Mets 6 White Sox 4 Post Game Notes - 5/27/2025

 

Here are the Post Game Notes for today's 6-4 Mets win.

Francisco Lindor#  SS 2 for 5; 1 RBI; 2 Ks; 1 double; Brandon Nimmo*  LF 1 for 5; 1 run; Juan Soto  RF 0 for 4; 1 K; Pete Alonso  1B 1 for 4; 1 run; 2 RBIs; 1 HR; Brett Baty*  2B-3B 2 for 4; 2 runs; 1 K; Jared Young  DH 2 for 3; 1 run; 2 RBIs; 1 HR; 1 double; Starling Marte  PH-DH 0 for 1; 1 K; Mark Vientos  3B 1 for 3; 1 K; Tyrone Taylor  CF 0 for 1; Jeff McNeil*  CF-2B 2 for 3; 1 RBI; Luisangel Acuña  PR-2B 0 for 0; 1 run; Francisco Alvarez  C 1 for 2; 1 walk; Tylor Megill  (W, 4-4) 5.2 innings; 2 runs; 2 ERs; 4 hits; 1 HR; 4 walks; 6 Ks; José Buttó  (H, 2) 1 inning; 2 runs; 2 ERs; 3 hits; José Castillo  (H, 1) 0.2 inning; no runs; 1 hit; 1 K; Reed Garrett  (S, 2) 1.2 innings; no runs; 1 walk; 3 Ks; 

Mets: 

• Defeated the White Sox, 6-4, in the second game of their three-game set...Are on a four-game winning streak and have won five of their last six contests...Marked their 11th series win and have an 8-1 record in series at home...Are 10-1 in their last 11 games against the White Sox dating back to 2019...Have recorded their 14th comeback win of the season and their fourth in as many games...Their 21-6 record at home is tied with the 2021 team for the best home start to a season in franchise history ...Their .778 home winning percentage is also the best in the majors...Improve to a season-high-tying 13 games over .500 (also: 28-15 through 5/13) and their 34-21 record is the sixth-best in franchise history through as many games (trailing the 1972, ‘86, ‘88, ‘07 and ‘22 Mets).
• Mets hitters recorded six hits (five consecutive) and reached base seven times in the first inning...It marked their most in the first inning since October 4, 2022 vs. Washington (also: 6 hits)...Pete Alonso and Jared Young both homered in the inning, marking the fourth time this season (and third time in May) multiple players have hit home runs in the same frame...Is the second time this season they have scored at least four runs in the first inning (also: April 27 at Washington, 5 runs).
• With six runs tonight, the Amazins’ snapped a streak of 13 straight games scoring five or fewer runs, it was their longest such streak since July 23 - August 8, 2021 (18 games).

Pete Alonso: 

• Hit a game-tying two-run homer in the bottom of the first...Has hit two home runs over his last three games after previously not hitting a longball in a career-high 65 at-bats...His 60 Interleague home runs are the most in franchise history, are the third most among active players and are tied with Paul Konerko for the sixth most in Major League history...He trails only Aaron Judge (72), Albert Pujols (70), Kyle Schwarber (64), Jim Thome (64) and Miguel Cabrera (61).

Jared Young: 

• Recorded multiple extra-base hits for the first time in his career...He recorded his first hit as a member of the Mets, a go-ahead two-run homer in the first inning...Was his first home run since September 22, 2023 at Colorado with Chicago-NL...Also hit a double in the third.

Brandon Nimmo: 

• Scored his 532nd career run in the first inning on Pete Alonso’s home run, tying Mike Piazza for the 10th-most runs scored in franchise history.

Tylor Megill: 

• Recorded his fourth win of the season after tossing 5.2 innings...Gave up both of his earned runs in the first inning after allowing a two-run homer to Miguel Vargas...With 100 pitches tonight, was the second game this season he has reached the triple-digit mark (also: career-high 105 pitches on April 27 at Washington)...Five of his six strikeouts came over his last 2.2 innings...Has recorded at least six strikeouts in six of his last seven starts (since April 21), posting a 13.63 K/9.0 IP ratio in those games.
• Has posted a 2.16 ERA (6 ER/25.0 IP) in five starts at Citi Field this season.
• Since the start of last season, the right-hander has allowed just two home runs to a total of 241 American League batters, posting a 0.32 HR/9.0IP ratio in Interleague games.

Reed Garrett: 

• Recorded his second save of the season after tossing the final five outs of the game...Extended his scoreless inning streak to 7.0 innings...Through a Mets pitcher's first 24 games of a season, his 0.76 ERA is the fourth lowest behind only Doug Sisk (0.53 ERA in 1984) and Francisco Rodríguez (0.73 ERA in 2009 and 0.74 ERA in 2011).

Francisco Lindor: 

• Recorded his 10th double of the season in the sixth inning...Joins Pete Crow-Armstong as the only players this season to record at least 10 doubles, 10 home runs and 10 stolen bases...Is just the third Met (fourth time) to reach 10-10-10 through the team’s first 55 games of the season, joining Darryl Strawberry (1987, ‘88) and Howard Johnson (1991)...Is the fifth shortstop (sixth time) to record as many doubles, home runs and stolen bases through their team’s first 55 games in Major League history, joining Alex Rodriguez (1998), Fernando Tatis Jr. (2020), Trevor Story (2020) and Trea Turner (2020, ‘21).

Brett Baty: 

• Has recorded multiple hits in four of his last six games (since May 21)...Since being recalled from Syracuse on May 5, has hit .327 (16-49) with eight runs, one doubles, five home runs, 13 RBI, two walks, one stolen base and a 1.006 OPS in 14 games as a starter.

Jeff McNeil: 

• Hit a sac fly to right field in the third inning, extending the Mets’ lead to 5-2...Was his first multi-hit game since April 28 at Washington. 

José Castillo: 

• Stranded an inherited runner in the seventh inning...Has stranded each of his four runners with the Mets and six on the season.

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