White Sox 6 Mets 2 (Citi Field, Flushing, NY)
Game 96 of 162
Mets record: 45-51
Mets streak: Lost 1
WP - Michael Kopech (4-8)
LP - Jose Quintana (0-1)
Seat on the Korner: Michael Kopech
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.
Michael Kopech rebounded from his disastrous last outing in which he Suffered the loss on 7/14 at Atlanta, recording his shortest start of the season, working just 0.2 IP in which he allowed four runs on one hit with four walks and no strikeouts ..He turned the page and was brilliant, throwing five and two thirds of 2 hit baseball giving up just one run on a solo HR by Omar Narvaez, he walked four while striking out five in the Pale Hose 6-2 victory.
Need to Know
The White Sox denied the Mets their fifth sweep of the season today.
The Mets have only swept the White Sox once before in franchise history, from July 30-August 1, 2019 in Chicago.
The White Sox put an end to the Mets five game winning streak vs. the White Sox.
José Quintana made his 2023 season debut.Quintana began the season on the IL with a left rib fracture. He pitched well in his debut going 5 innings, giving up 2 runs on 6 hits. No walks, and 3 strike outs.
The Mets played game number three in a stretch of eight consecutive games against American League opponents..They are now 2-1 in that span.The new schedule format has New York playing a total of 43 Interleague games in 2023, more than double their previous high for a single season (20)... The Mets are 12-11 against the American League this year...Overall, New York owns a 247-238 record in Interleague play.
The Chicago White Sox entered play today having lost eight of the last 11 games, 10 of 14 and 22 of 34 as they continued their nine-game, 10-day trip this afternoon with the series finale at the Mets.
Tommy Pham one of the Mets best hitters of late left the game with an apparent injury.
Starling Marte took fly balls with Wayne Kirby prior to the game, and when asked how he was feeling, he responded "all good"
Omar Narváez hit his first home run as a New York Met, his second lifetime home run against the White Sox, it was the only blemish on Michael Kopech's day.
Pete Alonso's error to start the sixth inning lead to 4 runs, 3 of them unearned to turn a 2-1 game into a 6-1 White Sox
Turning Point
Pete Alonso's 6th inning opened the door for a four run inning, widening the White Sox lead to 6-1.
Three Keys
Jose, Jose. Jose. Jose.Jose...Drew ?
After a slow start Jose Quintana seemed to have found his rhythm ,
he made quick work of the White Sox in the 5th and his pitch count was at a manageable 77..53 of which were strikes, what was the urgency to go to Smith ?
Smith could not rebound from a lead off error by Pete Alonso and could not record 3 outs.
Silver Lining
David Peterson looked good in his inning and a third of work, walking one, striking out 2, picking off a runner and giving up no hits.
Re-Pete
Another tough day for the face of the Franchise, Pete Alonso has not homered in his last nine games, his longest homer less streak of the season. He had an eighth inning single to drive in his 63rd Run of the year however even with that single he Is now 1-30 (.033)over that span with nine strikeouts. HIs error in the sixth inning is the 49th team error this season. The most errors the Mets have
committed in a season was 210 (twice, 1962 and 1963). The fewest team errors in a season is 67 (2022).
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