Pitcher Luis Severino may have muzzled the Chicago Cubs hitters for seven innings, but his New York Mets teammates simply did not support him in a 3-1 loss on Monday.
Severino gave up his only hit of the game in the eighth inning, a single from Dansby Swanson. The gunner finally conceded a point on a banal option in the infield from Nick Madrigal.
With runners on the ends of the diamond, Madrigal hit a ball toward third baseman Joey Wendle, who had just entered the game. Wendle could have thrown the ball to his receiver to try to cut off the tying run. Instead, he went all out with a throw to second in hopes of setting up a double play, which never happened.
By the time he went to the showers, Severino had five strikeouts to his name.
The Mets’ replacement then trashed Severino’s fine work. After giving up a double to Mike Tauchman, pitcher Edwin Diaz was victimized by a two-run homer from Christopher Morel in the ninth inning to break a 1-1 tie.
The Mets’ only run came on Brandon Nimmo’s third homer of the season, who hit a long lead to lead off the 13th career start.
Cubs starter Jameson Taillon was also very solid on the mound, allowing only one earned run on four hits in seven innings. 57 of his 78 pitches were strikes.
Mark Leiter Jr. (1-1) got two outs to sign the victory while Hector Neris made his fourth save even though he walked twice. He struck out DJ Stewart and Brett Baty to end the game, which lasted two hours and five minutes.
Elsewhere in Major Baseball:
New York Yankees 0 – Baltimore 2
NYY : After totaling 30 points in their last 2 games, the Yankees were shut out for the 5th time of the year, in 30 games.
BAL : Gunnar Henderson set the tone for the meeting, with his 10th circuit.
Washington 7 – Miami 2
WAS : CJ Abrams hit his 7th home run, while Jake Irwin (2-2) earned the victory by pitching for 6 innings.
MIA : Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s 2-run homer was the only threat for the Marlins (6-24).
Minnesota 3 – Chicago White Sox
MIN : A ninth-inning single from Max Kepler made the difference. Carlos Santana hit his fourth home run of the season. The Twins only hit 4 hits.
CHI : Starter Garrett Nolan Crochet had seven strikeouts in five innings.
Tampa Bay 1 – Milwaukee 0
TB : Isaac Paredes drove in the only run in the first by hitting into a double play.
MIL : The Brewers were limited to just three hits.
Philadelphia 5 – LA Angels 6
PHI : Player of the last week in the National, Alec Bohm produced 3 points.
LAA : The Phillies led 3-0 when Jo Adell’s 4th homer started the Angels’ comeback.
Atlanta 1 – Seattle 2
ATL : For the first time since April 2021, two starting pitchers had not given up a hit after 6 innings (Max Fried and Bryce Miller).
SEA : Mitch Garver played the hero in the bottom of the 9th inning with a 2-run homer as the Mariners trailed 1-0.
Cincinnati 5 – San Diego 2
CIN : Elly De La Cruz set the tone for the game with an 8th home run this season. Nick Lodolo (3-0) struck out 11 batters.
SD : The Padres fall to 4 games under .500, at 14-18.
LA Dodgers 8 – Arizona 4
LAD : Canadian pitcher James Paxton added a 3rd victory to his record despite 4 earned runs in 5 innings.
ARI : Ketel Marte had 2 hits in this 17th defeat in 30 games for the World Series finalists.
Pittsburgh 1 – Oakland 5
PIT : The Pirates were limited to 2 meager hits, singles to Ke’Bryan Hayes and Oneil Cruz.
OAK : Abraham Toro came on as a relief hitter and hit his 4th double of the season.
St. Louis – Detroit (match postponed)
2024-04-30 04:03:06
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