New York Mets at San Diego Padres
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Machado has 2 homers, 5 RBIs off Scherzer; Musgrove sharp as the Padres beat the Mets 6-2
The teams came in buried in fourth place in their respective divisions with identical 42-47 records. The Padres head into the All-Star break with five wins in six games, while the Mets have lost two straight following a season-best six-game winning streak.
The Mets and Padres have failed to live up to the enormous expectations brought on by their massive payrolls. After the 101-win Mets were eliminated in the wild-card round by the Padres, they went on a spending spree that sent their payroll soaring to a record $360 million. The Padres, who reached the NL Championship Series, have the third-highest payroll at about $250 million.
The Padres got to Scherzer (8-3) right away and handed him his first loss since May 3 at Detroit. Kim Ha-Seong hit a leadoff single to left, Fernando Tatis Jr. doubled off the center field wall with one out and then Machado drove a 2-2 pitch into the middle balcony of the four-story brick warehouse in the left field corner.
After Tatis singled with one out in the fifth, Machado homered into the home run porch in right, his 15th. Machado has three multi-homer games this season and 36 in his career. He has five career homers off Scherzer.
“You want to attack off of someone like that. If he gets in a groove, it's going to be tough,” Machado said.
“I'm trying to just drive in one run and get on the board as quickly as possible to give Joe that lead. You get two good swings and you put some runs on against a guy like that, it's always a bonus.”
Machado's first homer came on a hanging slider.
“I’ve got to be better than that,’’ Scherzer said. “I had a chance to get out of the inning and I didn’t. I’m executing the slider at times and it is good and at times it is bad. That’s the worst thing you can have, an inconsistent pitch. I’m leaving it in the middle part of the plate at the wrong time.’’
Scherzer, who had six wins in his previous 10 starts, allowed five runs and six hits in five innings, struck out seven and walked three.
Musgrove (8-2) was facing the Mets for the first time since earning the win in the decisive Game 3 of a wild-card series on Oct. 9 with seven shutout innings of one-hit ball at New York. That was the game Mets manager Buck Showalter asked the umpires to check Musgrove's ears for a foreign substance. Nothing was found.
The big-right hander blanked the Mets on three hits while striking out seven and walking none. He hit a career-high four batters, including two straight in the fourth to load the bases with one out. He got out of the jam with consecutive strikeouts. He was also backed by three double plays. The Padres had three double plays overall.
“It feels good taking two of three from them, especially going up against Scherzer today; tough competition, really good pitcher with a lot of accolades," Musgrove said. “Manny getting us started with a three-run lead early there really set the tone for us and allowed me to go out and be really aggressive.”
He called it “a very sloppy outing but ultimately the idea is to go out and put up zeroes.”
Musgrove has seven wins in nine starts and hasn't lost since May 20 at the New York Yankees.
New York's Mark Canha, who replaced the injured Tommy Pham in the first, hit a two-run double off Adrián Morejón in the eighth.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Mets: LF Pham left with right groin soreness after fielding Kim's leadoff hit.
UP NEXT
Mets: RHP Justin Verlander (3-4, 3.60 ERA) is scheduled to start Friday night in the opener of a three-game home series against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Padres: RHP Yu Darvish (5-6, 4.87) is scheduled to start Friday night in the opener of a four-game series at Philadelphia, which will counter with LHP Cristopher Sánchez (0-2, 2.84).
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Matchup Prediction
Scoring Summary
9th Inning | Baty grounded out to shortstop. | |
9th Inning | Alvarez hit by pitch. | |
9th Inning | Stewart flied out to right. | |
9th Inning | McNeil fouled out to third. | |
9th Inning | Cosgrove relieved Morejon | |
8th Inning | Grisham struck out looking. |
Statistics
NYM | SD | |
---|---|---|
1 | Games Played | 1 |
1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
5 | Hit By Pitch | 0 |
9 | Ground Balls | 5 |
8 | Strikeouts | 10 |
2 | Runs Batted In | 6 |
0 | Sacrifice Hit | 0 |
5 | Hits | 9 |
0 | Stolen Bases | 0 |
2 | Walks | 4 |
0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
2 | Runs | 6 |
3 | Ground Into Double Play | 1 |
0 | Sacrifice Flies | 0 |
28 | At Bats | 32 |
0 | Home Runs | 2 |
0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 0 |
16 | Runners Left On Base | 11 |
0 | Triples | 0 |
0 | Game Winning RBIs | 1 |
0 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
2 | Doubles | 2 |
11 | Fly Balls | 17 |
0 | Caught Stealing | 0 |
136 | Pitches | 147 |
0 | Games Started | 0 |
0 | Pinch At Bats | 0 |
0 | Pinch Hits | 0 |
0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
0 | Is Qualified In Steals | 0 |
7 | Total Bases | 17 |
35 | Plate Appearances | 36 |
0.0 | Projected Home Runs | 324.0 |
2 | Extra Base Hits | 4 |
2.0 | Runs Created | 5.8 |
.179 | Batting Average | .281 |
.000 | Pinch Hit Average | .000 |
.250 | Slugging Percentage | .531 |
.143 | Secondary Average | .375 |
.343 | On Base Percentage | .361 |
.593 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | .892 |
0.8 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 0.3 |
2.1 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 6.5 |
17.0 | Batter Rating | 43.0 |
0.0 | At Bats Per Home Run | 16.0 |
0.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 0.00 |
3.89 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 4.08 |
.071 | Isolated Power | .250 |
0.25 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 0.40 |
.057 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .111 |
-.036 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | .094 |
4.0 | Runs Produced | 12.0 |
1.0 | Runs Ratio | 1.0 |
0.4 | Patience Ratio | 0.6 |
0.3 | Balls In Play Average | 0.4 |
69.0 | MLB Rating | 89.8 |
0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
Game Information
Location: San Diego, California
Attendance: 42,745 | Capacity:
2024 National League East Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Philadelphia | 95 | 67 | .586 | - | W1 |
Atlanta | 89 | 73 | .549 | 6 | W1 |
New York | 89 | 73 | .549 | 6 | L1 |
Washington | 71 | 91 | .438 | 24 | L1 |
Miami | 62 | 100 | .383 | 33 | W4 |
2024 National League West Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Los Angeles | 98 | 64 | .605 | - | W5 |
San Diego | 93 | 69 | .574 | 5 | L1 |
Arizona | 89 | 73 | .549 | 9 | W1 |
San Francisco | 80 | 82 | .494 | 18 | L1 |
Colorado | 61 | 101 | .377 | 37 | L3 |