Mets 4-2 Pirates (Mar 28, 2026) Game Recap
NEW YORK — — Luis Robert Jr.. hit a three-run homer within the backside of the eleventh inning to provide the New York Mets a 4-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday.
Luis Torrens delivered a tying single within the tenth on his first swing this season, and the Mets improved to 2-0 following an 11-7 victory on Thursday over Paul Skenes and the Pirates of their opener.
After starters Mitch Keller and David Peterson matched zeros in 42-degree climate, Nick Gonzales lined an RBI single for Pittsburgh with one out within the tenth to interrupt a scoreless tie.
Mets reduction Luis Garcia prevented additional harm by eradicating Jake Mangum with the bases loaded.
Brian Reynolds put the Pirates forward once more with a two-out infield single within the eleventh earlier than Richard Lovelady (1-0) struck out Gonzales with runners on the corners.
Jorge Polanco labored a leadoff stroll within the backside half from rookie left-hander Hunter Boat (0-1), who pitched out of an enormous jam within the tenth to increase the sport in his third main league look.
With computerized runner Bo Bichette Also aboard at second, Robert reached down and drove a 1-0 slider over the left-center fence for his first homer with the Mets. The heart fielder from Cuba, acquired from the Chicago White Sox in a January commerce, he additionally had two RBI singles Thursday in his New York debut.
Pittsburgh completed 2 for 18 with runners in scoring place and stranded 17. Mangum’s ninth-inning double was the one extra-base hit within the sport till Roberts went deep.
Following the Mets’ offseason makeover, the 30-year-old Peterson turned the staff’s longest-tenured participant. The left-hander, a first-time All-Star final season earlier than fading within the second half, allowed six singles and two walks in 5 1/3 innings.
He pitched round a throwing error by Bichette, switching from shortstop to 3rd base this 12 months, and induced a popup from new Pirates cleanup batter Marcell Ozuna on a 2-0 fastball with the bases loaded to finish the fifth.
Keller was even higher, permitting simply three singles and no walks in six innings. The right-hander, an All-Star in 2023, has a 1.79 ERA in seven begins in opposition to New York.
Mets rookie right-hander Nolan McLean (5-1, 2.06 ERA) makes his season debut Sunday within the sequence finale. RHP Carmen Mlodzinski (5-8, 3.55) pitches for Pittsburgh.
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