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In the bottom of the sixth, Showalter trotted out of the dugout and went straight to first-base umpire and crew chief Alfonso Marquez to request a check on Musgrove. Padres right-hander Joe Musgrove limited the Mets to one measly hit across seven innings pitched. Musgrove went seven innings, struck out five and allowed just one hit. The San Diego Padres beat the New York Mets 6-0 behind Joe Musgrove's great performance. While Bassitt crumbled in two critical outings - he gave up seven earned runs, six hits and six walks across just 6⅔ innings in his last two starts against the Braves and Padres combined - it didn’t matter much because the Mets offense was absent. He seemed thrown off by both the PitchCom device in his ear and San Diego’s hitters, who kept stepping out of the box to mess up with his rhythm. Then Scherzer succinctly summed up his emotions: "This is like a kick in the balls."Ĭhris Bassitt allowed three earned runs on three hits and was removed from his start after four innings. I thought we shared a lot of the same characteristics of those teams. I’ve been on several teams that have gone deep in the postseason. I really thought we had the makeup to do it. "Our goal was to win the World Series, and we failed," Scherzer said. The loss - the finality of it all after the Mets registered 101 wins in the regular season - capped a disastrous 10 days for a 2022 club that fizzled out when it mattered most. As Showalter has said multiple times this season, everything the Mets wanted was right in front of them.īut the Mets lost 6-0 to the Padres on Sunday at Citi Field, ending their season by playing just three games in their first postseason appearance in six years.

The Mets roared back and took Game 2, chasing left-hander Blake Snell after 3⅓ innings and leaning on their stars to rally the offense. The right-hander pitched six innings in the regular-season finale Wednesday to keep most of New York's short relievers fully rested.īoth teams are carrying 12 pitchers and 14 position players.In the Wild-Card Series, the Padres decisively took Game 1, ambushing Max Scherzer with four home runs and gaining the edge in the three-game set.

Trevor Williams, who did a fine job all season as a long reliever and spot starter, was left off. He went on the COVID-19 injured list Wednesday to open a roster spot for right-hander Mychal Givens, who also made the playoff roster. 19.īut the right-hander hasn't quite flourished in his new role, allowing four runs over six innings in six relief outings. After a long stay on the injured list with a strained right shoulder, he transitioned to the bullpen and made his first major league relief appearance on Sept. Megill began the season in the rotation and pitched well early. Scherzer is scheduled to pitch the opener, and the result of Game 1 could determine whether it's deGrom or Bassitt in Game 2. Max Scherzer, Jacob deGrom and Chris Bassitt are New York's starters for the series. Walker and Carrasco both started Tuesday in a doubleheader against Washington. Starting pitchers Taijuan Walker and Carlos Carrasco were left off for the best-of-three series, with right-hander Tylor Megill getting a spot in the bullpen. Slumping DH Darin Ruf, a right-handed batter who had been on the injured list with a neck strain, was included. With five left-handers on San Diego's 12-man pitching staff, including four relievers, New York dropped left-handed-hitting outfielder Tyler Naquin from the roster. The Mets made a handful of somewhat surprising decisions. Manaea threw 66 pitches Tuesday in a win at San Francisco Clevinger last pitched Saturday and manager Bob Melvin said Thursday he was headed to New York following a negative COVID-19 test. Left-hander Sean Manaea was included on San Diego’s roster and right-hander Mike Clevinger was left off. He’s been taking swings and fly balls in an effort to return, but the Mets have said recently he still felt discomfort and wasn’t making much progress yet.Īlvarez, rated baseball's top prospect by MLB.com before his call-up from the minors, provides a right-handed bat off the bench and could start at designated hitter in Game 2 against lefty Blake Snell. 814 OPS in 118 games this season - his first with New York. 292 with 16 homers, 63 RBIs, 18 stolen bases and an.