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Carlos Mendoza calls Ronny Mauricio 'incredible' in Mets win over Giants
Following the Mets' 5-3 win over the Giants, Carlos Mendoza speaks about Ronny Mauricio's home run, the depth of the Mets, and Kodai Senga's start.
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Mets vs Padres (7/28/25)
A grand slam by Mark Vientos was negated by a five-run inning for the Padres in the bottom of the fifth and while the Mets tried to mount a comeback with Ronny Mauricio hitting a game-tying home run in the ninth, they lost in walk-off fashion to snap their seven-game win streak.
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3 days ago
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Mets' win streak snapped by Padres despite clutch home runs from Vientos, Mauricio
SAN DIEGO — Gregory Soto was in the pressure-cooker for the second straight night, but the Mets newly-acquired reliever could not escape this time around. After Ronny Mauricio jolted the Mets back to life with a game-tying solo home run off Padres closer Robert Suarez in the top of the ninth inning, the Padres wasted no time mounting a response for a second time on Monday evening. Soto gave up a pair of hits and committed an errant throw to second base on a sacrifice bunt by Jose Iglesias, opening the door for Elias Diaz to deliver a walk-off RBI single into right field and drop the Mets, 7-6, on Monday night at Petco Park. "Didn't make a play on a bunt and then with two outs, Diaz got him," Carlos Mendoza said. "But I thought he threw strikes. Life on the fastball. Yeah, they just got him there after we didn't make a play." It ended a topsy-turvy game, which saw the Mets lead by as many as four runs and fall behind in the very next half inning. Mendoza was forced to watch from the clubhouse for the final six and a half innings after being ejected in the top of the third inning. Mauricio's emotional home run was quickly erased in the next half inning, as well, as the Mets saw their seven-game win streak snapped as they fell to 62-45 on the season. "Both teams battled. You're talking about two playoff teams," Mark Vientos said. "I thought it was a great game. It was a pretty long game too. I think we were going back and forth, and they just came out on top today." Frankie Montas, Huascar Brazoban unravel in fifth Frankie Montas worked through trouble in the second and third innings with minimal damage, but could not avoid the big inning in the fifth. After stranding the bases loaded in the second and allowing one earned run on a hit by pitch, walk and RBI single to Xander Bogaerts in the third, Montas could not protect a 5-1 lead in the fifth. Fernando Tatis Jr. led off the frame with a double that careened off Brett Baty's leg at second base. Then, Luis Arraez tagged a two-run home run high off the right-field foul pole. Montas' night ended at 4⅓ innings after he gave up two more hits in the frame. "To be honest, I didn't think I was hitting my spots how I wanted to," Montas said. "They're a really good hitting team when you're falling behind in the count and force you to come into the zone. They're gonna put a good swing on the ball." Huascar Brazoban fizzled under the pressure and a major missed chance. He recorded one out but then was late to cover first base on a sliding play by Pete Alonso that scored a run for the home side. The Padres collected back-to-back RBI singles from Bryce Johnson and Diaz to take a 6-5 lead. "It felt like the game kind of got fast on him after that," Mendoza said. "He hesitated, didn't cover, gave them an extra out and when you're giving good teams extra outs, they're going to make you pay and that was the case today." In a miserable fifth inning for the Mets, the Padres collected five earned runs on seven hits and sent up 11 batters. An adversary behind the plate The frustration boiled to the surface for Juan Soto in the top of the third inning. After striking out in the opening inning against the Padres' Dylan Cease, Soto worked through an eight-pitch at-bat two frames later. Soto took offense to a called strike on a knuckle curve outside the zone and then was fired up further after he struck out looking at a pitch in a similar spot. Mendoza came to Soto's defense and was ejected from the game by home-plate umpire Emil Jimenez. It led to John Gibbons managing the remainder of the game for the Mets. "He had a rough night. There's no way to sugar-coat it there, especially when you're talking about a couple of at-bats there from Soto — some key at-bats," Mendoza said. "You're talking about one of the best hitters in game and you're taking the bat away from him. "I felt like that first at-bat (in the third), Nim struck out on three pitches that weren't close, so he just had a bad night." Soto nearly came unhinged after another strikeout looking on a pitch outside the zone in the top of the seventh inning as Gibbons usher the outfielder away once again. Mark Vientos' first career grand slam erased The Mets grabbed a stranglehold of the game in the top of the fifth inning but could not hold on. One inning after Mark Vientos was robbed of a potential two-run home run by Tatis at the right-field fence, the Mets designated hitter sent a pitch where it could not be retrieved. With two outs and the bases loaded, Vientos battled to a full count and then ripped an outside fastball into the crowd in right field for his first career home run. "Felt good at the plate," Vientos said. "Got two pitches to hit in the location I was looking for and put a good swing on it." Despite a rocky opening half of the season for Vientos, which saw him face a monthlong hamstring injury and struggle to a .223/.280/.361 slash line, he has began to find his form in the season half. Vientos finished Monday night's game 2-for-4 with a run and four RBI. He has now collected a hit in seven straight games, driving in seven runs. This article originally appeared on NY Mets: Mark Vientos grand slam, Ronny Mauricio ninth-inning HR not enough
