Mets rally past White Sox 2-1 on late sac flies

NEW YORK (AP)– Tyrone Taylor hit a leadoff double in the ninth inning and scored on Francisco Lindor’s sacrifice fly as the New York Mets installed a late comeback to edge the Chicago White Sox 2-1 on Monday in the opener of a three-game series.New York managed

simply two baserunners through the first 6 innings versus Adrian Houser and left the bases loaded in the seventh before Juan Soto provided a tying sacrifice fly in the eighth.Advertisement Steven Wilson (1-1)gave up Taylor’s double to begin the ninth. Jeff McNeil was deliberately strolled and Luis Torrens singled to pack the bases before Taylor trotted home on Lindor’s fly to deep right field.Edwin Díaz( 2-0 )tossed a hitless inning for the win as the Mets won their 3rd straight game considering that dropping 6 of eight.Mets starter Clay Holmes gave up one run and 4 hits while tossing a career-high 102 pitches over 5 2/3 innings.Andrew Benintendi had a sacrifice fly in the fourth for the

White Sox, who fell to 17-37. Chicago ended up 41-121 last season– the most losses by a big league team given that the 1899 Cleveland Spiders went 20-134. Ad Houser quit three hits and walked one while striking out six in six-plus shutout innings versus his previous group. He went 1-5 with a 5.84 period for the Mets last season before being launched on July 31. The right-hander allowed two hits over six innings in a 1-0 win versus Seattle in his White Sox launching last Tuesday– his very first big league appearance since his Mets finale on July 24.

Houser is the very first White Sox pitcher to throw a minimum of six scoreless innings while allowing 3 hits or less in successive starts given that Michael Kopech in May 2023. Key minute Lindor’s walk-off RBI was his third of the season.Advertisement Key stat Chicago went 0 for 11 with runners in scoring position.Up next White Sox RHP Shane Smith(1-3, 2.26 ERA )deals with Mets RHP Tylor Megill(3-4, 3.56)on Tuesday night. ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb