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Marcus Stroman‘s 32nd start of the season ended with a loss.

The 30-year-old righty finished after five innings and 95 pitches, allowing four runs, walking two, striking out three in the process. Two home runs would be his undoing.

Stroman breezed through his first two innings. In the first, his lone blemish was a walk to Xander Bogaerts. He allowed a single to Bobby Dalbec in the second.

Stroman danced out of danger in the third inning. Jose Iglesias his a double to left field to lead off the inning. Rattled, Stroman hit the next batter, Enrique Hernandez, with a pitch, then walked Kyle Schwarber to load the bases before any outs.

The Red Sox had their two most dangerous hitters up next, Bogaerts and Rafael Devers. Bogaerts chopped a ball to third baseman J.D. Davis who fired home to Tomas Nido for the force out. Nido then threw to Dominic Smith at first in time to complete the double play. With runners on second and third with two outs, Devers flew out to left and Boston finished the inning with a zero in the run column.

Stroman, now pitching with a two-run lead, struck out his first two batters in the fourth inning, J.D. Martinez and Alex Verdugo. But the rookie Dalbec would spoil a clean inning with a double. He was driven in immediately after a second double by catcher Christian Vasquez. The Mets led 2-1.

The Mets lead vanished in Stroman’s fifth and final inning. Hernandez – not wanting to get hit by another pitch – took matters into his own hands and led off the inning with a home run to center field. Scwarber followed with a double and Bogaerts wouldn’t come up empty again.

Bogaerts hit the second home run of the inning. The ball fired off the bat at 110 miles per hour and eventually landed 426 feet over the center field wall. It was just Stroman’s 16th home run allowed this season in 174.0 innings pitched.

After a mound visit, Stroman retired Devers, Martinez, and Verdugo consecutively to end the inning and his night.

Stroman’s 9-13 record doesn’t accurately project his impact on the Mets this season. His 3.oo ERA is the lowest number of his career across a full season while his 32 starts speak to his durability.

Stroman’s career-high in starts for a season is 33 in 2017. With current schedules, he’s projected to have two more this year. He should start once at home against Miami and on the road against the Braves in the final series of the season. As an impending free agent, they could be his final starts as a Met in his career.