New York Mets at Kansas City Royals

· Major League Baseball

New York Mets

54-41, 21-27 Away

Final
8 - 3

Kansas City Royals

46-49, 23-25 Home

Mark Vientos and Francisco Lindor lead the Mets past the Royals, 8-3

Mets' bats come alive late to rally past Royals

Brandon Nimmo singled to open the eighth and Francisco Lindor and Juan Soto walked to load the bases against Steven Cruz (2-1). Carlos Estévez entered to strike out Pete Alonso before Vientos cleared the bases for a 4-3 lead.

Lindor added his 19th homer in the ninth. He has 29 home runs and 81 RBI against the Royals, his most against any opponent. Juan Soto followed with his 22nd homer, the sixth pair of back-to-back homers by the Mets.

Huascar Brazobán (5-2) won after allowing four hits and a two-run homer by Bobby Witt Jr. while pitching the seventh.

Kodai Senga returned from the injured list to make his first start in since leaving a June 12 start with a right hamstring strain.

Working on a pitch limit, Senga threw four scoreless innings, allowing four hits and two walks, striking out four.

Michael Wacha allowed a run on two hits and three walks in five innings, striking out five.

Key moment After Kyle Isbel’s seventh-inning leadoff single, pinch-runner Tyler Tolbert stole second. The Mets challenged and the safe call was overturned because Tolbert came off the bag during his head-first slide. Witt homered two batters later.

Key stat Senga’s “ghost fork” has induced 113 of his 206 career strikeouts.

Up next Mets RHP Frankie Montas (1-1, 6.14 ERA) was set to face Royals RHP Michael Lorenzen (5-8, 4.61) on Saturday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Witt Jr. grounded out to pitcher.
	9th Inning	India grounded out to pitcher.
	9th Inning	Fermin popped out to third.
	9th Inning	Devenski relieved Garrett
	9th Inning	Fermin hit for Tolbert
	9th Inning	Acuña grounded into double play, pitcher to second to first, Vientos out at second.

Statistics

NYM		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
8	Ground Balls	13
12	Strikeouts	6
8	Runs Batted In	3
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	10
0	Stolen Bases	0
8	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
8	Runs	3
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	36
2	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
1	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	3
14	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	1
170	Pitches	142
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
16	Total Bases	16
42	Plate Appearances	38
324.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
4	Extra Base Hits	4
6.4	Runs Created	4.7
.242	Batting Average	.278
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.485	Slugging Percentage	.444
.485	Secondary Average	.194
.390	On Base Percentage	.316
.875	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.760
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
6.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.7
50.0	Batter Rating	31.0
16.5	At Bats Per Home Run	36.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.05	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.74
.242	Isolated Power	.167
0.67	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.33
.190	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.053
.242	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.083
16.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
92.0	MLB Rating	83.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0