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Luis Torrens was the goat on Saturday for a throwing error he made in a loss to the Reds. Sunday afternoon was a different story, however. Torrens’ hard-hit ground ball in the bottom of the eighth inn
Juan Soto scored the go-ahead run after Edwin Diaz gave up the tying run in the eighth inning in the Mets' 3-2 win over the Reds on Sunday.
New York Mets slugger Pete Alonso avoided ending his streak of consecutive games played on Sunday. Alonso entered the team's clash with the Cincinnati Reds in the seventh inning after he was initially out of the starting lineup with a hand injury (h/t Will Sammon of The Athletic).
The Cincinnati Reds fell 3-2 to the New York Mets on Sunday afternoon. After tying the game at two in the top of the eighth, the Mets scored the go-ahead run on an RBI groundout to take the lead back in the bottom half of the inning.
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Manager Carlos Mendoza said Alonso — whose 353 consecutive games played are the second-most in the majors behind Atlanta first baseman Matt Olson (717 games) — told him he felt the discomfort in his hand following his second at-bat Saturday, when Alonso flew out in the third inning of New York’s 5-2 loss.
The Mets had a memorable pregame ceremony at Citi Field on Saturday, retiring David Wright’s uniform No. 5 and inducting him into the Mets Hall of Fame because of a fabulous 14-year career in orange and blue.
The New York Mets currently find themselves 1.5 games back in the NL East, with a struggling bullpen that has cost them games late. The latest came on Friday night, when reliever Alex Carillo replaced starter Sean Manaea after four innings and proceeded to surrender a 2-1 lead,