Mariners 4, Mets 0 (T-Mobile Park, Seattle, WA)
Mets Record: 61-56
Mets Streak: L2
Mets Last 10: 4-6
WP: Logan Gilbert (7-8)
LP: Sean Manaea (8-5)
Seat On The Korner: Logan Gilbert
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.
Today's Seat On The Korner goes to Mariners' starting pitcher Logan Gilbert, who baffled the Mets' bats all night long. Gilbert cruised through seven shutout innings, giving up just three hits and one walk while striking out six to earn his seventh win of the season.
Need To Know:
The Mets have now dropped two of their first three series in August after dropping just one series in both June and July.
The Mets are now 3-8 all-time at T-Mobile Park.
Gilbert is now 1-0 with a 0.65 ERA in two career starts against the Mets.
Manaea is now 8-8 with a 3.88 ERA in his career against the Mariners.
Former Met Justin Turner continued to torture his old team by going 2-for-3 with a double, a run scored, and two RBI.
The Mets fell out of the third wild card spot after the Atlanta Braves won a slugfest against the Colorado Rockies earlier in the night.
RHP Reed Garrett was activated from the 15-day injured list prior to the game. LHP Alex Young was optioned to AAA Syracuse to make room for Garrett on the active roster.
Garrett looked sharp in his first appearance in over a month, striking out the side in the sixth inning.
OF Starling Marte's rehab assignment will shift to AA Binghamton on Sunday.
Mariners' reliever Andres Munoz set a franchise record by recording his 11th consecutive appearance without giving up a base hit.
Turning Point:
With the Mets facing a strong pitching team in Seattle, getting in an early hole was asking for trouble. Sean Manaea picked a bad time to have a rough start to the game, giving up three runs in the first inning to put the Mets behind the eight ball from the jump. That whole frame essentially decided the game and Seattle's social media account summed it up nicely in this video.
Three Things:
Slick Seattle Defense
The Mets didn't hit the ball hard often in this game but when they did it often found the glove of a Mariners' defender. Seattle made a number of insane defensive plays throughout the night, including this fancy double play in the top of the first inning that was an early sign this wouldn't be the Mets' night.
A Rare Clunker From Sean Manaea
Fewer pitchers in baseball had been hotter than Manaea, who had posted a sub-3.00 ERA since the Grimace game and entered the game carrying a scoreless streak of 15.2 innings pitched. The Mariners jumped all over Manaea early and ran up his pitch count to 85 in just three innings, forcing a quick hook from Carlos Mendoza. Manaea is another pitcher who has worked a lot more innings this year than in the previous few campaigns, which is a worrisome factor for a team in the middle of a playoff race.
Good Pitching Beats Good Hitting
The Mariners, the owners of the best pitching staff in baseball, have proven to be a bad matchup for a Mets' team that is carried by its lineup. The Mets got just four hits all night (two from Francisco Lindor with one each from J.D. Martinez and Harrison Bader) and have been shut out in back-to-back games for the first time this season. The task won't get any easier on Sunday night with Luis Castillo, who has nine wins and a 3.48 ERA on the season, set to square off with the struggling Luis Severino in the pitching matchup.
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