48), who had been in a position to overcome their very own errors Friday evening within the collection opener to win their sixth straight recreation.
“When something breaks from the norm, you do look at it, but what do you do?” Showalter stated of the protection. “You trust people that are good at it and have been in the past and will be again.”
Wins don’t come straightforward with that sort of play. The Padres (43-47) performed clear and had two wonderful pitching performances from Blake Snell and Musgrove and now discover themselves in a extra enviable place heading into the break.
“It’s not like there’s one magic key,” Showalter stated. “There is none. You’ve got to have all things clicking. And like I said before today, if something isn’t working well then something else picks it up.”
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