Game Recap: Mets Finish Sweep of Cleveland With 2-0 Victory

The Mets completed a three-game sweep of the Cleveland Indians with a 2-0 rain shortened victory on Thursday night at a soggy Citi Field. Play resumed briefly following a two-hour and 28 minute rain delay, before another 38-minute rain delay into early Friday morning ended the game.

The team improves to seven games over .500 for the first time this season and concludes its interleague schedule with a single-season franchise-record of 15 wins vs. the American League.

Offense

The Mets lineup was held in-check by Cleveland rookie Aaron Civale through the first three innings. Yonkers-born Joe Panik recorded the team’s first hit – extending his hitting streak to eight games in the process – with a single to lead off the fourth.

Wilson Ramos put the team on the board later in the inning with an opposite-field double that scored Panik and Michael Conforto. The hit extended Ramos’ hitting streak to 16 games, just three short of his career-high set in 2015. It was all the runs the team needed on this evening.

The Mets failed to pad their lead in the seventh off former Met Tyler Clippard when Todd Frazier was nailed at the plate by left fielder Tyler Naquin. Frazier had reached third earlier in the inning on a play where Clippard and Yasiel Puig each recorded an error.

Play was called in the bottom of the eighth after Luis Guillorme and Amed Rosario reached base off Cleveland reliever Hunter Wood with a walk and single respectively.

Pitching

Noah Syndergaard tossed a gem, allowing no runs and striking out five over six innings, before having his outing cut short by the rain. Over his last 8 starts, Syndergaard has pitched to an ERA below two.

Thor cruised early on, tossing no-hit ball through 5.1 innings, before allowing singles to Naquin and Francisco Lindor. Syndergaard escaped the jam when Pete Alonso made an inning-ending diving stab and toss to first to rob speedster Greg Allen from an infield hit. After the play, Alonso chest bumped Syndergaard, undoubtedly creating a .gif-able moment that will last for some time. (Yes, I really wrote that).

Jeurys Familia, pitching for the second night in a row, continued his recent stretch of stellar pitching with a crisp 13-pitch seventh inning.

The shorthanded Mets bullpen passed the baton to Paul Sewald for the eighth. In his second appearance since returning to the team from the minors, Sewald was sharp, retiring former Met Kevin Plawecki, Naquin and pinch hitter Mike Freeman in order to secure a two-run lead.