Overview
- Robert Stock threw 5 1/3 scoreless innings for his first major-league win since 2019 in New York’s 3-2 victory on Monday night.
- Mark Vientos returned from the injured list and led off the seventh with a solo homer, his 12th of the season after a multi-homer rehab stint at Triple-A.
- Christopher Morel made a leaping catch with the bases loaded to end a fifth-inning threat and later threw out a runner trying to stretch a single, preserving the lead.
- Tampa Bay cut the lead to 3-2 with two eighth-inning RBI singles but the Mets’ bullpen escaped the jam and Kodai Senga worked a scoreless ninth for his fifth save.
- The win gives the Mets a morale lift during a difficult stretch and strengthens Stock’s short-term case to stay in the rotation as the series continues.