The Mets were crushed by the Padres for the second straight night, this time falling 13-2 at the hands of a five-run fourth inning against Chris Bassitt, a four-run fifth inning against Stephen Nogosek, and a strong outing from Sean Manaea.
The Mets’ lineup was lacking Pete Alonso and Starling Marte and it showed. They were almost completely shut down by Sean Manaea, managing just one hit off Manaea through his first six innings of work—a drag bunt single by Jeff McNeil in the second inning. The Mets finally did scratch a couple of runs off Manaea in the seventh inning, but the damage had already been done at that point.