Bo Knows Disrespect

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Bo Bichette hit a three-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning to propel the Mets to a 4-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants. 

Christian Scott and Giants lefty Cesar Perdomo were locked in a pitchers’ duel through the first four innings. Scotty, who abandoned his kick change for a split change and relied more on his cutter, retired the first 11 batters he faced. With two outs in the top of the fourth however, Bryce Eldridge hit a single to right. Innocent enough. But then Jonah Cox singled, and Carson Benge tried and failed to throw out Eldridge at third, which allowed Cox to advance to second. Then, Jung Hoo Lee blooped a ball into no man’s land that Marcus Semien couldn’t get to behind first base, scoring two. Infuriating stuff tbh!

Scott continued into the fifth, but it would ultimately be his final inning. After he struck out Grant McCray, Drew Cavanaugh collected a base knock. Christian Koss then reached when Mark Vientos made yet another error at first base. This put runners on second and third with one out. Scotty fanned Drew Gilbert on a splitter and was told to take a shower. This served two purposes: 1) Scott only threw 80 pitches, and even though he was pitching on eight days rest, the Mets are being super careful with the kid, and 2)Rafael Devers was coming up with two runners in scoring position, and Nasty Nate Lavender is in your bullpen, so it’s time to use him. Lavender froze Devers on a fastball, of course. This would prove costly to San Francisco.

Jonathan Pintaro came in to pitch the sixth and the seventh. He got help from Carson Benge, who did his best Ron Swoboda impression to rob Lee of a hit. (Karma in action.)

Pintaro had a much less dramatic 1-2-3 seventh. 

The Mets finally got a runner in scoring position in the seventh once Perdomo was out of the picture. Against Joel Kuhnel, Benge roped a double to right with one out. Pinch hitter Jared Young was robbed of a single when the second baseman made a diving stop. It moved Benge to third, but Semien flew out to center to keep the Mets off the scoreboard.

After Tobias Myers worked around a single to hold the Giants in the eighth, the Mets went after Carson Seymour in the bottom half of the frame. Pinch hitter Brett Baty led off with an opposite field homer. AJ Ewing followed that up with his second hit of the game. Luis Torrens curiously bunted Ewing over to second, even though Ewing has been success in his stolen base attempts, especially lately. Francisco Lindor lined out to Lee in right on a nice diving catch. With Ewing on third and two out, the Giants, after two balls, opted to intentionally walk Juan Soto, challenging Bo Bichette to beat them.

Bo Bichette beat them.

On SNY’s postgame show, it was revealed that Bichette, after a couple of steps admiring his homer, looked first into the Giants dugout before looking at his teammates on the opposite side. Yeah, he was pissed. 

Kodai Senga was tasked with the ninth. He threw a 1-2-3 inning, because life is wild sometimes. He’s 6 for 6 in save opportunities. 

The Mets avoided losing a series to a team with an even worse record than them. Draft positioning be damned, that’s a good thing. 

Well, it was fun while it lasted. LHP Jefry Yan and his 5.68 ERA was sent back down to Triple-A Syracuse. The far less colorful RHP Tobias Myers took his spot on the 28-man roster. 

Some Mets were tested on their reaction times for the Gram.

Before the game, interim manager Andy Green said Jonah Tong will get more opportunities to pitch the rest of the season. Good.

Jared Young was scratched from the original lineup after he hurt his foot off a foul ball on Saturday. He came in to pinch hit for Mark Vientos in the 7th yesterday but did not stay in.

AJ Ewing went 2 for 3 a day after homering and walking twice. He just might be out of his slump (but don’t quote me on that when he starts an 0 for 30 swing today.)

Christian Scott ultimately walked none and struck out seven, and the two runs he gave up was on a lucky bloop thing. He should get eight days off more often (lie).

Luis Robert Jr. was placed on the 10-day IL by the Orioles with hamstring discomfort. NO REFUNDS!

The Mets are promoting RHP Gary Gill Hill (acquired in the Freddy Peralta trade) to Triple-A. 

The Triple-A Syracuse Mets walked off the Rochester Red Wings (Orioles affiliate) 4-3. A sacrifice bunt by 1B Billy Amick did the trick. CF D’Andre Smith went 2 for 4 with a homer, a double, a run scored, and two RBI. RHP Gary Gill Hill in his Triple-A debut gave up one earned run on six hits in five innings. He walked one and fanned four. The recently acquired RHP Cameron Weston threw two perfect innings while striking out five.

The Double-A Binghamton Rumble Ponies blew a 6-1 lead in the ninth inning to lose 7-6 to the New Hampshire Fisher Cats (Blue Jays). DH Jefferson Rojas went 4 for 5 with a home run, a double, two runs scored, and three RBI. 3B Jacob Reimer went 2 for 5 with a double and two RBI. 1B Jamari Baylor tripled. RHP Gabe Davis got a no-decision. He gave up one run on five hits in four and one third innings. The tall drink of water acquired for Huascar Brazobán walked nobody and punched out five. 

In their season finale, the High-A Brooklyn Cyclones were edged by the Frederick Keys (Orioles) 6-5. CF Aidan Smith went 3 for 5 with a run scored, two RBI, and his 25th stolen bag of the season. 2B Colin Houck went 2 for 2 with a double, two runs scored, and a walk. LHP Luis R. Rodriguez was charged with the loss. He gave up five runs on one hit in just one third of an inning. How? He walked four dudes and fanned zero. 

In a wild final game of the season, the Low-A St. Lucie Mets prevailed over the Jupiter Hammerheads (Marlins) 11-10 in 12 innings. CF Jake Ogden, C Ryan Tayman, and 3B Dylan Carey all went deep for St. Lucie. Carey’s three-run shot won the game. 11 different pitchers covered the 12 innings for the baby Mets. RHP Brett Banks got the win. He gave up one earned run on two hits in two innings while walking none and striking out three. 

On this day in 1984, Dwight Gooden threw a one-hit shutout against the Cubs. He struck out 11 batters to pass Grover Cleveland Alexander for most strikeouts in a season by a National League rookie.

On this day in 2015, the Mets beat the Nationals in the first game of a crucial series in Washington, as Michael Conforto, Kelly Johnson, and Yoenis Céspedes all homered off Max Scherzer.

This Labor Day afternoon the Mets start a series in Miami against the Marlins. RHP Jonah Tong (1-1 3.60 ERA) will toe the rubber for New York (NL). The Fish will counter with RHP Eury Pérez (7-10 3.72 ERA), who was tough against the Mets the last time out. First pitch is scheduled for 1:10 pm eastern. The game will air on SNY and Audacy Radio 880 AM with Keith Raad and Pat McCarthy.