The game turned in the fourth inning and never turned back. Carson Benge's two-run homer put the Mets ahead for good, and New York made it stand up through a tense final inning for a 4-2 win over the Padres at Citi Field.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| NYM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 4 |
Benge went 2-for-4 with a run scored, two RBIs and the go-ahead homer, his 15th of the season. He is hitting .272 with 15 home runs and 51 RBIs on the year. The homer came off Padres starter Michael King and erased what had been a scoreless tie through three innings.
Benge's shot to left field in the fourth scored Bo Bichette and put the Mets on top 2-0, a lead they held the rest of the way. San Diego answered in the fifth when Fernando Tatis Jr. doubled to center, driving in Xander Bogaerts to make it 2-1. But New York tacked on insurance in the eighth: A.J. Ewing scored on a fielder's choice by Bichette that was aided by a throwing error from shortstop Sung-Mun Song, and Jared Young followed with a single that brought home Bichette for a 4-1 cushion. San Diego got a run back in the ninth on a Gavin Sheets single that scored Luis Rengifo, but it wasn't enough.
King took the loss for San Diego despite a strong outing, working 6.2 innings and allowing 2 runs on 4 hits with 2 walks and 4 strikeouts. Mets starter Robert Stock lasted 4.1 innings, allowing 1 run on 2 hits with 3 walks and 6 strikeouts, and the New York bullpen combined for 4.2 innings of relief, allowing 1 run. Kodai Senga worked the ninth for the save, giving up a run on 2 hits.
The win snapped a losing skid for New York, which improved to 58-70 with the victory after a 1-game winning streak. San Diego fell to 68-60 with the loss, dropping its second straight. Bogaerts, who doubled and scored in the fifth, sits at 997 career runs, 3 shy of 1,000, and is also 4 doubles away from 400 for his career.