New York Mets at Kansas City Royals

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New York Mets

50-56, 24-33 Away

Final
6 - 7

Kansas City Royals

33-75, 19-36 Home

Royals win 4th straight, rally past retooling Mets 7-6 on 10th-inning balk

Hours after the retooling Mets Justin Verlander and two other players to cap a stunning deadline selloff, they blew a 6-4 lead provided by rookie Francisco Álvarez's two-run homer in the top of the 10th.

Bobby Witt Jr. hit an RBI double in the bottom half and MJ Melendez tied it with a run-scoring single off Brooks Raley (0-2).

“The whole last inning, really good at-bats,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. “Bobby, MJ, and then taking walks. Raley’s tough. We’ve seen a lot of him and he can really get you to expand the zone. Our guys didn’t do that.”

“Bobby getting us started right there is huge,” Melendez said. “Getting that tying run on second base takes a lot of pressure off the guys to come. We had some really good at-bats and some walks after that.”

Following a two-out throwing error by rookie third baseman Brett Baty, Melendez scored when Walker balked with the bases loaded to give last-place Kansas City (33-75) its sixth walk-off victory.

“I didn’t have a PitchCom in my ear,” Walker explained. “Álvy didn’t have communication. Basically I was trying to relay that to him. When I went to step off, my foot was kind of in the footprint of where guys had been throwing and my knee buckled a little bit before I stepped off.”

Walker was recalled from the minors earlier in the day.

“Pitching-wise, we gave them some things they didn’t earn,” Mets manager Buck Showalter said. “But they earned some stolen bases.”

Kansas City stole three bases in the seventh and scored twice to grab a 3-1 lead. Pinch-runner Dairon Blanco stole third and scored on Álvarez’s throwing error before Maikel Garcia added an RBI single off Trevor Gott.

“We’ve got dudes on the whole team that can move the game on the basepaths,” said Samad Taylor, who stole two bases and scored twice. “Any way we can do something on the basepaths, it’s a plus. This game tonight came down to baserunning and doing the right things on the basepaths.”

“He’s got sneaky pop,” Quatraro said. “He steals bags, plays good defense. We’re excited to have him.”

Carlos Hernández (1-6) worked one inning for the win.

Pete Alonso hit his 31st homer for the Mets and added an RBI single in a three-run eighth that gave them a 4-3 lead.

“You know you can’t make mistakes to him,” Royals starter Zack Greinke said. “It was a fastball right down the middle. It’s still an impressive hit.”

Freddy Fermin’s sacrifice fly off Adam Ottavino in the bottom half tied it.

TRANSACTIONS

After making a flurry of trades over the past few days, the Mets called up Walker, RHP John Curtiss, OF Rafael Ortega and C Michael Pérez from Triple-A Syracuse.

Kansas City activated 1B Matt Beaty from the seven-day injured list and recalled LHP Angel Zerpa and RHPs Jackson Kowar and James McArthur from Triple-A Omaha.

Mets rookie RHP Kodai Senga (7-5, 3.17 ERA) faces Royals RHP Alec Marsh (0-5, 7.04) on Wednesday night.

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Matchup Prediction

Royals: 36.5%

Mets: 63.5%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	10th Inning	Melendez scored on a balk, Waters to second on a balk, Blanco to third on a balk.
	10th Inning	Walker relieved Hartwig
	10th Inning	Waters walked, Blanco to second, Melendez to third.
	10th Inning	Waters hit for Hernández
	10th Inning	Blanco safe at first on throwing error by third baseman Baty, Melendez to second.
	10th Inning	Fermin struck out swinging.

Statistics

NYM		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
13	Ground Balls	13
7	Strikeouts	5
6	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
8	Hits	9
0	Stolen Bases	5
4	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	7
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
1	Sacrifice Flies	2
36	At Bats	35
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
8	Runners Left On Base	18
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
17	Fly Balls	20
0	Caught Stealing	0
170	Pitches	154
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
15	Total Bases	11
42	Plate Appearances	43
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	2
5.1	Runs Created	5.1
.222	Batting Average	.257
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.417	Slugging Percentage	.314
.306	Secondary Average	.343
.310	On Base Percentage	.333
.726	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.648
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
4.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.6
40.0	Batter Rating	42.0
18.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.05	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.58
.194	Isolated Power	.057
0.57	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.00
.095	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.116
.083	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.086
12.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.7
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
86.8	MLB Rating	86.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0