By metstradamus | September 6, 2020 3:31 pm
The big “controversy” in Mets land these days is Amed Rosario sitting for an extended stretch of time, as Andres Gimenez started his third straight game at shortstop today. For me, it was easy to figure out as it was all about eliminating as many players who have struggled against Aaron Nola as possible while putting the best possible defense on the field. While you can’t eliminate all of them (Michael Conforto was hitting .172 against Nola but no way would I have benched him), Rosario was hitting .192 career against him with no homers or runs batted in. So getting another lefty bat in the lineup who could play good defense was paramount.
And it worked.
After Jacob deGrom gave up a fluke home run to Andrew Knapp (that’s baseball, Suzyn), Pete Alonso hit a soul crusher off the facing of the second tank in the 2nd to give the Mets the lead for good at 2-1. Then the fourth was where the Mets took control. Nola, Didi Gregorius, and Alec Bohm botched up a rundown to put runners on second and third with nobody out. It led to a two unearned runs, although you can say that Gimenez earned every bit of his two run single to give the Mets a 4-1 lead, and that was pretty much that. But the fact that Gimenez not only drove in two runs but did so off of Nola? Let’s just say I’m staring to wonder if Rosario enjoys Cleveland this time of year.
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