New York Mets at Pittsburgh Pirates

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New York Mets

48-37, 19-25 Away

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Pittsburgh Pirates

35-50, 23-21 Home

Oneil Cruz homers twice as Pirates beat Mets 12-1 to complete a 3-game series sweep

Cruz ended a 14-game homerless drought and highlighted a five-run outburst off Frankie Montas (0-1) in the first inning. After strikeouts in his next two at-bats, Cruz hit his team-leading 15th homer in the seventh inning to extend the Pirates' lead to nine runs.

Pittsburgh added two more runs in the eighth inning and sent the Mets, who held a players only meeting after a 9-2 loss on Saturday, to their 13th setback in 16 games.

The Pirates scored all of their runs in the first inning with two outs. Ke’Bryan Hayes started with a two-run single, the first of his three hits. Cruz and Pham (two RBI) followed with consecutive homers to right.

Montas lasted four innings, allowing six runs on seven hits.

Carmen Mlodzinski (2-5) allowed two hits in the final 3 2/3 innings, earning the win. Pirates starter Mike Burrows gave up one run and struck out five in 4 1/3 innings.

Pittsburgh catcher Henry Davis went 4 for 4. Reynolds hit his 10th homer of the season.

Luis Torrens put New York on the board with a home run off Burrows in the fifth.

Key moment Pittsburgh nearly came up empty in the first when Hayes passed on a sweeper over the heart of the plate to fall behind 1-2 in the count. After looking at a slider in the dirt, he sent the next pitch into center for two runs before Cruz and Pham broke the game open.

Key stat The Mets were outscored 30-4 in the series. The Pirates, who entered Sunday with the lowest run total in the National League (285), have scored 48 runs in their last seven games and scored at least nine in three straight games for the first time since Aug. 29-31, 2019, at Colorado.

Up next Mets RHP Clay Holmes (8-4, 2.97 ERA) will start Tuesday in the opener of a three-game home series against the Brewers. RHP Freddy Peralta (8-4, 2.90 ERA) is scheduled for Milwaukee.

Pirates LHP Andrew Heaney (3-7, 4.48 ERA) opens the first of a three-game set against the Cardinals on Monday. RHP Erick Fedde (3-7, 4.11 ERA) will go for St. Louis.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Baty struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Vientos flied out to right.
	9th Inning	McNeil lined out to right.
	9th Inning	Canario in right field.
	8th Inning	Hayes grounded into double play, third to second to first, Canario out at second.
	8th Inning	Horwitz hit sacrifice fly to right, Frazier scored.

Statistics

NYM		PIT
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
11	Ground Balls	12
8	Strikeouts	9
1	Runs Batted In	12
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	16
0	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	12
1	Ground Into Double Play	3
0	Sacrifice Flies	2
33	At Bats	36
1	Home Runs	4
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
10	Runners Left On Base	16
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	4
14	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	0
140	Pitches	152
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
12	Total Bases	32
34	Plate Appearances	41
162.0	Projected Home Runs	648.0
3	Extra Base Hits	8
2.4	Runs Created	11.6
.212	Batting Average	.444
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.364	Slugging Percentage	.889
.182	Secondary Average	.500
.235	On Base Percentage	.463
.599	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.352
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
2.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	12.6
18.0	Batter Rating	84.0
33.0	At Bats Per Home Run	9.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.12	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.71
.152	Isolated Power	.444
0.13	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.22
.029	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.049
-.030	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.056
2.0	Runs Produced	24.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.9
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.5
71.8	MLB Rating	125.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0