SEATTLE — The ny Mets had the game in hand twice and still left empty-handed. Cole Young singled home the winning run in the 10th inning Monday night, lifting the Seattle Mariners to a 3-2 victory and ending New York's four-game winning streak.
The loss landed hard because the Mets did not need a big offensive night to win, just a cleaner one. They scored on a solo home run from Jared Young in the fifth and another from Marcus Semien in the sixth to move ahead 2-1, yet they managed only two hits all night and could not protect the lead once Seattle kept pushing back.
That is why the game turned into a study in small margins. Seattle answered with solo shots from Colt Emerson in the first and Josh Naylor in the seventh, then leaned on its pitching long enough to give the offense one more chance. Emerson Hancock started for the Mariners, while New York opened with Austin Warren before Sean Manaea took the bulk of the innings and allowed one run, one hit and one walk while striking out four.
Warren worked a scoreless inning before exiting after hitting Randy Arozarena with a pitch, and Manaea did his part after that. Even so, the Mets were forced into a game where every baserunner mattered. Luke Weaver threw a scoreless inning and a third without allowing a hit, Williams handled a perfect ninth, and A.J. Minter was charged with the game-winning single in the 10th when Young finished it.
The result fits the way the Mets had been playing, and not in a good way. They arrived on the West Coast after winning four straight to close out their homestand, but a night built on two solo home runs and too little else ended that run immediately. Now they head back into the same matchup Tuesday, with Jonah Tong likely to get the bulk of the innings against Logan Gilbert.
For New York, the frustrating part is plain: the pitching gave them a chance, the power gave them a brief lead, and the bats never supplied enough support to turn a one-run edge into a win. For Seattle, one clean swing from Young was enough.
