A wild ride ends in a thrilling win for the Mets

It wasn't easy but the team walked away with a series victory against the Twins thanks to Bo Bichette's game winning double

What’s Up with the Mets? ⚾️

• The Mets defeated the Twins 10-8 to win their second game in a row and to take their first series since April 3-5 against the Giants (box)

• RHP Christian Scott got his first start since 2024 and was not good. He pitched only 1.1 innings but limited the damage to one run while walking five and striking out one

• LHP David Peterson pitched 3.1 innings in relief and gave up one run. He walked one and struck out two

• RHP Devin Williams was shaky after some confusion about who would pitch the ninth. He got the win but gave up one run and three hits in two-thirds of an inning

• RF Brett Baty went 2-for-4 with two runs, three RBIs, and massive three-run home run in the first to put the Mets on the board

• LF Carson Benge had another good day at the plate going 2-for-3 with a home run, two runs scored, and a RBI

• 3B Bo Bichette got the big hit late with a bases-loaded double to help the Mets retake the lead. Overall, he went 3-for-5 with two runs and three RBIs out of the leadoff spot

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Roster Moves 📰

• SS Francisco Lindor was placed on the IL was a left calf strain

• INF Ronny Mauricio was recalled from Triple-A Syracuse

• RHP Christian Scott was recalled from Triple-A Syracuse

• RHP Austin Warren was optioned to Triple-A Syracuse

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Injury Updates 🩺

• SS Francisco Lindor is expected to miss significant time with his calf strain but no timetable for his return was given

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Play of the Game ⭐️

What should have been an easy victory quickly turned on its head when the combination of Craig Kimbrel and Huascar Brazobán turned a 7-3 lead into a 7-7 tie ballgame in the eighth inning. Things could have spiraled from there given the way this season has been going so far, but Bo Bichette came through in the bottom of the inning.

Brett Baty got things started with a hit to lead off the eighth. A Marcus Semien single and a walk by Tommy Pham set up bases loaded with two outs for Bichette, who drove a ball to the left field wall. That cleared the bases to give the Mets a three-run lead heading into the ninth inning. The ninth was an adventure between Brazobán heading back to the mound the same time Devin Williams was called upon, and then Williams allowing the tying runs to get into scoring position, but the team walked away with a 10-8 victory thanks to Bichette’s big hit.

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The Just Mets Podcast 🎙️

On the latest midweek edition of the Just Mets Podcast, Rich MacLeod reacts to the Mets winning their series against the Twins and ending their miserable 12-game losing streak this week.

SUBSCRIBE: YouTube | Apple Podcasts | Spotify

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Down on the Farm 🌾

• 1B Ryan Clifford (No. 4 prospect, Triple-A): 2-for-4, R, 3 RBI, HR, 2 K

• OF A.J. Ewing (No. 3 prospect, Double-A): 2-for-3, R, RBI, HR, BB, K

• SS Vidal Bruján (Triple-A): 2-for-4, R, SB

BOX SCORES

Single-A SLU | High-A BRK | Double-A BNG | Triple-A SYR

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Today’s Game 🗓

Match-up: Mets (9-16) vs. Rockies (10-16)

Where: Citi Field - Flushing, NY

Starters: RHP Freddy Peralta (1-2, 4.05 ERA) vs. RHP Michael Lorenzen (1-2, 7.48 ERA)

When: 7:10 PM EDT

Where to Watch: WPIX

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The best trade piece of the year (so far) for the Mets has been… ✍️

When David Stearns swung his big trade in January with the Brewers, it was the acquisition of Freddy Peralta that got all of the headlines, but now with almost a month into the season, the other part of that trade is the one making just as big of a difference for the Mets pitching staff, so far anyway.

Yeah, Tobias Myers has been just as important for the Mets.

Now, to be fair, Stearns seemed almost equally as excited to acquire Myers from the Brewers as he was Peralta earlier this year. He obviously knows both from his time in Milwaukee, and he felt like he was getting a talented and versatile arm in Myers as part of the expensive package he had to give up to make this trade happen.

Myers this season is 0-1 with a 2.50 ERA and has been a godsend in the bullpen. After Christian Scott faltered early on Thursday due to wildness, Myers entered and settled things down for the club and reset the tone for Carlos Mendoza and the rest of the club. Yes, the move required Mendoza to tax the bullpen on Thursday, but who could blame Mendoza for the move? The Mets are already desperate for wins, they couldn’t afford to lose another series and Scott just didn’t have it out there.

So, in came Myers and he was great once again. He allowed one run, which was unearned, in 2.1 innings of work, and he struck out three. On a day where the team unexpectedly had to go to the bullpen early, he ate up important innings, along with David Peterson who was equally as effective for the Mets out of the bullpen.

And so far, he has done a lot of the things the Mets need to improve their pitching staff over last season’s general debacle. He throws strikes, doesn’t walk a lot of batters, can give the Mets three effective outs or nine, and has effective command of four pitches which might eventually earn him a spot in the Mets rotation if he can be stretched out enough over time.

Even with the Mets blowing their 7-3 lead late on Thursday, the Mets probably don’t have a shot at winning on Thursday without Myers’ steady presence early in this game. He isn’t going to grab the big headline over Bo Bichette’s game-winning double, but as has been the case several times already, Myers restored order to the chaos set by the pitchers in front of him on Thursday night.

Tobias Myers via Baseball Savant (Statcast)

Being an innings eater is important, and something the team had been lacking in previous seasons, but Myers’ versatility has also given Carlos Mendoza flexibility in how he deploys both his relievers and his starters. With Peterson struggling in the rotation early on and the team in the middle of a brutal losing streak, Mendoza switched things up and had Myers serve as an opener for Peterson against the Cubs last weekend in Chicago. The team ultimately lost the game, but Myers was really effective ahead of Peterson in that game over his two innings of work.

In his other appearances, he has mostly entered in the middle innings of the game, but he has also pitched the final innings against the Cardinals and Giants. St. Louis was an unfortunate tough-luck loss when the ghost runner scored against him in the eleventh inning, but he has been solid no matter how he has been used this season. His worst appearance came against the Athletics when he gave up three runs in three innings pitched.

Right now, the biggest issue with the 28-year-old is whether the Mets are making the most out of his talent. Kodai Senga and Peterson are struggling in the rotation, and Peralta has not looked like the ace he was with the Brewers just yet. But interestingly enough, Peterson has been very effective in relief over the last week, and he has proven he can be a multi-inning reliever at times during his career as well. With the rotation struggling outside of Clay Holmes and Nolan McLean, should the team put Myers in the rotation? He has started in the past, so he is capable of doing it even if they need a couple of weeks to stretch him out, yet he has been so valuable in the bullpen. Would they end up hurting themselves more by taking him out of the bullpen? There is no easy answer right now about how best to maximize Myers’s skillset, but so far, he has been a great pickup no matter how he has been used.

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Around the League 🚩

• The Phillies lost to the Cubs 8-7 to bring their losing streak up to nine straight

• Philadelphia released RHP Taijuan Walker after another rough outing (MLB.com)

• Yankees RHP Gerrit Cole made his second rehab start and pitched over four innings against the Brooklyn Cyclones (ESPN)

• The Tigers walked-off the Brewers with a Spencer Torkelson home run in the ninth