The Mets completed a four-game sweep of the Pirates with a win at Citi Field this afternoon. Jacob deGrom struck out thirteen, and Mets pitchers struck out a franchise record twenty batters in total in the victory.
It was the Mets who scored first, as Jeff McNeil singled in a run in the bottom of the first. McNeil drew a bases loaded walk to drive in the team’s second run of the game in the second, and Pete Alonso brought in the third with a fielder’s choice ground out later in that inning.
Despite having several opportunities with the bases loaded, that was all the Mets did on the scoring front through the first five innings of the game.