{"id":577140,"date":"2026-04-11T03:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T03:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/577140\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T03:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T03:02:10","slug":"jeff-mcneil-gets-2-hits-in-return-to-citi-field-leading-athletics-over-mets-4-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/577140\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff McNeil gets 2 hits in return to Citi Field, leading Athletics over Mets 4-0"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK — – Jeff McNeil<\/a> had two hits in his return to Citi Field, including a run-scoring single in a three-run ninth inning that helped the Athletics beat the New York Mets<\/a> 4-0 on Friday night.<\/p>\n

Mets starter Clay Holmes<\/a> left after 5 1\/3 innings with left hamstring tightness. New York has three runs and 20 hits during a three-game losing streak.<\/p>\n

McNeil, traded to the A’s in December after spending his first eight big league seasons with the Mets, received a warm ovation before his first at-bat and tipped the bill of his helmet twice. The 2022 NL batting champion doubled in the fourth and at second base robbed Carson Benge<\/a> of a hit to end the fifth.<\/p>\n

Shea Langeliers<\/a> had an RBI single in the third off Holmes (2-1) and Denzel Clarke<\/a> hit a two-run single in the ninth for the Athletics, who have pitched 25 straight scoreless innings against the Mets and Yankees dating to Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

Jack Perkins<\/a> (1-0), the third of five pitchers, allowed three hits over 2 1\/3 innings in relief of J.T. Ginn<\/a>, who gave up one hit over four innings in his first start this season.<\/p>\n

With runners at the corners with no outs in the sixth, A’s first baseman Nick Kurtz<\/a> fielded Jared Young’s grounder and threw to third to nab Francisco Lindor<\/a>, who broke back to the bag after taking off for home. Perkins then got Luis Robert Jr<\/a>. to hit into a double play.<\/p>\n

Holmes (2-1) allowed five hits.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Athletics LHP Jacob Lopez<\/a> (0-1, 6.48 ERA) faces Mets RHP Kodai Senga<\/a> (0-1, 3.09 ERA) on Saturday.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

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