Mets vs. D-backs Game Highlights (8/29/24) | MLB Highlights

One of the best pitchers in the game right now, pitching match up a pair of college teammates for a year back in Oregon, powerful matchup here today, Ryan's going for his 10th win, Peterson. He's already 81. It would be a really cool game for both these guys that can match up against each other for the first time in the big leagues. And both of them again are throwing incredibly good right now and the Diamondbacks today have a chance to get to 20 games over 500 they will hand the baseball to Ryan Nelson. He's been their best starting pitcher throughout the summer unbeaten over the last two months. If ryan follows the formula that's been working so well for him. Lately, you're going to see a lot of high four seam fastball, mid to upper nineties. Compliment that with a cutter inside on the lefties away from the righties. He has been tremendous Francisco digs in switch hitter batting left, looking at a fastball strike out number one for Nelson , another fastball just as well located outside edge herrera gives of the target Marte since he's been back from that knee injury. Remember that series in Chicago is where that thing kind of came to a head. That was the end of June. This is game eight back from injury so far, he's looked really good and Marte Swings hits a comebacker right back to Nelson who gloves and an underhand flip the bell at the bag in time for out number two, no score at the top of the 1st 1st pitch to brandon Nimmo first pitch lined to center mccarthy's got a good start for ryan Nelson planning to give Peterson an extra day of rest and start him tomorrow night in Chicago. But the injury to Paul Blackburn who would have been scheduled to pitch today, moved up Peterson's start. So he's pitching on less than four days rest because it's a day game today back in the leadoff position, chopped to third. Iglesias goes back to get it first on a couple of hops, gets to Alonso in time and be retired. One down here is Randall and the first offering from Peterson swung on. There's a ground ball base hit through the six hole. This is a guy who does not give up a lot of home runs and he's pitching against the team that seems to be hitting a ton of them. They're really at a disadvantage. Gel throws the bat at it. Here comes Mart-n and he runs it down for the second out. We've seen do that quite a bit lately. Greig at first, here's josh Bell three for seven in this series and a pick off try and Peterson almost got him 13 of them in his career. He came close to another one. Mets are challenging the call and saying that he didn't get his hand back in the safe call at first base. Here is the pick off again. Peterson so good at this. The result of the challenge I think he might have gotten, he might have got him after reviewing the call on the field is over. The runner is out. New York will retain their Peterson picks up his second of the year 14th of his career. And that's how the bottom of the first end of the second inning at chase field. Mason Diamondbacks scoreless Pete Alonso leads off for New York against Diamondbacks starter Ryan Nelson, fly ball deep center field mccarthy back to the warning track at the wall and it's out of here. Alonso puts the Mets in front, a booming shot to center field his 29th of the year and it's 1 to 0 New York his third home run in six career at bats against ryan Nelson. And with that passes Mike Piazza on the Mets all time home run list his 221st. He now trails only David wright and Darryl Strawberry Bell holds it first with the leadoff base hit on base ahead of Jake mccarthy left on left here for jake double play ball for mccarthy got to hurry against his speed to first. Not in time. Very close play at first base, jake mccarthy can flat out fly and the Mets are going to challenge the call it a so the Mets have already won a challenge at first base. Malachi Moore having himself a rough first couple of innings to review the call on the field is overturned. The runner is out. New York will retain their. That was a quick one and Suarez doesn't chase works a two out walk and here comes Corbin as a good slider by Peterson to strike him out. Helps the Mets out here. No runs ahead. A walk with just one left mcneil just serves one the other way that will be a leadoff single and for the Mets, their third hit against the diamond back right hander. Here is the former padre catcher luis Tons bouncing into a potential double play shovel to for New and they turn two second double play turned behind Ryan Nelson today and Newman got it started and there's two away as the order flips for francisco Lindor swing and a Miss Nelson strikes out Lindor and the inning is over despite giving up the base hit, you get the double play. Nelson faces the minimum in the third and we go to the bottom of the inning and Formo draws another walk and that will extend the inning for Randall Gri Gri with a base hit his first time up and Randall gets it in the air pretty deep, right center. This balls carrying and it's clanged off the wall and over the wall for a home run. Redick's the other way and it's two on Diamondbacks. He got a two seamer but it was up in the zone and instead of trying to pull the ball, he went with the pitch and he got a little backspin on it and that's all it took with the power that Grichuk has and he drives it out of here and the Mets with a one out single 102 miles an hour off the bat. And now here is Alonso Nimmo at first, Nelson has been great at control in the running game but Nimmo takes off early and steals the base standing up. He took a chance. That is only the second stolen base attempt against ryan Nelson this year swing and a Miss fastball. Top quarter Nelson. What a way to get some revenge Then to strike him out next time up, strike three called, got him looking back to back strikeouts. He's got four has struck out twice against Ryan Nelson in the leadoff spot. He leads off the New York sixth , stay in the at bat and make Nelson work as he starts his third time through the order pitch number 10 coming to Lindor and he bounces one foul. He will do it one more time field and that will tie up the game Francisco Lindor got to change up that time and hit it out of the yard to tie it up. It's 2 to 2 number 28 for Lindor. What a battle right there. Terrific at bat 11 pitch at bat and Lido wins the battle. The Mets second home run of the day to get even in the sixth extends his on base streak to 27 games. The longest for a in five years. The leadoff man aboard for Iglesias slowly to third charged by Geno and they're able to get a one Martinez moves into second. And with that, here comes to Lallo. So pitching change going to be made. Nelson has pitched very well here this afternoon, but it will be up to that diamondback bullpen to see it out. Mcneil rolls over. Bell's got it nice high Martinez into third swing and Miss struck him out and the inning is over. Now, here is Corbin Carroll with the go ahead run at first. Let's see if Carroll can make an adjustment here. He has struck out twice, swung on weak chopper to the right of the mound. Tough play mcneil tries to flip it to second. It gets away from Leo Suarez goes to third and the E four by mcneil puts the go ahead run 90 ft away. The speed and the threat of speed. That's a single and an E four on mcneil ground ball to third chance for two Iglesias told mcneil and on the first double play. Peterson gets the double play. He needs to get out of the inning and overcome the error one down for Winker. Jesse lights one on the left center field for a base hit that heads toward the gap. It rolls to the wall Wicker to second base. He's in there with a one out double Jesse Wicker with a well struck opposite field double to put the go ahead run at second with one out. So Taylor, a huge runner at second takes his lead. Martinez versus Martinez and Martinez flies one deep to right Carroll though. Has it lined up and he has it for the out tagging at second and on to third goes Taylor and it's up to jose Iglesias two outs runner at third try to drive in the go ahead run that's lined up the middle and can't get it base hit and the Mets take the lead, Jose Iglesias Bs one up the middle of the drive in the go ahead one and the Mets lead 32 in the night. The Mets and your carlos Mendoza , you are going to win or lose with Diaz down the stretch here. Diaz is now blown six saves this year. It's a completely different season than 2022 when he was the most dominant closer in the game and the Mets need him for this last month to be great and a foul tip for strike three all fastballs from Diaz other than one slider that was fouled off and he strikes out Gourriel for the first out, struck him out 99 away as Arizona down to its final out in the ninth inning, popped it up on the infield Lido calling for it and the ball game is over a tremendous bounce back performance by Edwin Diaz. He gets the side in order in the ninth with a couple of strikeouts. Jose Iglesias with the game winning hit and the Mets had the Diamondbacks their first home series loss since June as they take two out of three from Arizona and win today 3 to 2.