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3 days ago
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Mets waste young stars' homer heroics in wild loss to Padres that snaps win streak
Access the Mets beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Mike Puma about the inside buzz on the Mets. Try it free SAN DIEGO — The Mets fought. With the Padres. With plate umpire Emil Jimenez, repeatedly. And right until their final swing. But a particularly wild night of California baseball ended with Mets pitching and fielding mishaps overshadowing their pugnacity in a 7-6 walk-off loss at a loud and sold-out Petco Park on Monday that ended their seven-game winning streak. Frankie Montas and Huascar Brazobán imploded to flush a four-run lead in the fifth inning. Ronny Mauricio launched a tying homer that forced the Padres to take their turn at bat in the ninth inning, which is when the most dramatic moments of a dramatic night unfolded. Against new Met Gregory Soto, Xander Bogaerts singled. A pinch-hitting Jose Iglesias — yep, that Jose Iglesias — laid down a bunt, which Soto fielded and threw to second base for the force out, but his wild throw pulled Lindor off the bag. 5 San Diego Padres first baseman Luis Arraez (4) celebrates with Fernando Tatis Jr. (23) after hititng a two-run home run during the fifth inning against the New York Mets at Petco Park. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect 5 San Diego Padres catcher Elias Diaz (17) celebrates after hitting a walk-off single during the ninth inning against the New York Mets at Petco Park. Denis Poroy-Imagn Images Soto retired two straight Padres batters before Elias Díaz drilled a single into left-center, driving in Iglesias for the game-winning run. The Mets (62-45) wasted a grand slam from Mark Vientos and a game-tying, ninth-inning home run from Mauricio. CHECK OUT THE LATEST MLB STANDINGS AND METS STATS Montas (4 ¹/₃ innings, five runs) could not survive the fifth inning, and the trouble he handed to Brazobán only escalated in the Padres' five-run frame. 5 Mets' Ronny Mauricio (10) celebrates with third base coach Mike Sarbaugh after hitting a home run during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres Monday, July 28, 2025. AP After Vientos drilled a go-ahead grand slam in the top of the fifth inning that could have been the game's deciding moment, Montas crumbled in the bottom of the inning. After a double from Fernando Tatis Jr., who was monstrous for the Padres, Luis Arraez sent a ball to the moon. When it came down, it bounced off the right field pole for a two-run homer. Manny Machado singled before Bogaerts hammered a double into the left field corner, which prompted Brazobán to enter. After inducing a foul out from Gavin Sheets for the second out, Jake Cronenworth hammered an infield single that a sliding Pete Alonso nabbed before Brazobán lost the footrace to first base to score another run and keep the inning alive. Bryce Johnson then grounded a well-placed, RBI single into right to tie the game. Díaz stroked a first-pitch single into left for the go-ahead run. 5 New York Mets third baseman Mark Vientos (27) is congratulated by Brandon Nimmo (9) and Jeff McNeil (1) after hitting a grand slam during the fifth inning against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park. Denis Poroy-Imagn Images After six starts, Montas has yet to reach six innings — a distance only David Peterson has been able to touch recently — and owns a 5.46 ERA. Brazobán is still enjoying a strong season, but the Mets bullpen has been overworked and in search of reinforcements. Rico Garcia and Ryne Stanek pieced together three scoreless innings, which provided the Mets offense an opportunity it could not capitalize on against the Padres bullpen. About as eventful a game as can be played in July included: 5 Frankie Montas works against a San Diego Padres batter during the first inning. AP A serious scare in the top of the third inning, when Francisco Lindor bounced a hard comebacker off the back of Dylan Cease's head. After a check-in with a trainer and several warmup pitches, the Padres starter remained in the game and faced … Juan Soto, who was furious over a 2-1 pitch that appeared outside the strike zone and was called a strike. After Soto was later punched out in the at-bat, he got into the face of Jimenez and had to be separated by Carlos Mendoza, who was tossed shortly thereafter, having to watch from afar as … Vientos smashed a towering fly ball toward right field in the fourth inning. The struggling infielder/DH did, indeed, hit the ball out of the field of play, but it never reached the seats. Right fielder Tatis waited at the track, timed his leap well and robbed the would-be two-run homer. He could not do so again one inning later, though, when … Vientos stepped up to the plate in a moment that reminded of Game 2 of the NLCS, in which the Dodgers intentionally walked Lindor to load the bases for Vientos, and the emerging star then smacked a grand slam. A season later, and Vientos has rarely looked like the same breakout slugger, but he did as he followed up an intentional walk to Jeff McNeil by demolishing a no-doubt grand slam into the right field seats — too deep even for Tatis to rob — and break open what had been a tie game. If Vientos were trying to show he should be staying with his current team, his current team's pitching staff then mounted an argument it should be prioritized at the deadline.
