this Pittsburgh PiratesKe’Bryan Hayes is a veteran third baseman and a Gold Glove runner-up.His offense has been catching up lately as the visiting New York Mets discovering
Even though every Pittsburgh starter goes 14-7 Mets On Friday, Hayes stood out.He went 5 for 5, tied a career high in single-game hits, had 4 RBIs and 3 runs
Hayes is on an eight-game winning streak with two homers, three doubles and 11 RBIs. In that span, his batting average has improved from .216 to .266.
“Coming out of the Series A and coming up on the rest day (Thursday), we just want to get aggressive and swing,” Hayes told AT&T Sportsnet.
Hayes, 26, said he’s been “just putting himself in a better position to hit the ball and then being aggressive and trusting my athleticism. At the end of the day, more confidence.”
this pirate Ended a two-game losing streak, both in blowout fashion to the Oakland Athletics, the worst team in baseball
this Mets Erasing the memory of the most recent game wasn’t so lucky.Friday’s loss — they trailed 14-2 going into the ninth inning — extended their losing streak to a season-worst seven games
New York was just swept by the Warriors, and Mets Manager Buck Showalter was asked if his team had a hangover effect
“Looks like it,” Showalter said. “Shooting badly, which usually creates a lot. And made (two) mistakes. That’s it.”
Taste of the game MetsLosing streak everywhere, they trail 51-31 in eight games
Both teams received depressing injury news on Friday.
Mets Slugger Pete Alonso, who was on the 10-day disabled list with a bone bruise and sprain in his left wrist, was hit by the field on Wednesday.He is expected to miss three to four weeks, if not longer
Pittsburgh was even worse. Starter Vince Velasquez was on the injured list with season-ending elbow surgery in an attempt to return before playing in the IL again.
New York right-hander Kodai Senga (5-3, 3.75 ERA) is expected to face Pittsburgh right-hander Johan Oviedo (3-4, 4.29) on Saturday.
Senga never faced pirateMight be nice to get into a different schedule
His last absence came against Toronto on Sunday, when Senga took a four-day break from pitching for the first time. He gave up 4 runs and 4 hits, 5 walks and 3 strikeouts in 2 2/3 innings. He didn’t get a decision.
Senga, who pitches weekly in Japan, said through an interpreter that his body feels good, but “a lot of the time their lineups take a lot of my product that isn’t fast.”
Oviedo appeared to be winning on his last out, giving up three runs in seven innings against Oakland on Monday, two self-sufficient, but he was in the Athletics’ 5-4 win in the tug-of-war No decision has been made.
against this Mets, Oviedo ate some lumps.In three career starts, he is 0-2 with a 10.24 ERA and covers just 9 2/3 innings
–Field-level media