Mets salvage series finale against Red Sox
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It spoke volumes about Brett Baty’s progression as a baseball player that when Carlos Mendoza looked to shake up his lineup for Wednesday’s series finale at Fenway Park, the Mets’ manager chose to keep Baty in his starting nine.
It's never good to overreact to one game, but the quality of pitchers Baty was facing also can't be ignored. Not only is Crochet incredibly tough against lefties, but so is Brennan Bernardino, whom Baty drilled the go-ahead hit against.
New York has dropped each of its last 3 games and 5 of its last 6 after falling 2-0 against Boston Tuesday as a -128 road favorite. The Mets were held to just 4 hits and went 0-7 with runners in scoring position.