Mets Week in Review: Two Series Wins Makes For A Brilliant Homestead

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New York Mets Weekly Snapshot

Record Last Week: 5-1

Runs Scored Last Week: 27

Runs Surrendered Last Week: 22

Standings:

5th in NL East (15-25)

8.0 GB of 1st Place

Transactions:

5/10 New York Mets sent 1B Eric Wagaman outright to Syracuse Mets.
5/10 New York Mets optioned RHP Joey Gerber to Syracuse Mets.
5/12 New York Mets designated 2B Andy Ibáñez for assignment.
5/12 New York Mets selected the contract of LF A.J. Ewing from Syracuse Mets.
5/13 New York Mets placed C Francisco Alvarez on the 10-day injured list. Right meniscus tear.
5/13 New York Mets recalled C Hayden Senger from Syracuse Mets.
5/15 New York Mets sent 1B Jared Young on a rehab assignment to St. Lucie Mets.
5/15 New York Mets sent 2B Andy Ibáñez outright to Syracuse Mets.
5/16 New York Mets placed RHP Clay Holmes on the 15-day injured list. Right fibula fracture.
5/16 New York Mets recalled RHP Joey Gerber from Syracuse Mets.

Scores:

Game 40: NYM 10, DET 2

Game 41: NYM 3, DET 2 (10)

Game 42: NYM 9, DET 4

Game 43: NYM 2, NYY 5

Game 44: NYM 6, NYY 3

Game 45: NYM 7, NYY 6 (10)

Series Breakdown/Highlights

Tigers Series: The flood of youth gave the Mets some new life. AJ Ewing made his MLB debut on Tuesday against the Detroit Tigers, collecting his first MLB hit and RBI – a triple – and getting on base four times in five at-bats. This game saw every Met in the starting lineup besides Austin Slater reach base as the offense scored 10 runs. Freddy Peralta turned in six solid innings against a struggling Tigers lineup on their way to a nice 10-2 win.

On Wednesday, Christian Scott turned in another solid outing for the Mets, surrendering two first-inning runs, both a result of a dropped pop-up from Carson Benge. Benge would pay him back later as the Mets were able to get two runs off Framber Valdez and keep the game tied going to extras, where the rookie outfielder hit a walk-off, RBI single, scoring Ewing to win the game, and series, for the Mets.

In the series finale with Nolan McLean on the bump, the Mets fell behind 3-0 early. It was far from McLean’s best start of the season, but he kept the Mets in the game, enough for his offense to get to Keider Montero. McLean went seven innings, earning the win as homers from AJ Ewing, Juan Soto, and Marcus Semien lifted the Mets to their first series sweep of 2026.

Yankees Series: Game one of the 2026 subway series was no easy task. The Mets were going against the AL Cy Young leader Cam Schlittler, with former Yankee Clay Holmes on the other side. Holmes struggled, giving up four runs in 4.2 innings of work. The worst part about Holmes’ outing was that he was hit on the leg with a line drive off the bat of Spencer Jones, which fractured his fibula, and landed him on the IL. The only blemish on the line of Schlittler was a Juan Soto solo home run in the seventh inning. The Mets did not go quietly in the ninth, a theme in this series, making it 5-2 Yankees, and that would be your final.

In game two, the Mets pitched a bullpen game, and it worked. Huascar Brazobán, David Peterson, Brooks Raley, Luke Weaver, and Devin Williams held the Yankees offense to just three runs. Weaver was the most impressive, entering the game with the bases loaded and no outs and escaping without a run scoring. The floodgate of Mets runs opened when Carlos Rodon spiked a pitch in the dirt for a wild pitch in the third inning, then attempted to make a throw that got away and allowed another run to score. The Mets took the middle game 6-3.

In the series finale, the Mets got very little going against Yankees rookie Elmer Rodriguez in his 4.1 innings of work. Freddy Peralta was only able to go five-plus innings, leaving runners on first and second, no outs for Sean Manea. The Yankees would score four runs in the frame, helped out by a dropped pop-up by Bo Bichette that would have ended the inning. The Yankees handed their closer, David Bednar, a three-run lead. Two singles opened the bottom of the ninth, and the Mets had hope. They were 0-90 in these situations dating back to the 2024 ALWCS. After Bednar got Soto to ground out and Vientos to strike out, Tyrone Taylor took a first pitch curveball off Bednar into the left field seats and tied the game. The Yankees did not score in the top of the 10th and an RBI infield single by Carson Benge walked-off the crosstown set.