McNeil proceeded to come home on a Daniel Vogelbach pinch-hit sacrifice fly to right.ĭespite a healthy advantage built by a 46-minute inning, Showalter trotted Diaz back out for the eighth inning, recording two outs before turning to Adam Ottavino. The NL batting champion worked a 2-0 count before lacing a double up the middle meandering into the right-center-field gap to score a pair and provide some insurance.Įscobar tacked on one more to follow McNeil with a seeing-eye single that punched through the left side of a shaded-in infield to score Canha.
The Mets finally broke it open in the seventh thanks to their continued composure at the dish, which ultimately led to that four-run surge.Īfter Lindor led it off with a single, Alonso and Mark Canha drew back-to-back 10-pitch walks against Arian Morejon to load the bases to set the stage for McNeil. Rather than go to a different reliever, Showalter called on closer Edwin Diaz for the seventh inning to face the bottom of the Padres’ order, which he managed to navigate through despite allowing a one-out single to Austin Nola. With deGrom at 90 pitches, he came bounding out of the Mets’ dugout for the sixth and proceeded to mow the Padres down on just nine pitches to end his night on a high note and in the lead. “Hopefully I can hit a few more like that tomorrow and moving forward.” “To come up clutch in a spot like that to get the lead, that was awesome,” Alonso said. Juan Soto followed with a single to put runners on the corners with one out, but deGrom bore down to strike out Machado and Josh Bell to keep it level.Īlonso immediately picked deGrom back up for his tenacity, going down and sending the first pitch he saw from reliever Nick Martinez in the bottom of the fifth into the left-field seats to put the Mets ahead for a third time. Jurickson Profar lined a single down the right-field line to score Grisham, who led off the frame with a walk, in the top of the fifth to keep New York’s margin for error razor thin. Mets patience at the plate paid off in the fourth when after drawing another two walks - bringing Snell’s total to a season-high six - Brandon Nimmo singled home Escobar to re-deliver a momentary lead for the hosts. Not many pitchers are there and two, they don’t make that play. “When you do something right fundamentally, you get rewarded. “That was a big momentum swing,” Showalter said. He then proceeded to strike out Manny Machado swinging on a high fastball to get out of the third. It sailed well over Eduardo Escobar but deGrom was there to back it up and snag it with a barehand to prevent a second run from scoring. San Diego proceeded to put runners at second and third with two outs, which could have been worse when Starling Marte airmailed a throw from right field on a Juan Soto single in an attempt to nab Jurickson Profar at third base. It was the seventh home run allowed by deGrom in his last five starts, which is almost unthinkable when he gave up just 10 in his entire 2018 season (32 starts). 625 OPS in the regular season, equalized for the Padres by taking a 100-mph deGrom fastball the other way into the left-field seats for his second home run in as many games. The Mets ultimately stranded four men on in the opening two innings, which included drawing a pair of walks, and were made to feel the impact of it. But New York once again had more chances to tack on against Snell, who labored through 51 pitches over the first two frames of the night alone while struggling with his control all night. Lindor gave deGrom a lead with a solo home run in the first inning - equalling the Mets’ run total from all of Game 1. But Jacob deGrom did what Max Scherzer couldn’t, answering the call to be big in a big moment by gutting out six innings when he clearly wasn’t at his best, allowing two runs on five hits with eight strikeouts to keep a Padres offense that posted seven a night earlier at bay. The offensive explosion was necessary, especially after they were shut down by Yu Darvish in Game 1.
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