The Mets pushed their winning streak to four games with a 6-4 win over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night at Citi Field.
Here are some takeaways…
– The White Sox jumped out to an early lead on a Miguel Vargas two-run homer in the first, but the Mets responded right back in the bottom half of the inning. With two outs, New York put together six straight hits, including two-run homers of their own from Pete Alonso and Jared Young to make it a 4-2 ballgame.
It was Alonso’s 11th homer of the season and Young’s first MLB hit since October 1, 2023, with the Cubs.
– Prior to the hit parade, there was even more craziness, as the Mets appeared to run themselves out of an inning when Juan Soto was called out after Brandon Nimmo passed him on the bases on a hit that was trapped by a diving Michael A. Taylor in the right-center gap.
Soto scorched the ball, but based on the scorer’s ruling, he did not receive credit for a hit.
– Young followed up his homer with a hard-hit double in the bottom of the third. Carlos Mendoza said earlier in the day that the 29-year-old had been putting together some good at-bats; they were just looking for him to start doing damage — he certainly responded well.
– After being handed the lead, Tylor Megill put together a scoreless inning, working around a double. He was helped out by his defense in the third, as Soto made a nice play to keep Chase Meidroth to a single, and Chicago’s leadoff man was gunned down a few pitches later on a strike ’em out, throw ’em out double play.
Megill put together his first clean inning with a 1-2-3 fourth, and then worked around a one-out walk in the fifth. He struck out a pair to get to two outs in the sixth, but a single and back-to-back walks loaded the bases and brought his night to an end.
José Butto entered and escaped the jam for the second straight game thanks to a Jeff McNeil running grab in center — closing Megill’s line with just the two runs allowed on four hits while walking four and striking out six across 5.2 innings of work.
– Butto found himself in a jam of his own an inning later, and this time he wasn’t able to escape. After the White Sox strung together back-to-back two-out hits, a wild pitch forced in a run and then Vargas crushed an RBI double off the left-field fence — a mere inches away from a game-tying homer.
José Castillo was called upon, and he quickly put the go-ahead run on base with a hit-by-pitch, but just like he did in the series opener on Monday, he responded to punch out youngster Edgar Quero on three pitches.
– Castillo came back out for the seventh and allowed the leadoff man to reach on an infield single before turning things over to Reed Garrett, who punched out back-to-back batters, including pinch-hitter Luis Robert Jr., to end the inning. He then breezed through the ninth for his second save of the season.
– The Mets’ offense was held in check after their early success — managing just two baserunners after the third, but they were able to break through in the eighth. Three two-out hits from Jeff McNeil, Francisco Alvarez, and Francisco Lindor brought in a big insurance run — that trio all reached base twice on the night.
– Brett Baty was bumped up to the five spot in the order because Mendoza likes how he’s been swinging the bat of late. The youngster responded by getting two more hits and two runs scored — he’s now hitting just under .300 since returning from Syracuse.
– The Mets have now won four games in a row and are an incredible 21-6 at home this season.
Game MVP: Jared Young
Many were questioning why Young received his third straight start at DH, and he silenced them quickly.
Highlights
Juan Soto was called out after Brandon Nimmo passed him on the base paths on a hit that was trapped by Michael A. Taylor pic.twitter.com/SUgy5DuEbU
— SNY (@SNYtv) May 27, 2025
Pete Alonso ties it up with a 2-run blast! pic.twitter.com/HeGoBWR7HA
— SNY (@SNYtv) May 27, 2025
JARED YOUNG’S FIRST METS HIT IS A 2-RUN HOMER! pic.twitter.com/16Rg9JpkdI
— SNY (@SNYtv) May 27, 2025
Strike ’em out, throw ’em out! pic.twitter.com/gB3YTMdHyw
— New York Mets (@Mets) May 27, 2025
Jeff McNeil makes the catch on the run and the Mets escape the bases loaded jam in the 6th pic.twitter.com/YSNQyu9d4K
— SNY (@SNYtv) May 28, 2025
Reed Garrett gets him swinging! 😤 pic.twitter.com/AL3WICWzM1
— New York Mets (@Mets) May 28, 2025
What’s next
First pitch for Wednesday’s series finale has been bumped up due to weather.
Griffin Canning will now take the ball looking for the three-game series sweep against Rule 5 pick Shane Smith at 1:10 p.m. on SNY.
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