New York Mets at Toronto Blue Jays

· Major League Baseball

New York Mets

79-66, 39-32 Away

Final
2 - 6

Toronto Blue Jays

69-77, 35-36 Home

Bassitt fans 8 against former team, Schneider drives in 2 as Blue Jays beat Mets 6-2

The Mets lost for the second time in 12 games and fell into a tie with Atlanta for the final National League wild card. The Braves beat Washington 12-0 on Tuesday.

Ernie Clement scored three runs and Leo Jiménez reached base three times and drove in a run as the Blue Jays won for the second time in eight September games.

Bassitt (10-13) allowed one run and five hits in six innings. He’s 2-0 in two career starts against the Mets, his team in 2022.

“As crazy as it is, I hope they make the playoffs,” Bassitt said. “I know I didn’t do a good job for them tonight but I have a lot of friends there. I have a lot of people over there that I respect a lot. I hope I get to watch them come playoff time."

“Baseball is a weird thing where I’ve got to do a job and be professional but at the same time I’m rooting for a lot of those guys over there,” Bassitt added.

Bassitt won for the first time since Aug. 6 against Baltimore. He’d gone five starts without a victory.

“He was hitting his spots today, had a good game plan, and he was executing it,” Mets outfielder Brandon Nimmo said.

Bassitt has won 10 or more decisions in each of the past four seasons, joining José Berríos, Corbin Burnes, Kevin Gausman, Framber Valdez, Logan Webb and Zack Wheeler as the only big league pitchers to do so.

Bassitt hit Mets slugger Pete Alonso with a 70 mph sweeper in the third inning.

“You don’t want to get Pete mad,” Bassitt said. “I’m happy I hit him with probably my slowest pitch.”

Left-hander Brendon Little got one out in the seventh and righty Zach Pop got the final two, striking out Pete Alonso to end the frame and strand a runner at third base.

“We just couldn’t get the big hit,” Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said. “We came up short there in that inning.”

Left-hander Génesis Cabrera worked a 1-2-3 eighth and righty Chad Green finished for Toronto.

Mets left-hander David Peterson (9-2) was charged with five runs, four earned, and a season-high tying eight hits in 4 1/3 innings. Peterson lost for the first time since July 28 against Atlanta.

“I let that third get away from me and didn’t stop the bleeding fast enough,” Peterson said.

Peterson allowed more than two runs for the first time in 10 road starts this season.

“He just didn’t have it, especially the fastball, the command,” Mendoza said.

Nimmo’s RBI single gave the Mets a 1-0 lead in a three-hit first but Toronto tied it in the second before adding four more in the third.

Alejandro Kirk hit an RBI double, Schneider’s triple brought home two and Joey Loperfido capped the inning with an RBI single.

The Mets got just three more hits over the final eight innings.

New York’s Jose Iglesias scored on a passed ball in the seventh but Spencer Horwitz answered in the bottom half with an RBI double.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Mets: RHP Paul Blackburn will not be available to face Philadelphia this weekend, Mendoza said. Blackburn was scratched from Monday’s scheduled start because of a sore lower back.

Blue Jays: SS Bo Bichette (right calf) went 1 for 3 with a single in his first rehab game with Triple-A Buffalo, exiting after his at bat in the top of the fifth. Bichette has been out since July 19.

RHP Bowden Francis (8-4, 3.72 ERA) is scheduled to start for the Blue Jays in Wednesday’s series finale. LHP Sean Manaea (11-5, 3.43) goes for the Mets.

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Matchup Prediction

Blue Jays: 44.2%

Mets: 55.8%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Lindor struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Iglesias grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	F. Alvarez lined out to third.
	9th Inning	Green relieved Cabrera
	8th Inning	Guerrero Jr. grounded into double play, second to first, Springer out at second.
	8th Inning	Varsho struck out swinging.

Statistics

NYM		TOR
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
2	Hit By Pitch	1
9	Ground Balls	8
11	Strikeouts	5
1	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	12
0	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	6
0	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	34
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	23
0	Triples	2
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	3
13	Fly Balls	21
0	Caught Stealing	0
156	Pitches	139
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
7	Total Bases	19
37	Plate Appearances	39
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	5
1.9	Runs Created	7.3
.182	Batting Average	.353
.500	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.212	Slugging Percentage	.559
.091	Secondary Average	.324
.270	On Base Percentage	.436
.482	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.995
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
1.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	8.3
14.0	Batter Rating	47.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.22	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.56
.030	Isolated Power	.206
0.18	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.80
.054	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.103
-.091	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.029
3.0	Runs Produced	12.0
0.5	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
66.5	MLB Rating	96.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0