Pittsburgh Pirates at New York Mets

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Pittsburgh Pirates

14-29, 5-16 Away

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New York Mets

28-15, 17-4 Home

Baty hits tiebreaking homer in 7th inning to send Mets past punchless Pirates 2-1

This Pirates double literally goes through Mark Vientos' glove

Brandon Nimmo had an early RBI double off hard-luck loser Mitch Keller for the NL East-leading Mets (28-15), who have won five of six to move a season-best 13 games over .500.

A throwing error by shortstop Francisco Lindor helped the Pirates put runners at second and third with one out in the ninth. But closer Edwin Díaz threw a called third strike past slumping Bryan Reynolds before cleanup batter Joey Bart grounded out in a drizzle to end it.

Pittsburgh advanced a runner to third with less than two outs every inning from the second through the fourth and came up empty each time against starter Kodai Senga, who struck out seven in 5 2/3 innings.

No. 9 batter Henry Davis drew a bases-loaded walk from reliever Reed Garrett in the sixth, tying it 1-all. But then Adam Frazier grounded out for the Pirates, who finished 0 for 13 with runners in scoring position and stranded 12 overall.

Max Kranick (3-1) pitched a perfect seventh against his former team, Ryne Stanek stranded a runner in the eighth and Díaz got three outs for his ninth save.

Keller (1-5) allowed just two runs and five hits in seven innings, but lost his fifth consecutive decision. He struck out eight and walked one.

The last-place Pirates failed to score more than four runs for the 19th straight game, a franchise record since at least 1901.

Pittsburgh center fielder Oneil Cruz sat out for the third consecutive game since leaving Saturday’s 11-inning loss to Atlanta with lower back tightness.

Key moment With two outs in the seventh, Baty lined a 1-1 changeup from Keller the other way and off the railing just above the left-field fence at Citi Field. It was his fifth home run this season and fourth in his last four games with a plate appearance. The infielder was recalled from Triple-A Syracuse on May 5.

Key stat The Mets are 17-4 at home and have won 11 of the last 12 against Pittsburgh at Citi Field.

Up next Mets RHP Clay Holmes (5-1, 2.74 ERA) faces his original big league team Wednesday night in the series finale, though rain is in the forecast. The converted reliever has won three straight starts. LHP Bailey Falter (2-3, 4.36) goes for Pittsburgh.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Bart grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Reynolds struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Kiner-Falefa stole second.
	9th Inning	Kiner-Falefa safe at first on throwing error by shortstop Lindor, Frazier safe at third on error.
	9th Inning	Frazier stole second.
	9th Inning	Frazier walked.

Statistics

PIT		NYM
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	9
11	Strikeouts	8
1	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	5
3	Stolen Bases	1
5	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	29
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
24	Runners Left On Base	10
1	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	1
15	Fly Balls	12
0	Caught Stealing	0
163	Pitches	112
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
11	Total Bases	9
40	Plate Appearances	31
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	2
4.2	Runs Created	2.1
.200	Batting Average	.172
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.314	Slugging Percentage	.310
.343	Secondary Average	.241
.300	On Base Percentage	.226
.614	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.536
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
4.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.4
20.5	Batter Rating	19.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	29.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.08	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.61
.114	Isolated Power	.138
0.45	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.25
.125	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.065
.143	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.069
2.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
71.3	MLB Rating	69.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0