Mets bounce-back on West Coast, take series from Angels
ANAHEIM, Calif. — A series win against one of the only teams that have a worse record than the New York Mets might not seem like much of a victory, especially since they didn’t look particularly good in any of the three games they played this weekend at Angel Stadium. If the Mets learned anything this weekend, it’s that digging themselves out of this absolute crater they’ve managed to get themselves into is going to take a Herculean effort.
Mark Vientos hit a pair of home runs in a 5-1 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday afternoon, driving in four runs to help with that effort. “Last night was a tough one, but I’m glad that we were able to turn the page and come back here with a quick turnaround and get the job done,” said manager Carlos Mendoza. “That’s what it’s going to take for us to get to where we want to be, winning series one series at a time.
” The first homer from Vientos came off Jack Kochanowicz in the third inning, a go-ahead two-run blast into the rock fountain to pull the Mets ahead 2-1. Right-hander Clay Holmes helped the Mets protect the lead with another start, going 6 2/3 innings, and he was rewarded in the next inning by three more runs to preserve his win. Left-hander Tayler Saucedo hit Brett Baty with a pitch to start the top of the eighth.
After one out and a pitching change, Vientos hit his second, teeing off on a sweeper from Nick Sandlin, sending it over the left-field fence. “I think the work behind the scenes is, for sure, showing these past two days,” Vientos said. “I’ve been seeing the ball great all season.
I think I’ve just been missing stuff, and I didn’t miss these two pitches today. ” The Halo hitters were aggressive against Holmes from the start. Leadoff hitter Zach Neto drew an 11-pitch walk in the first inning, and Mike Trout then walked to put two on with none out.
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