Mets manage just two hits, waste Sean Manaea’s gem in 3-2 walk-off loss to Mariners

The Mets were walked off by the Seattle Mariners 3-2 on Monday night at T-Mobile Park.

Here are some takeaways…

– The Mets weren’t able to get anything going against Seattle’s Emerson Hancock the first time time through the order, as he retired the first 12 batters he faced and didn’t have to work through a three-ball count until two outs in the fourth.

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– New York was finally able to get to Hancock in the middle frames, though, as both Jared Young and Marcus Semien stayed red-hot leading off the fifth and sixth (respectively) with solo shots. Young’s evened things up at one apiece, and then Semien’s gave the Mets their first lead.

– Austin Warren and Sean Manaea did a tremendous job of matching Hancock. Warren retired the side in order in the first, then he hit the leadoff man in the second before Manaea took things over, and he used a routine double-play to dance his way out of a two on and one-out jam.

Colt Emerson got to Manaea for a solo homer with one out in the third, but the lefty quickly settled back into a groove, retiring the next 11 batters in order, with some help from another terrific diving play by A.J. Ewing in center.

– Manaea was outstanding his first time back in the Mets’ rotation, allowing just that hit and a walk while striking out four across five innings of work. That not only match Manaea’s longest outing of the season, but it was also the longest by any Mets reliever to this point on the year.

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– Brooks Raley was greeted rudely after the seventh inning stretch, as he immediately served up a homer to Josh Naylor leading the inning. It was the fourth hit of the ballgame to that point — all of which were solo homers — and was the second long ball Raley’s allowed this season.

– Luke Weaver extended his scoreless streak, retiring four batters across the seventh and eighth, then Devin Williams struck out two in a perfect ninth to push this one to the Mets’ league-high 12th extra-inning game of the season.

– The Mets failed to cash in the free runner with two strikeouts and a popout in the top of the 10th, and the Mariners were sure to make them pay, ending the game on Cole Young‘s opposite-field walk-off single against A.J. Minter.

– New York managed just two baserunners (a HBP and the free runner) after Hancock left the ballgame, as Seattle’s high-powered bullpen finished the night with four hitless innings. The free runner was the Mets’ only time reaching scoring position and they struck out 12 times.

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– Juan Soto went 0-for-4 with a strikeout leading off the 10th, ending his on-base streak at 15 games.

Game MVP: Cole Young

The 22-year-old reached three times and played hero in the late innings.

Highlights