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NEW YORK — Taijuan Walker gained back-to-back begins for the primary time in two months, Daniel Vogelbach homered towards his former group and the New York Mets beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 Friday night time.
Pete Alonso bought his Nationwide League-leading 113th RBI for New York (91-55), which is assured of its most wins since going 97-65 in 2006. The Mets maintained a one-game lead over second-place Atlanta (89-55) within the NL East.
Jeff McNeil, making a uncommon look in proper subject, saved no less than one run with a spectacular catch towards the wall that robbed Oneil Cruz.
“He kept going back,” Walker stated. “Helped me out.”
Cruz hit a two-run homer for last-place Pittsburgh (55-90), which has misplaced 90 or extra video games in every of the final 4 absolutely accomplished seasons.
Walker (12-4) allowed three runs — two earned — and 5 hits with 5 strikeouts whereas matching his season excessive of seven 1/3 innings.
Edwin Díaz allowed solely a stroll in 1 2/3 innings for his thirtieth save in 33 probabilities. He reached 30 saves for the second straight season and fourth time in his massive league profession.
Mitch Keller (5-11) gave up three runs and 5 hits in six innings.
New York went forward within the third when Eduardo Escobar walked with one out and, operating on the pitch, scored from first on Tomás Nido’s opposite-field single to proper. Nido ran via a cease signal from third base coach Joey Cora and slid headfirst throughout the plate as Ben Gamel’s throw went about 15 toes up the third-base line.
“You tell runners all the time in spring, ‘Run and make them stop you,’” Mets supervisor Buck Showalter stated. “You see a lot of guys take those baby steps or you can tell they don’t want to go. Our guys don’t do that. They want to go.”
Vogelbach, acquired from the Pirates on July 22, drove a 94 mph sinker to left-center within the fourth. The burly designated hitter has 17 homers this season, together with 5 with the Mets. He had not gone deep since Aug. 22.
“Being on a team like this with so many good players and so many good people, you don’t have to be that guy all the time,” Vogelbach stated. “It’s pretty special.”
Michael Chavis had a run-scoring infield single within the fifth, when McNeil made a leaping catch close to the highest of the right-field wall of a Cruz drive for the ultimate out with two on. McNeil made simply his fifth begin in proper subject this season.
Alonso put New York forward 3-1 with a sacrifice fly within the sixth, when Luis Guillorme stranded the bases loaded with a popout.
Brando Nimmo added an RBI single within the seventh towards Manny Bañuelos.
Cruz homered within the eighth on Walker’s a centesimal and remaining pitch, a 429-foot drive to lifeless middle. Cruz has 16 homers, tied with teammate Jack Suwinski for second-most amongst Nationwide League rookies behind Atlanta’s Michael Harris.
MOVES
Tampa Bay claimed OF Bligh Madris off of waivers from the Pirates. Madris hit .177 with one residence run and 7 RBIs. “It’s unfortunate for us,” Pirates supervisor Derek Shelton stated. “It’s fortunate for Bligh. This is a kid who put himself on the map and sometimes when you have to take guys off, organizations decide to make decisions.”
TRAINER’S ROOM
New York RHP Max Scherzer (left indirect irritation) is on monitor to start out Monday at Milwaukee in his first look since Sept. 3. … RHP Tylor Megil (strained proper shoulder) threw 26 pitches for Triple-A Syracuse, permitting one run and two hits in a single inning. … RHP Drew Smith (strained proper lat) wanted eight pitches to get three outs for Syracuse, placing out one.
UP NEXT
Pittsburgh RHP Bryse Wilson (3-8, 6.03) will oppose RHP Chris Bassitt (13-8, 3.44) on Saturday.
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