Ryan Shcimpf hit two of the Padres' four homers off Logan Verrett, who allowed five runs in the first inning as the Mets dropped their fourth straight game, 8-6, on Friday night at Citi Field.
In case you missed it…
- Verrett was torched for eight runs - all on four homers - while allowing six hits and three walks in 2 2/3 innings. Over his last two starts, he has surrendered 14 runs and 13 hits in 6 1/3 innings.
- New York rallied back with six unanswered runs, three in the sixth on Matt Reynolds' RBI double, Ty Kelly's RBI single and an RBI groundout by Wilmer Flores.