Game 38 of 162
Reds 5 – Mets 0 (Great American Ballpark; Cincinnati, OH)
Mets record: 18-20
Mets streak: Lost 1
WP – Ben Lively (1-0)
LP – Kodai Senga (4-2)
SV – Kevin Herget (1)
Seat on the Korner
We select the star of the game and virtually invite him to a Seat on the Korner, just as Ralph Kiner used to do for his studio postgame show on WOR-channel 9 broadcasts in the early decades of the Mets.
Lively was the second of four Reds pitchers to easily handle the inept Mets lineup and earned his first win of the season. He entered the game with one out and one on in the 2nd inning and tossed three scoreless innings. He allowed four hits and got Francisco Lindor and Jeff McNeil with two on and one out in the 3rd inning to snub a slight Mets rally.
Need to Know
*The Mets lost another rubber game and another series. They have lost five straight series, including the past three against the Tigers, Rockies and Reds, and are 4-13 in their past 17 games.
*New York has been shut out seven times already this season.
*Pitching on four days rest, Kodai Senga was jumped for four runs in the 1st inning.
*Tommy Hunter (2.1 innings) and Dominick Leone (0.2 innings) pitched three innings of scoreless relief.
*Francisco Alvarez was 2-for-4. The rookie catcher had two opposite field hits, a single and double, improving his average to .246.
*The Mets 2 through 5 batters (Lindor, McNeil, Pete Alonso and Brett Baty) were 1-for-14 and left nine men on base.
Turning Point
The Red scored four runs with two outs in the 1st inning and it was pretty much game over. Jonathan India led off with a ringing double against Kodai Senga, who then retired the next two batters. But Senga surrendered an RBI single to Jake Fraley, a run-scoring double by Nick Senzel and a crushing two-run single by Kevin Newman. With the Mets offense MIA on Thursday, this one was pretty much over before it had barely started.
3 Keys
Senga had a horrific 1st inning, allowing four runs, five hits and one walk. He threw 37 pitches and faced nine batters. To his credit, he settled down and at least made it through five innings, allowing one more run on a solo home run by Spencer Steer in the fifth. Still, it was another subpar performance by a Mets starter.
The Mets looked tired and lifeless again, a common theme so far this season. There were plenty of giveaway at-bats in another frustrating, tough-to-watch performance. They were 1-for-6 with RISP and left nine men on base on a day the Reds were forced to start reliever Derek Law in a bullpen game.
The Mets nearly avoided a shutout in the 7th inning but Alvarez was thrown out at home trying to score from second on a two-out single by Lindor. It took a great throw by rightfielder Henry Ramos and terrific catch and tag by catcher Curt Casali.
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