{"id":62820,"date":"2025-08-06T14:50:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T14:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/62820\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T14:50:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T14:50:09","slug":"guardians-3-2-mets-aug-5-2025-game-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/62820\/","title":{"rendered":"Guardians 3-2 Mets (Aug 5, 2025) Game Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK — \u2014 Steven Kwan<\/a> singled home the tiebreaking run with two outs in the seventh inning, and the Cleveland Guardians<\/a> beat the slumping New York Mets<\/a> 3-2 on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

Kyle Manzardo<\/a> and Gabriel Arias<\/a> each had an RBI single off starter Clay Holmes<\/a> in the fourth as the Guardians erased an early 2-0 deficit. They won for the sixth time in seven games and improved to 18-7 since snapping a 10-game losing streak on July 7.<\/p>\n

Pete Alonso<\/a> had a sacrifice fly in the first for the Mets, who have dropped seven of eight since a seven-game winning streak. They fell 2 1\/2 games behind first-place Philadelphia in the NL East.<\/p>\n

Alonso remained at 251 career homers, one shy of Darryl Strawberry’s franchise record.<\/p>\n

Mark Vientos<\/a> doubled leading off the second and scored on Tyrone Taylor<\/a>‘s single, but New York’s offense went silent after that against starter Logan Allen<\/a> and four relievers.<\/p>\n

Matt Festa<\/a> (3-2) struck out two in a perfect sixth, and Cade Smith<\/a> worked a 1-2-3 ninth for his fourth save.<\/p>\n

Cleveland broke a 2-all tie by stringing together three consecutive soft singles off Tyler Rogers<\/a> (4-4) with two outs in the seventh.<\/p>\n

Guardians right fielder Daniel Schneemann<\/a> was removed in the eighth, one inning after getting hit by a pitch on the right hand and forearm. X-rays were negative, manager Stephen Vogt<\/a> said. <\/p>\n

Key moment <\/p>\n

With a 2-0 lead, New York had Allen on the ropes following a throwing error by first baseman C.J. Kayfus that loaded the bases in the second. But second baseman Brayan Rocchio<\/a> and shortstop Arias turned a slick double play to end the inning on Francisco Lindor<\/a>‘s hot shot up the middle. <\/p>\n

Key stats <\/p>\n

Cleveland pitchers retired their final 14 batters. Jeff McNeil<\/a>‘s leadoff single in the fourth was the last of New York’s four hits. … Cleveland has won five in a row against the Mets dating to last year.<\/p>\n

Up nex <\/p>\n

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RHP Gavin Williams<\/a> (6-4, 3.33 ERA) starts against Mets LHP David Peterson<\/a> (7-4, 2.83 ERA) as Cleveland goes for a three-game sweep in a Wednesday matinee.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

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