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The Mets sent right-hander Trevor Williams to the hill Tuesday night against Miami, where he shined in his fourth outing for the Mets. Jazz Chisholm began the night with a groundout, for the first out of the game. Isan Díaz followed up with a groundout, which was followed by back-to-back singles by Lewis Brinson and Jesús Sánchez. Lewin Díaz ended the inning with a pop-out to the shortstop.
Williams had a beautiful second inning where he got Sandy León to ground out to begin the inning, and then consecutive strikeouts by Magneuris Sierra and Miguel Rojas.
Williams got star pitching prospect Edward Cabrera to fly out to begin the third inning. Chisholm Jr. grounded out for the second out, and Díaz filed out for seven straight retired Marlins.
Brinson and Sánchez struck out for the third and fourth strikeouts of Williams’ outing in the fourth inning. Díaz lined out to end the inning, and the tenth straight Marlin to make an out.
Things began to fall apart in the fifth as León reached on an error, which was followed by a Sierra fly out. Rojas reached on an infield single, and Jesús Aguilar doubled in León to make a 3-1 Mets lead and ended Williams’ night. Williams ended up going: 4 1/3 innings pitched, one unearned run, zero walks, and four strikeouts.
Manager Luis Rojas said after the game that since joining the Mets, Williams has been a professional: “He’s been nothing but a pro for us. He’s done everything we’ve asked and a lot more. Just a great acquisition for one of our needs.”
The Mets are going to need Williams to continue this recent dominant stretch that he’s been on, allowing only one earned run in 13 innings pitched since joining the Mets, especially with the hitting woes largely still being a prominent concern.
Taijuan Walker pushed through 4 2/3 innings pitched in the earlier game on Tuesday. Walker needed 100 pitches to get through the Marlins lineup allowing three runs in the process.
Walker dealt with multiple runners on base in four of his five innings pitched. Miami took advantage in the second inning, rattling off three consecutive hits and plating two runs. They added another run in the fifth on Chisholm’s ground-rule double. The Mets were lucky Chisholm’s ball hopped over the outfield fence. The rule prevented Brian Anderson from scoring from first base as Walker would strike out Rojas to end the threat.
Anderson not coming home would prove to be the difference with the Mets rallying in the ninth to overcome a four-run deficit and win.
