Mets beat Rays 10-4, take series finale in Tampa Bay
The Mets closed out a 3-game set with the Rays on Juan Soto's homer and a 3-RBI night from Nick Morabito, moving to 3-2 over their last 5 games ahead of a series-opening date with the Giants.
Soto, Morabito power the finale in Tampa Bay
The Mets took 2 of 3 from the Rays on the road, opening the set with a 3-2 win on August 31 before dropping game 2 2-6 on September 1 and closing it out 10-4 on September 2. It's the kind of series that keeps a 63-77 club afloat down the stretch rather than one that changes anything about the standings.
Rays3-2Rays2-6Rays10-4Juan Soto went 2-for-5 with a home run and an RBI in the finale, and Nick Morabito went 2-for-2 with a double and 3 RBI — the Mets' own account called it a show. Brett Baty added a 2-hit game of his own, going 1-for-2 with a double and 3 RBI. The Mets are 3-2 in their last 5.
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The Mets claimed right-hander Cameron Weston off waivers from the Orioles on Wednesday and optioned him to Triple-A, while catcher Shawn Ross was designated for assignment, according to Anthony DiComo of MLB.com.
DiComo also caught up with Jonah Tong in Syracuse, writing that Tong — who has yet to have the season he wanted — believes he'll be better for it, with a possible call back to the Mets still ahead of him.
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The Mets host the Giants tonight, and it's a mismatch on paper between the two starters. Nolan McLean takes the ball for New York at 10-8 with a 3.06 ERA, coming off a 7-inning, no-run outing against the Astros on August 29 in which he struck out 4 and walked 3. San Francisco counters with Matt Wilkinson, 0-2 with a 4.63 ERA, who allowed 2 earned runs over 6 innings against the Diamondbacks in his last start on August 29 and took the loss.
The market has the Mets favored at home, which lines up with the gap between the two starters, and the total reads middling — nothing about either pitcher's recent form points to a shootout or a pitchers' duel. If McLean pitches like he did against Houston, the number on the board tonight should hold.