Anticipating so as to add Francisco Alvarez and Jeff McNeil within the coming days, the Mets encountered one more damage scare.
Mark Vientos left Saturday’s sport at Citi Discipline in opposition to the Cardinals with groin discomfort, the Mets introduced, and was changed by Brett Baty at third base for the fifth inning.
It was instantly unclear when the damage occurred.
Vientos had grounded out and popped out within the sport.
Within the fourth inning, Brendan Donovan despatched a bullet that Vientos leapt for and caught, needing each little bit of his 6 toes and three inches of peak.
The Mets would by no means wish to lose Vientos, however particularly not when the third baseman is heating up.
After a gradual begin to his season, Vientos had homered in consecutive video games and spiked his OPS from .463 to .580 getting into play.
Baty — who himself has been swinging higher — entered and instantly made an affect.
With Thomas Saggese on third base and one out within the fifth, Yohel Pozo grounded to Baty, who fielded and threw a strike to Luis Torrens, who utilized a tag to Saggese at dwelling.
