NEW YORK (AP) — David Peterson struck out a career-high 11 on his twenty ninth birthday and Francisco Lindor drove in three runs because the New York Mets beat the slumping Boston Crimson Sox 7-2 on Tuesday evening for his or her sixth straight victory.
Lindor launched his thirtieth homer and added a pivotal RBI double, drawing one other refrain of “MVP! MVP!” chants from the Citi Discipline crowd. Pete Alonso and Mark Vientos additionally went deep for the Mets, who remained a half-game behind Atlanta for the ultimate NL wild card. New York has received 13 of 18 total.
Vientos greeted Justin Slaten with a leadoff homer within the seventh after Lindor’s two-run shot within the third was the lone Mets hit off starter Kutter Crawford (8-13), who whiffed eight in six innings.
After reliever Reed Garrett labored out of a bases-loaded jam within the eighth to protect a one-run lead, Lindor laced an RBI double to make it 4-2 within the backside half. Brandon Nimmo adopted with a sacrifice fly and Alonso linked for a two-run homer, his thirty first longball of the season.
Peterson (9-1) pitched six splendid innings, permitting one run whereas decreasing his ERA to 2.75 and profitable his fourth consecutive resolution. All six hits off the left-hander have been singles — a lot of them approaching comfortable contact.
Early within the sport, he threw a career-best 16 consecutive strikes as the primary 4 innings zipped by in 59 minutes. New York improved to 14-3 in Peterson’s begins since he made his season debut Could 29 after recovering from hip surgical procedure.
Nick Sogard had an RBI single for the fading Crimson Sox, who’ve dropped 4 in a row and 5 of six. They’ve totaled 5 runs in these defeats.
Boston entered 4 1/2 video games behind Kansas Metropolis for the final American League playoff berth.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Crimson Sox: SS Trevor Story, sidelined since April 6 by a dislocated left shoulder, may very well be near coming off the injured checklist. Story had a scheduled time off at Triple-A Worcester after enjoying 5 innings Monday in his second rehab sport — and first look at shortstop. He’s slated to play shortstop once more Wednesday and doesn’t essentially must play 9 innings there earlier than rejoining the Crimson Sox, supervisor Alex Cora mentioned. … RHP Liam Hendriks will make one other rehab look Wednesday for Worcester after which hopefully pitch once more Thursday at Triple-A. Boston would really like the veteran reliever to get via back-to-back outings earlier than returning to the massive leagues. Hendriks has been out all season following Tommy John surgical procedure.
Mets: RHP Dedniel Núñez (forearm tightness) will maintain receiving remedy all through the homestand this week. For now, the group doesn’t assume an MRI is critical, supervisor Carlos Mendoza mentioned.
UP NEXT
All-Star RHP Tanner Houck (8-9, 3.12 ERA) faces Mets RHP Tylor Megill (3-5, 4.82) within the collection finale Wednesday evening. Megill returned from the minors final Friday and earned a 5-1 win in Chicago over the lowly White Sox, placing out six in 5 1/3 innings.
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