The Mets fell to the Cleveland Guardians by a score of 4-1 on Wednesday afternoon, and have now lost eight of their last nine games.
Here are the takeaways…
— The story of the day was Guardians starter Gavin Williams, who carried a no-hitter into the ninth inning.
After not recording a hit over the final four innings of Tuesday's loss, the Mets were left searching for answers against Williams, as the right-hander had his fastball sitting in the high-90s and induced plenty of weak contact. While he only struck out six hitters, he kept his pitch count relatively low, though he was up to 111 pitches through eight innings.
In the ninth, Williams struck out Francisco Lindor swinging to start things off, but Juan Soto ended the no-no, homering to center field on Williams' 117th pitch of the game. Williams issued a walk later in the inning, and his afternoon ended after 8.2 innings and 126 pitches. Hunter Gaddis came in and recorded the final out, and Williams' final line read 8.2 innings, one run, one hit, six strikeouts, and four walks.
— It seems like in every potential no-hitter situation, there's always one or two stellar defensive plays that keep it going. Lindor, the first batter of the game, lined one right back to Williams which knocked his glove off his hand, but Williams recovered to get the out at first. Then, in the bottom of the seventh, Mark Vientos flared a ball to shallow right field and C.J. Kayfus laid out to make the grab, keeping the no-no alive for the time being.
— David Peterson has been the only Mets starting pitcher to give them any length of late, and while he pitched deep into the game once again, he didn't receive any run support and was tagged for a couple of home runs. The lefty allowed a solo home run to David Fry in the top of the second, and fell victim to the long ball again in the third, when Angel Martinez lined a two-run shot to left.
Gabriel Arias later lined a two-out, RBI triple to right-center to extend the Guardians' lead to 4-0 in the sixth. That was the final frame for Peterson, who went 6.0 innings, allowing four earned runs on five hits while striking out seven and walking two.
— While it was a game to forget for the offense overall, Brandon Nimmo reached base three times on three walks.
Game MVP
Williams, who came within two outs of recording the first no-hitter in the majors this season.
Highlights
Gavin Williams is through 8 no-hit innings against the Mets pic.twitter.com/IaHcUbk4Qj
— SNY (@SNYtv) August 6, 2025
Juan Soto breaks up Gavin Williams' no-hit bid with a 9th inning home run pic.twitter.com/LhM253BPjt
— SNY (@SNYtv) August 6, 2025
Upcoming schedule
The Mets are off on Thursday before beginning a three-game series in Milwaukee against the red-hot Brewers on Friday at 8:10 p.m. on SNY.
Kodai Senga is scheduled to face Brandon Woodruff.
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