The Mets suffered their third straight loss, falling the Boston Red Sox 2-0 on Tuesday night at Fenway Park.
It’s New York’s first three-game losing streak of the season.
Here are some takeaways…
– Taking the mound for the first time in nearly a month, Boston starter Walker Buehler mowed down the struggling Mets offense over the first two innings. The right-hander struck out four of the first six batters he faced, but he was ejected with one out in the top of the third for arguing balls and strikes.
New York threatened against left-hander Brennan Bernardino who entered in place of Buehler, but as has been a common theme with this club of late they stranded men in scoring position — they went a brutal 0-for-7 as a team in such situations on the night.
– Luckily for the Mets, Clay Holmes was able to do a good job dancing around threats of his own. The righty walked a pair in the first, but struck out back-to-back batters to end the frame. He was then helped out by a perfect Brandon Nimmo throw to gun down Nick Sogard trying to score on a potential sac fly in the second.
The 91.8 mph strike from shallow left was the hardest outfield assist of Nimmo’s career.
Boston put two more on with two outs in the third, but Holmes found his way out of danger again. He put together his first clean inning of the night in the fourth with some help from a beautiful barehanded play from Brett Baty, who continues shining defensively.
The Red Sox were finally able to strike in the fifth, as Carlos Narváez and Rafael Devers snuck a pair of solo homers over the Green Monster. He finished his outing with a five-pitch bottom of the sixth — ending his night with a final line of two runs on four hits with three walks and five strikeouts.
– Unfortunately for Holmes, the Mets’ offense wasn’t able to get much of anything going against the rest of the Boston bullpen, as they went down silently for their third consecutive loss. They managed just four hits on the night and were shutout for the third time this season.
– Juan Soto reached base twice with a walk and a hit — his opposite field knock came with two outs in the top of the sixth, just a few pitches after Francisco Lindor was caught stealing second base.
Game MVP: Carlos Narváez
The 26-year-old backstop got the scoring started and gunned down Francisco Lindor trying to steal second a few innings later.
Highlights
Back-to-back strikeouts for Clay Holmes to get out of a jam in the first pic.twitter.com/I5M8TyerGD
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BRANDON NIMMO WITH THE PERFECT THROW TO GET THE RUNNER AT HOME! pic.twitter.com/az3Qg5qbAV
— SNY (@SNYtv) May 20, 2025
Red Sox starting pitcher Walker Buehler and manager Alex Cora have both been ejected by home plate umpire Mike Estabrook pic.twitter.com/Oa94A0jrA4
— SNY (@SNYtv) May 20, 2025
Mark Vientos hits a double off the Green Monster! pic.twitter.com/o4Zzg61FuQ
— SNY (@SNYtv) May 21, 2025
OH WOW, BRETT BATY! pic.twitter.com/vl3esapvIt
— SNY (@SNYtv) May 21, 2025
What’s next
Tylor Megill (3-4, 3.74 ERA) takes the mound against ace left-hander Garrett Crochet (4-3, 2.00 ERA) as the Mets and Sox close out this three-game set on Wednesday at 6:45 p.m. on SNY.
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