SAN DIEGO — The postseason really feel was there, with two ace beginning pitchers battling Thursday in entrance of a sellout crowd and runs at a premium for many of the night time.
However the Mets in the end delivered punches.
The Padres jabbed.
A detailed sport for eight innings become a cushty cushion and 8-3 victory for the Mets in entrance of 41,673 at Petco Park to start a 10-game street journey that features loads of wild-card taste.
In successful for the third time in 4 video games, the Mets (67-61) remained 1 ½ lengths behind Atlanta for the NL’s third wild-card spot.
The Padres (72-57) fell a half-game behind Arizona for the primary wild card.
“I really feel like once we play nice groups like this we have a tendency to interact and be just a little bit extra locked in,” Mark Vientos stated. “If we take that with each crew we’re going to be in a great spot towards the top of the season.”
After scoring three runs towards Padres ace Dylan Stop into the seventh, the Mets erupted late and completed with 17 hits.
However the most effective signal may need been the way through which their bullpen withstood the problem after Luis Severino did not work deep into the sport.
Danny Younger, Reed Garrett and Phil Maton every pitched a scoreless inning — with out permitting a success — earlier than Huascar Brazoban survived a messy ninth after the Mets had damaged the sport open within the high of the body.
The Mets led solely 3-1 earlier than scoring 5 runs within the ninth. Brazoban gave two of these runs again.
“It was actually good to see these guys coming in and doing their job,” supervisor Carlos Mendoza stated.
The Padres have been amongst MLB’s hottest groups, with 9 sequence victories of their final 10.
However they now have misplaced consecutive video games for the primary time since July 19.
“I really like the setting right here,” Vientos stated. “It’s thrilling. An important ball membership and an ideal pitcher on the mound. We did our job and let’s carry on going.”
Severino constructed his pitch rely early and needed to labor via the fifth, ending his night time after solely 5 innings.
The best-hander allowed one earned run on 5 hits and 4 walks over that stretch.
It adopted the gem Severino fired towards the Marlins final Saturday when he threw 113 pitches and have become the primary Mets pitcher since Jacob deGrom in 2021 to throw a complete-game shutout.
“I didn’t really feel drained,” Severino stated. “I knew my leash was going to be just a little bit shorter right this moment due to the quantity of pitches I threw final time, however I really feel good.”
Vientos’ RBI double within the first inning produced the sport’s first run.
Francisco Lindor doubled main off and Vientos smacked Stop’s subsequent pitch into the left-field nook.
Jose Iglesias’ double was the massive hit for the Mets within the third, after they scored twice to increase their result in 3-0.
After Jesse Winker singled, Iglesias hit a shot that bounced on the warning observe in deep left-center and reached the seats.
Winker was despatched again to 3rd, however scored on a handed ball by Luis Campusano with Francisco Alvarez on the plate.
Jeff McNeil’s two-out infield single introduced within the third run.
Severino walked Jurickson Profar to load the bases with no one out within the fifth, however received Jake Cronenworth to hit right into a double play — Iglesias lunged to cease the sharply hit grounder and Pete Alonso managed to maintain his foot on first base whereas falling to safe Lindor’s throw.
“For me that was the play of the sport proper there,” Mendoza stated. “Sevy was in a position to end that inning after which the bullpen got here in and did a hell of a job.”
Vientos delivered a two-run single towards a drawn-in infield within the ninth after the Mets had loaded the bases with no one out to increase the result in 5-1.
Alonso’s third single of the sport introduced in one other run earlier than Winker stroked an RBI triple. Iglesias’ RBI infield single prolonged the result in 8-1.
Brazoban allowed two hits and two walks within the ninth earlier than recording the ultimate out.
