The New York Mets (57-57) were swept by the Arizona Diamondbacks (48-66) by a score of 9-0 at Citi Field Thursday afternoon. The Mets will fall to .500 for the first time since April 20th.
Pitching:
Noah Syndergaard was on the mound for the Mets today and he struggled. Syndergaard was only able to last five innings giving up three runs while walking one and striking out six. Syndergaard once again saw his pitch count rise early and he was unable to last deep into the game.
The Diamondbacks got things started in the top of the fourth inning today. Chris Owings lead off the inning with a double to center field. Brandon Drury followed with a sacrifice fly to move Owings to third. Socrates Brito cashed in by hitting a ground rule double down the left field line to give the Diamondbacks the early 1-0 lead. Tuffy Gosewisch then tripled to score Brito and give the Diamondbacks a 2-0 lead. The D’Backs weren’t done just yet as pitcher Braden Shipley singled to center field to bring in the third run of the inning and give the Diamondbacks an early 3-0 lead.
In the top of the sixth inning with Jon Niese brought in, the Diamondbacks went to town and just blew the doors off him. Tuffy Gosewisch lead off the inning with his second home run of the year to make the score 4-0. After a Jean Segura single and a Michael Bourn walk, Niese intentionally walked Paul Goldschmidt to load the bases. Rene Rivera then allowed a passed ball to make the score 5-0. Niese then also walked Jake Lamb to load the bases again before giving up a triple to Chris Owings to make the score 8-0. Brandon Drury then brought him home as well with a sacrifice fly to make the game 9-0. What a disaster! Niese appears cooked.
Offense:
Offense? What offense? The Mets are working with a short deck currently but the team appears to have given up. Terry Collins one redeeming quality was that the team generally played hard for him. This team appears lost. Today was a complete embarrassment. If I’m the Mets, I start calling up Gsellman, Smoker, Sewald, and others with an eye towards 2017.
On Deck:
The Mets will open a three game set tomorrow with the San Diego Padres at Citi Field. The game has a start time of 7:10 PM. Logan Verrett (3-7, 4.66 ERA) will look to get the Mets back on track against Paul Clemens (1-2, 4.61 ERA).
