{"id":772165,"date":"2026-08-07T06:12:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T06:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/772165\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T06:12:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T06:12:25","slug":"carson-benge-continues-rookie-surge-in-mets-offensive-explosion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/772165\/","title":{"rendered":"Carson Benge continues rookie surge in Mets\u2019 offensive explosion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CLEVELAND \u2014 Carson Benge\u2019s bid for a home run in each game of this series fell a few feet short with his shot off the fence in left-center in Thursday\u2019s third inning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But it didn\u2019t change the fact the rookie outfielder is on a tear.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That RBI triple was part of a 3-for-6 day for Benge, who helped lead the 13-6 victory over the Guardians.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Benge\u2019s three-hit game was his ninth this season, leading the club. Benge homered in victories Tuesday and Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s doing a good job shooting the ball to all parts of the ballpark right now,\u201d interim manager Andy Green said. \u201cProfessional at-bats. It\u2019s like he\u2019s been around for a while now instead of just four months, so it\u2019s a good start to a career.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Benge\u2019s 112 hits are the third most by a rookie this season, trailing only Detroit\u2019s Kevin McGonigle (118) and Colorado\u2019s T.J. Rumfield (116).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.50146628;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"40230091\" width=\"886\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/crop-40229759_205aee.jpg\" alt=\"A baseball player in a blue Mets uniform swings a bat, hitting a baseball.\" class=\"wp-image-40230091\"  \/>New York Mets right fielder Carson Benge (3) triples off the left field wall to drive in a run during the third inning on Aug 6, 2026. Icon Sportswire via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSee ball, hit ball,\u201d Benge said. \u201cIt\u2019s about that simple.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A day after he was unavailable due to arm fatigue, Devin Williams was available to pitch, according to Green. But the closer wasn\u2019t needed with the Mets ahead by seven runs in the ninth inning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Mets received a second straight scoreless outing from Nate Lavender to begin the lefty reliever\u2019s major league career. Lavender pitched a scoreless sixth inning with two strikeouts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"40229783\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-2289375277.jpg\" alt=\"A baseball player in a blue Mets uniform with the number 34 and a blue cap holds his glove up.\" class=\"wp-image-40229783\"  \/>New York Mets relief pitcher Kodai Senga celebrates after pitching during the seventh inning against the Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Aug. 6, 2026. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Kodai Senga had a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/04\/sports\/mets-hit-three-homers-and-new-bullpen-passes-first-test-in-win-over-guardians-after-sell-off\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">second straight appearance in a one-inning high-leverage role<\/a> and fired a scoreless seventh with two strikeouts. Senga hit 100 mph with his fastball.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Luis Torrens homered for the second time in three days and finished the series with seven RBIs. It was the highest RBI total for a Mets player in a three-game series this season and most since Juan Soto had seven against the Tigers in September last year. All four of Torrens\u2019 homers this season have been go-ahead blasts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMEts merch shop\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tNew York Post receives revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and when you make a purchase.\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The nine homers the Mets hit were their second most in a three-game series this season. The Mets hit 10 homers against the Cubs over three games in June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CLEVELAND \u2014 Carson Benge\u2019s bid for a home run in each game of this series fell a few&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":772166,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2396],"tags":[5,5805,101,4,1690,61,2548,4203,185],"class_list":["post-772165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-mets","tag-baseball","tag-carson-benge","tag-mets","tag-mlb","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-mets","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkmets","tag-sports"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/117052751622022525","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=772165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/772166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=772165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=772165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=772165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}