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Mets waste four-run lead, snap seven-game winning streak with 7-6 loss to Padres
The Mets snapped their seven-game winning streak, losing a back-and-forth battle to the San Diego Padres, 7-6. New York let up five runs in the fifth inning, blowing a 5-1 lead, and look lost until Ronny Mauricio homered with one out in the ninth inning to tie the game at 6-6. However, new Met Gregory Soto struggled in the bottom of the ninth, including a throwing error to extend the frame, and let up a walk-off single to Elias Díaz. The Mets (61-44) remain 1.5 games ahead of the Phillies for first place in the NL East after Philadelphia lost to the Chicago White Sox. Here are the takeaways... -- New York got on the board in the second inning thanks to some heads-up baserunning by Jeff McNeil. He walked and then went from first to third on Mark Vientos' single, keeping an eye on CF Jackson Merrill fielding the ball while continuing to run. Brett Baty then delivered with a sacrifice fly to left field, putting the Mets up 1-0. -- There was a scary moment in the top of the third inning as Francisco Lindor hit a hard ground ball that bounced and hit pitcher Dylan Cease in the back of the head. The ball ricocheted into foul territory around third base, allowing Lindor to advance to second. Cease stayed in the game and struck out Juan Soto after some questionable calls by home plate umpire Emil Jimenez. Soto then got visibly upset with the strike three call, but Carlos Mendoza came out to defend him and was soon ejected. -- Vientos nearly had a home run in the top of the fourth inning, but Fernando Tatis Jr. leaped at the wall and made the catch to rob the big hit. Tatis did drop the ball out of his glove after landing, but the call on the field remained. Vientos made the most of his redemption opportunity in fifth inning after Cease intentionally walked McNeil to get to him -- launching his first career grand slam over the head of Tatis into the right field stands to put the Mets up 5-1. -- Frankie Montas tossed a quick first inning with a inning-ending 6-4-3 double play, and avoided damage from a bases-loaded jam in the second by striking out Díaz. After a hit-by-pitch and walk in the third inning, Montas let up a RBI-single to Xander Bogaerts that tied the game up at 1-1. Montas then bounced back to retire the next four batters to get through the fourth inning. Montas let up a leadoff double to Tatis that was deflected by Baty and then a rare HR to Luis Arraez, making it a 5-3 game. Montas then gave up a single to Manny Machado and a double to Bogaerts, ending his night after 4.1 IP. He wound up allowing five earned runs on eight hits with three strikeouts and two walks. -- Despite a great play by Pete Alonso at first base with runners on second and third, Jake Cronenworth beat out Huascar Brazobán to the bag, allowing the run to score. Brazobán's two-out mistake to not cover the base in time caused a complete meltdown -- he let up a game-tying RBI-single to Bryce Johnson and go-ahead RBI-single to Díaz as the Mets all of a sudden trailed, 6-5. The nightmare continued with a wild pitch and walk to Tatis, loading the bases. Francisco Alvarez thankfully saved a bouncing ball from getting by and Brazobán got Arraez to fly out. -- Rico Garcia kept it a one-run game by tossing two scoreless innings of relief, allowing just one hit and one walk with four strikeouts. Ryne Stanek followed up with a scoreless eighth inning. -- After Vientos' grand slam in the fifth inning, Baty lined out to end the inning and the next 10 Mets were retired through the ninth before Mauricio's game-tying home run. Game MVP: Elias Díaz Díaz was a thorn in all of the Mets' pitchers' sides on Monday night, hitting the walk-off and going 2-for-5 with two RBI. Highlights What's next The Mets and Padres continue their three-game series on Tuesday at 9:40 p.m. on SNY. Sean Manaea (1-1, 2.19 ERA) makes his third start since returning from injury, while San Diego has yet to decide on a starting pitcher.
