New York Mets at Cleveland Guardians

· Major League Baseball

New York Mets

50-66, 25-32 Away

Final
13 - 6

Cleveland Guardians

57-59, 28-31 Home

Griffin struggles in first start for Guardians, who lose 13-6 to Mets and fall out of wild-card spot

Cleveland (57-59) has lost 11 of 14 and fell one-half game behind Texas in the race for the final AL wild card.

Acquired from Washington at the trade deadline, Griffin (12-4) allowed homers to Marcus Semien and Luis Torrens in the second inning, the latter a two-run shot that put the Mets ahead 3-2.

The left-hander gave up two more runs in the third, including an RBI triple by Carson Benge, and was lifted after working out of trouble in the fourth.

Francisco Lindor also homered for New York, a three-run shot in the seventh off Craig Yoho. Benge, Semien and Luis Robert Jr. each had three hits, and Torrens drove in three runs.

The Guardians got within 6-5 in the fifth on Nathaniel Lowe's three-run homer off Nolan McLean (8-7), who stranded two runners to get out of the inning and qualify for the win.

It was the third series sweep for the Mets this season and first on the road.

Guardians reliever Slade Cecconi faced five batters in the eighth and did not record an out as New York added four more runs for a 13-5 advantage.

Up next Mets: Begin a three-game series at Pittsburgh on Friday with LHP Zac Thornton (2-2, 2.88 ERA) on the mound.

Guardians: Visit the Chicago White Sox starting Friday with a chance to make up some ground on the AL Central leaders. LHP Parker Messick (8-6, 2.57) starts for Cleveland against Chicago LHP Noah Schultz (3-8, 5.92).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Martínez fouled out to catcher.
	9th Inning	Lowe walked.
	9th Inning	DeLauter to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Hoskins flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Hoskins hit for Ramírez
	9th Inning	DeLauter singled to center, Genao scored.

Statistics

NYM		CLE
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	8
11	Strikeouts	12
13	Runs Batted In	6
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
18	Hits	10
2	Stolen Bases	1
6	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
13	Runs	6
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
43	At Bats	37
3	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
21	Runners Left On Base	13
1	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	0
23	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	0
215	Pitches	151
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	2
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
32	Total Bases	13
51	Plate Appearances	41
486.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
7	Extra Base Hits	1
14.2	Runs Created	4.9
.419	Batting Average	.270
.500	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.744	Slugging Percentage	.351
.512	Secondary Average	.216
.480	On Base Percentage	.341
1.224	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.693
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
14.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.9
89.5	Batter Rating	38.0
14.3	At Bats Per Home Run	37.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.22	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.68
.326	Isolated Power	.081
0.55	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.33
.118	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.098
.093	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.054
26.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.8	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.5	Balls In Play Average	0.4
128.5	MLB Rating	85.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0