New York Mets at Pittsburgh Pirates

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New York Mets

51-66, 26-32 Away

Final
6 - 4

Pittsburgh Pirates

57-61, 29-29 Home

Marcus Semien and Zac Thornton lead Mets to their 4th straight victory, 6-4 over sliding Pirates

New York Mets vs. Pittsburgh Pirates: Game Highlights

Semien’s second homer in two games and 14th of the season, a drive to left-center off Carmen Mlodzinski, capped a four-run third that put the Mets ahead 5-0. New York, last in the NL East, swept a three-game series in Cleveland before busing to Pittsburgh on Thursday night.

Thornton (3-2) allowed four hits while striking out three and walking two. The left-hander remained in the game following a 36-minute rain delay in the top of the third.

Pittsburgh got two runs in the seventh and then two more in the ninth off closer Devin Williams, but a pair of baserunning mistakes cost the Pirates as they tried to rally.

Semien made a sliding stop at second base of Bryan Reynolds' grounder with a runner aboard to end it.

Mets rookie outfielder Carson Benge was removed with left wrist soreness in the bottom of the fourth, one inning after sliding into the wall in the left-field corner while catching a flyball hit by Ronny Simon.

Benge was replaced by Cristian Pache with the Mets leading 6-0. Benge helped New York build the lead with a pair of run-scoring singles.

Making his first start since May 25, Mlodzinski (6-4) was tagged for five runs and seven hits in three innings. Mlodzinski returned to the rotation from the bullpen after Mitch Keller sustained a season-ending right shoulder injury in his previous start.

A.J. Ewing, another rookie outfielder, had three hits and scored twice for the Mets. Ewing led off the game with a double and scored on a single by Benge, who also singled home a run in the third before Semien homered. Francisco Lindor added an RBI single in the fourth.

The Pirates, who are 4-11 since the All-Star break, got two hits each from Reynolds, Nick Gonzales, Simon and Jared Triolo.

Up next Mets RHP Robert Stock (0-1, 1.80 ERA) faces rookie RHP Bubba Chandler (4-8, 4.49) on Saturday night.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Reynolds grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Lowe singled to center, Mangum scored.
	9th Inning	Mangum to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Mangum walked.
	9th Inning	Gonzalez singled to right, Simon scored, Gonzalez out stretching at second.
	9th Inning	Gonzalez hit for Flores Jr.

Statistics

NYM		PIT
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	11
7	Strikeouts	4
6	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	12
4	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	4
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
35	At Bats	34
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	16
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
17	Fly Balls	20
0	Caught Stealing	0
154	Pitches	131
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
14	Total Bases	14
39	Plate Appearances	39
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	2
5.7	Runs Created	5.9
.286	Batting Average	.353
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.500
.400	Slugging Percentage	.412
.314	Secondary Average	.176
.359	On Base Percentage	.410
.759	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.822
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
5.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.6
43.0	Batter Rating	32.0
35.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.95	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.36
.114	Isolated Power	.059
0.43	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.00
.077	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.103
.029	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.176
12.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
89.0	MLB Rating	87.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0