San Diego Padres at New York Mets

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San Diego Padres

67-59, 30-33 Away

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New York Mets

57-69, 29-34 Home

Benge and Ewing nail the Padres at home plate as the Mets hang on for a 2-1 victory

San Diego Padres vs. New York Mets: Game Highlights

Nolan McLean recovered from a shaky start to last six effective innings as the last-place Mets (57-69) won their fourth straight game. They are a major league-best 10-3 since selling big at the Aug. 3 trade deadline.

Bo Bichette had an RBI single in the first, Luis Robert Jr. added a sacrifice fly and New York cooled off the Padres, who are one game ahead of Arizona for the final National League wild card.

San Diego is 17-6 since July 24, the top record in the majors during that stretch.

McLean (9-8) gave up six hits and walked four. He allowed seven straight batters to reach base and needed 45 pitches to get through the first two innings. But thanks in large part to his outfielders, the rookie right-hander limited the damage to a deep sacrifice fly by Fernando Tatis Jr. with the bases loaded in the second that made it 2-1.

Ewing ended the inning when he threw out Xander Bogaerts at home plate on Jake Cronenworth's single.

Jonathan Pintaro got four outs in relief and Nate Lavender retired both batters he faced. With new closer Kodai Senga receiving a rest, Daniel Duarte struck out two in the ninth for his third career save and second this season.

Padres starter Walker Buehler (7-6) gave up two hits — both singles in the first — and two walks over six innings. He struck out four and retired his last 10 batters.

The early throws by Benge and Ewing made the Mets the only major league team since at least 1920 with three outfield assists at the plate in the first two innings of a game, according to SNY.

Up next Padres LHP Robbie Ray (10-7, 3.28 ERA) starts the middle game of the series Tuesday night against rookie LHP Zac Thornton (3-3, 2.78).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Rengifo struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Bogaerts fouled out to first.
	9th Inning	Sheets struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Duarte relieved Lavender
	9th Inning	Pache as designated hitter.
	8th Inning	Lindor grounded into fielder's choice to third, Semien out at third.

Statistics

SD		NYM
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	9
5	Strikeouts	7
1	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	5
0	Stolen Bases	0
5	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	2
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	1
29	At Bats	26
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
9	Runners Left On Base	10
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	0
16	Fly Balls	11
0	Caught Stealing	1
133	Pitches	118
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
7	Total Bases	5
36	Plate Appearances	29
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
0	Extra Base Hits	0
3.1	Runs Created	0.8
.241	Batting Average	.192
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.241	Slugging Percentage	.192
.172	Secondary Average	.038
.361	On Base Percentage	.241
.602	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.434
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
3.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.9
11.0	Batter Rating	13.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.69	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.07
.000	Isolated Power	.000
1.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.29
.139	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.069
-.069	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.154
2.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
70.0	MLB Rating	66.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0