{"id":773038,"date":"2026-08-08T06:10:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/773038\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:10:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:10:44","slug":"mets-match-season-high-win-streak-of-4-with-win-over-pittsburgh-pirates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/773038\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets match season-high win streak of 4 with win over Pittsburgh Pirates"},"content":{"rendered":"

PITTSBURGH \u2014 Don\u2019t look now, but the Mets are suddenly surging<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A 6-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night at PNC Park matched their season-high win streak with four in a row. It\u2019s not much, but it\u2019s better baseball than the team has played all season.<\/p>\n

The Mets jumped all over Pirates right-hander Carmen Mlodzinski early in the game, going up 1-0 in the first, 5-0 in the third, and 6-0 in the fourth. They knocked out Mlodzinski after the third inning, scoring four times after a rain delay, then continued to put pressure on the bullpen.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think anytime you win four in a row, there is definitely a good vibe,\u201d said second baseman Marcus Semien. \u201cThe way we\u2019re winning, offense is a good sign. You think about just kind of the grind the offense has been on in the first half, and the way we\u2019re winning games now. It\u2019s definitely going to bring some good vibes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Semien hit his 14th homer of the season in the third, his second in as many games. A.J. Ewing went 3-for-4 with a double and two runs scored, and Carson Benge went 2-for-2 with two RBI before leaving the game with a sore left wrist.<\/p>\n

X-rays were negative. The Mets will do more tests Saturday to determine if he can play the rest of the series. It was \u201cstiff\u201d following the game.<\/p>\n

Playing left field instead of his usual right, Benge chased after a deep fly ball in the third inning that tailed toward the wall. He slid into it hard, coming up holding his wrist, but also managed to make the catch. The rookie outfielder stayed in the game, but was later removed for Christian Pache.<\/p>\n

Left-hander Zach Thornton tossed five shutout innings over Pittsburgh. The rain delay limited him, since he had to use some of his bullets during the delay to stay warm, but Thornton would have liked to go longer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe rain put him in a bad spot,\u201d said interim manager Andy Green. \u201cWe were really close to him not going back out, just as long as the delay was. He actually threw a little bit underneath in the cage here just to keep his arm going. Given that, we really shortened his outing. The way he was pitching, that\u2019s the type of outing you see 7-8 innings from. We would have loved to be able to do that, but with the rain, it just wasn\u2019t right for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thornton gave up only four hits, walked two and struck out three, keeping the ball on the ground.<\/p>\n

It was a solid bounce-back outing for the rookie. His last time out, he struggled against the Miami Marlins, getting pulled in the fifth inning.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew I needed to get back in zone early, early on with most every pitch,\u201d Thornton said. \u201cI thought I did a good job of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

He handed the ball over to right-hander Dedniel Nu\u00f1ez in the sixth. The Mets\u2019 bullpen isn\u2019t what it was a week ago, but Nu\u00f1ez, left-hander Jefry Yan, and right-hander Daniel Duarte limited the damage to keep the Mets ahead.<\/p>\n

Nu\u00f1ez left the game after giving up back-to-back singles in the bottom of the seventh. With the Mets up 6-0, Yan gave up an RBI single to Jared Triolo, putting the Pirates on the board. No. 9 hitter Rafael Flores Jr. walked to turn over the lineup and load the bases with no outs. Former Mets prospect Jake Mangum hit a fly ball to right field for the first out, deep enough to score the lead runner.<\/p>\n

Yan got Nathaniel Lowe to pop up to third base for the second out. With Bryan Reynolds at the plate trying to extend the inning, Yan threw a slider in the dirt that bounced past catcher Luis Torrens. Triolo came from third, but Torrens dove for it and Yan sprinted in from the mound, sliding over home plate right as he caught the ball.<\/p>\n

It was the exact right time. Triolo was out, and the call was confirmed after a review.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wasn\u2019t surprised by the emotion that came after,\u201d Green said. \u201cI was thrilled to see him tackle the baserunner and get a tag down.\u201d<\/p>\n

Luke Weaver made his Pirates debut against the team that traded him Monday at the deadline.<\/a> He gave up a single to Ewing with two outs and walked Francisco Lindor, but managed to stop a rally before it started, retiring\u00a0Bo Bichette.<\/p>\n

Mets closer Devin Williams, who experienced arm fatigue earlier this week in Cleveland, had a shaky ninth, giving up two runs. The defense bailed him out, with Brett Baty throwing out Jacob Gonzalez at the wall on his RBI single to right field. Williams finished the game, but not before giving up another walk and another RBI single.<\/p>\n

According to Fangraphs, the Mets have only a .01% chance of making the playoffs. If they go 37-9 the rest of the way, they could make the postseason. It\u2019s unlikely, but the Mets still seem to be trending in a positive direction, even if that direction isn\u2019t the postseason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 Don\u2019t look now, but the Mets are suddenly surging. A 6-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":773039,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2402],"tags":[5,5805,386,101,4,10,776,64,4297],"class_list":["post-773038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh-pirates","tag-baseball","tag-carson-benge","tag-marcus-semien","tag-mets","tag-mlb","tag-pirates","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-pirates","tag-pittsburghpirates"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/117058405918852579","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773038","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=773038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/773039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=773038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=773038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=773038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}