By metstradamus | May 27, 2021 7:21 pm
A 1-0 win and a 4-2 win will read very similar in a boxscore. But they were two very different animals.
The 1-0 win was clean and crisp. Marcus Stroman pitched six shutout innings, giving up three hits and two walks. There was good defense on both sides, and most of the good defense on Colorado’s side was at the expense of Francisco Lindor. But the Mets had some good defense of their own from both Lindor and Stroman. It was good enough to make a Jose Peraza solo home run stand up as Edwin Diaz closed the door in the 7th to finish off a 1:54 game where German Marquez threw a 62 pitch complete game. (Never you mind that he only pitched six innings.)
May 27, 2021; New York City, New York, USA; New York Mets relief pitcher Edwin Diaz (39) celebrates with catcher Tomas Nido (3) after defeating the Colorado Rockies at Citi Field. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports
The 4-2 win in game 2 was a little bit more of a slog. Joey Lucchesi teeter-tottered through three and two thirds (how’s that for alliteration), walking three and giving up two hits, with one run which was given up by the inheritor, Drew Smith.
But the Mets’ good defense carried over into the second game as Billy McKinney (who drove in the first run with a double play) and Jonathan Villar made nice plays, and once again it was Peraza who gave the Mets the lead once again with an RBI single in the 4th and a bases loaded walk in the 6th to give the Mets a 3-1 lead.
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1 comment:
Ya gotta love that baserunning by Baez. I have never seen anyone retreat back towards home plate before. Out of the baseline???
Ya gotta really hate the defense by the Pirates.
That guy just had a really bad brain drain. Hope he learned that the third out of the inning was a force at first base.
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