{"id":312110,"date":"2026-08-02T22:02:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T22:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/312110\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T22:02:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T22:02:13","slug":"robert-stocks-strong-outing-not-enough-as-mets-lose-again-to-marlins-after-freddy-peralta-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/312110\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Stock’s strong outing not enough as Mets lose again to Marlins after Freddy Peralta trade"},"content":{"rendered":"

Freddy Peralta said goodbye to the Mets<\/a> on Sunday, sent to Tampa Bay.<\/p>\n

Clay Holmes was pitching with Class-A Brooklyn instead of in Queens, as the Mets chose not to end his rehab assignment, even after the right-hander said he was \u201cmore than ready\u201d to be in the majors after recovering from a fractured right fibula.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why Robert Stock started for this disastrous Mets team on the day before the trade deadline, as the team prepares for the final two months of what\u2019s been among the worst seasons in franchise history.<\/p>\n

It won\u2019t be pretty, with more dominoes expected to fall before Monday\u2019s 6 p.m. deadline.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, they lost a third straight game to the Marlins, this one 2-0, as the offense has been limited to 11 runs in the past six games.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As interim manager Andy Green said of interim starter Stock, who started just three games in his brief MLB career before Sunday, \u201cIt came down to who was available today and had the right amount of pitches [to throw]. He\u2019s aware of that. He\u2019s smart.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is what the Mets have resorted to and even though the 36-year-old Stock pitched well, allowing just one run in five innings, they were unable to avoid a loss that got them back to a season-high 19 games under .500.<\/p>\n

Mets starting pitcher Robert Stock (89) pitches in the first inning when the New York Mets played the Miami Marlins Sunday, August 2, 2026 at Citi Field in Queens, NY. Robert Sabo for NY Post<\/p>\n

Stock gave up just a one-out homer to Joe Mack in the fifth.<\/p>\n

The Mets then turned to a trio of other likely trade targets, Brooks Raley, Luke Weaver and Huascar Brazoban, rather than avoiding them as the deadline closed in.<\/p>\n

But Devin Williams, who isn\u2019t going anywhere, gave up a run in the ninth to give Miami some insurance as the Marlins try to stay in the NL wild-card race.<\/p>\n

Devin Williams reacts on the mound in the 9th inning at Citi Field in the Queens, New York, USA, Sunday, August 02, 2026. Mack singles on a ground ball to New York Mets first baseman Jared Young. JASON SZENES FOR THE NEW YORK POST<\/p>\n

By the time the Mets play again, in Cleveland on Tuesday to start a nine-game road trip, they will undoubtedly look different, but any hope of a second-half turnaround has long since disappeared.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got a game to play, a game to win,\u2019\u2019 Green said prior to the game. \u201cThe focus is today\u2026 There\u2019s added emotion for different guys. Our job is to cut out the noise [and] go play baseball. We have not swung the bats well enough the last couple days. We\u2019ve got to put some runs on the board.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then they went out and got shut down by Miami right-hander Sandy Alc\u00e1ntara, who tossed six-plus scoreless innings.<\/p>\n

Luis Robert Jr. opened the bottom of the seventh with a single \u2014 just the Mets\u2019 third hit of the day \u2014 and Jared Young followed with a double that sent Robert to third to end Alc\u00e1ntara\u2019s afternoon.<\/p>\n

Francisco Lindor hits a double in the eighth inning at Citi Field in Queens, New York, USA, Sunday, August 02, 2026. Mack singles on a ground ball to New York Mets first baseman Jared Young. JASON SZENES FOR THE NEW YORK POST<\/p>\n

Michael Petersen entered and walked Marcus Semien to load the bases with no outs, but Jorge Polanco and Francisco Alvarez struck out and A.J. Ewing grounded to second to waste the scoring chance.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Francisco Lindor led off the next inning with a double, but was stranded at third and Ewing left a pair on in the ninth, as the Mets went 0-for-10 with runners in scoring position.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Freddy Peralta said goodbye to the Mets on Sunday, sent to Tampa Bay. Clay Holmes was pitching with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312111,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[19988,37495,20,9,11,320,10,319],"class_list":["post-312110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-devin-williams","tag-miami-marlins","tag-mlb","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-mets","tag-new-york-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312110","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=312110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}