SAN DIEGO \u2014 Austin Warren has become indispensable to the Mets bullpen based on his versatility and success, but Saturday night brought maybe his most glaring hiccup this season.<\/p>\n
Given a one-run lead to protect, the right-hander got two fast outs in the seventh inning. <\/p>\n
A squib deflected by Warren for an infield single followed before Freddy Fermin smashed a two-run homer that became the Mets\u2019 margin of defeat in a 3-2 loss to the Padres at Petco Park.<\/p>\n
The Mets, after two straight victories in which the lineup produced, reverted to a familiar refrain of offensive silence. <\/p>\n
The loss left the Mets needing a win on Sunday to reach .500 for the road trip.<\/p>\n
Warren\u2019s letdown was an anomaly for a bullpen that began the day with a 3.19 ERA that ranked third in the National League and fifth in MLB. <\/p>\n
Austin Warren throws a pitch for the Mets during their June 6 loss to the Padres. Imagn Images<\/p>\n
The right-hander had pitched to a 1.33 ERA, filling a variety of roles, from opener to long relief to higher leverage.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t do my job, plain and simple,\u201d Warren said. \u201cI needed to get my outs, and I didn\u2019t get my outs.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nolan McLean recovered from an elevated pitch count early to give the Mets six innings, allowing one earned run on three hits and three walks with five strikeouts. McLean snapped a string of three straight starts in which he failed to complete six innings and lowered his ERA to 3.98, departing after 101 pitches.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like I was trending in the right direction further down in the game than when I started so that is always a good sign,\u201d McLean said.<\/p>\n
Griffin Canning, who pitched last season for the Mets before undergoing June surgery for a ruptured Achilles, provided resistance against his former team. <\/p>\n
The right-hander surrendered one earned run on three hits and two walks over five innings.<\/p>\n
Brett Baty\u2019s RBI single in the second gave the Mets a 1-0 lead. <\/p>\n
Marcus Semien walked and A.J. Ewing singled to begin the rally before Baty delivered for his 25th\u00a0RBI of the season. <\/p>\n
It was a welcomed contribution from Baty following his 3-for-16 (.188) start \u00a0\u00a0to the road trip.<\/p>\n
Fernando Tatis Jr. stroked an RBI single in the third that tied it 1-1. <\/p>\n
McLean created trouble by walking Sung-Mun Song leading off the inning. <\/p>\n
After Song stole second Tatis grounded a shot that hit off second base and deflected past Marcus Semien for the run. <\/p>\n
McLean walked Ty France with two outs, but escaped by striking out Manny Machado. Even so, McLean ran his pitch count to <\/p>\n
Freddy Fermin reacts after hitting a home run during the Padres\u2019 June 6 win over the Mets. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n
62 pitches by the end of the inning.<\/p>\n
Semien singled in the fourth before he was thrown out attempting to steal second base.<\/p>\n
Ewing followed with a walk before Canning struck out Mark Vientos to end the inning.<\/p>\n
Song singled leading off the fifth and reached third following a sacrifice bunt and Tatis\u2019 infield single. <\/p>\n
With two outs, the Padres attempted a double steal \u2014 with Song breaking for the plate on a delay. <\/p>\n
Luis Torrens pump faked to second and held the ball, catching Song in a rundown, with McLean applying the tag for the out.<\/p>\n
Semien homered leading off the seventh to give the Mets a 2-1 lead. <\/p>\n
Marcus Semien reacts after hitting a home run during the Mets\u2019 June 6 loss to the Padres. AP Photo<\/p>\n
The blast was Semien\u2019s seventh this season. Semien began the day in an 0-for-14 drought, but reached base three times on this night.<\/p>\n
Warren got two outs in the seventh before Song\u2019s infield single. <\/p>\n
Fermin blasted a first-pitch sinker over the left-field fence.<\/p>\n
Carson Benge and Bichette each singled with one out in the eighth. <\/p>\n
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\u201cThat situation, obviously, the line drive you cannot get doubled off,\u201d manager Carlos Mendoza said. \u201cBut it was 101 [mph] off the bat and that\u2019s a tough one there. It\u2019s a tough read, especially when it\u2019s a hard line drive off the bat.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ewing walked with two outs in the ninth against fire-balling Mason Miller before Vientos struck out to end it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN DIEGO \u2014 Austin Warren has become indispensable to the Mets bullpen based on his versatility and success,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":258057,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[20,9,11,320,10,29911,319],"class_list":["post-258056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-mlb","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-mets","tag-new-york-news","tag-san-diego-padres","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}