The New York Mets were dominated by the Athletics this weekend, and today they managed just four hits in shutout loss.
The New York Mets lost their fifth game in a row as they were swept by the Athletics for the first time ever, with the A’s winning this one, 1-0, as the Mets could muster only four hits in the disappointing loss.
The Mets offensive struggles returned in a big way in this one, as they failed to score a run and barely threatened throughout the game. The A’s starter was Aaron Civale, who gave up four hits, and a quarter of A’s relievers proceeded to shut down the Mets as New York went hitless in the last three frames.
This one featured plenty of lowlights at the plate, but the ninth inning was especially disappointing. Reliever Joel Kuhnel closed for the A’s and needed just four pitches to notch his second carer save as three Mets hitters rolled over on a pathetic series of ground balls.
Freddy Peralta started for the Mets and pitched his best game to date, allowing one run in six innings as he finally conquered his fifth-inning bugaboo. He struck out six, and the lone blemish on his line was a solo home run by Nick Kurtz in the second inning. Sean Manaea did a nice turn in relief of Peralta as he threw a trio of scoreless innings to hold the fort and give the Mets a chance to break through.
Francisco Lindor was a bit of a bright spot for the Mets as he hit a pair of singles, but Lindor also grounded out to old friend Jeff McNeil at second to strand Tyrone Taylor after Taylor walked in the bottom of the eighth.
The end result for the Mets was that the A’s just completely dominated this series. They won a pitcher’s duel in the first game, then a slugfest in the second, and finally another pitcher’s duel in the third. The Mets heard plenty of well-deserved boos in the ninth, but for the A’s this week was a resounding success as they went 5-1 in New York, with their lone loss coming against the New York Yankees early in the week.
The Mets, meanwhile, will hit the road for yet another West Coast road trip, as they play the Los Angeles Dodgers tomorrow night in LA, then the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley after that. It’s hard to be optimistic with the Dodgers coming up as their next opponent, but at least the Mets will be able to briefly escape from the New York boo birds as they try to get their act together.