Mets Struggles Return With A Vengeance As They Lose To Angels, 4-3 In Ten Innings

Mets Struggles Return With A Vengeance As They Lose To Angels, 4-3 In Ten Innings

The New York Mets got a brief respite from losing on in the first game of their three-game set against the Los Angeles Angles, but it didn’t last long as the Mets dropped a 4-3 decision to the Angels in ten innings that tied the series at a game apiece.

Nolan McLean put the Mets behind early by giving up a painful run that shouldn't have happened. The Angels rallied with two outs on a pair of singles by Jorge Soler and Nolan Schanuel and a third single by Jo Adell plated Schanuel as Soler got thrown out at third. Replays clearly showed that Soler was out before Schanuel scored, but the Mets failed to challenge and the run stood.

"He missed it,” manager Carlos Mendoza said of Harrison Friedland, the Mets’ replay coordinator as the manager promptly threw Friedland under the bus, in a piece written by Anthony DiComo of MLB.com. “We called, obviously, and he missed it. Harrison is one of the best at his job, and it obviously ends up being a big play when you lose by one run.”

The Mets got the run back on an RBI infield hit in the third by Bo Bichette, but McLean gave it up in the fourth on a two-run RBI single Vaughn Grissom to make it 3-1 Angels. McLean’s final line was three runs in four innings despite striking out six, and he was behind in counts all night long and admitted that he didn't execute pitches well.

New York finally came from behind to tie the game in the seventh off Angels starter . A double by started the rally, and followed with a single. New acquisition drove in the first run on a sacrifice fly, and a single by brought home Semien for the second.