Game Chat: Pirates vs Mets, 7:10 PM

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 • 7:10 PM
Citi Field • Flushing, NY
LHP Bailey Falter (2-3, 4.36) vs. RHP Clay Holmes (5-1, 2.74)
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The Mets go for the series sweep tonight against the Pirates! It’s been a close series so far, with the Mets winning the first game 4-3 and the second game 2-1. The key to victory Tuesday night was getting out of jams. The Pirates had runners on the bases all night but ultimately went 0-for-13 with runners in scoring position, leaving 12 runners out there. The Mets pitchers were able to get big strikeouts and were even able to overcome a weird scenario with a ball going through a gap in Mark Vientos‘ glove.

In addition to the Pirates, the Mets are also battling the weather tonight. It’s either been raining all day, or there has been a chance of rain, and that continues throughout the night.

Mets Lineup

1. Francisco Lindor – SS
2. Mark Vientos – 3B
3. Pete Alonso – 1B
4. Brandon Nimmo – LF
5. Starling Marte – DH
6. Luis Torrens – C
7. Tyrone Taylor – CF
8. Luisangel Acuña – 2B
9. José Azocar – RF

Clay Holmes has pitched 42 2/3 innings (eight starts) with a 2.74 ERA, 2.61 FIP, 1.242 WHIP and a 142 ERA+. He bounced back in his last start, allowing one run over six innings on three hits and three walks. Over his last five starts (28 innings), he has a 1.93 ERA and 2.71 FIP. He’s also completed six innings in back-to-back starts, and three times in his last four starts. The Pirates have the following career numbers against him:

• Oneil Cruz 0-2, K
• Adam Frazier 0-3
• Ke’Bryan Hayes 0-1
• Isiah Kiner-Falefa 1-4, 2B, K
• Andrew McCutchen 1-2, HR, 2 BB
• Tommy Pham 2-7, BB, 3 K
• Bryan Reynolds 0-1

Opposing Lineup

Series finale in New York.

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Bailey Falter has a 4.36 ERA, 4.44 FIP, 1.131 WHIP and a 98 ERA+ over 43 1/3 innings (eight starts) this season. He has been a much better pitcher in the month of May, allowing only one run over 13 innings from four hits and four walks while striking out nine batters. Falter made two starts against the Mets in 2024. He was effective in his first start holding to the Mets to two runs over five innings. In his second start, the Mets scored three runs from five hits and two walks over two innings. The Mets have the following career stats against Falter:

• Pete Alonso 1-9, HR, BB, 2 K
• Francisco Alvarez 2-4
• Brett Baty 0-2
• Francisco Lindor 3-9, 4 BB, K
• Starling Marte 2-8, HR, 2 K
• Jeff McNeil 1-8, 2 K
• Brandon Nimmo 5-12, HR, BB, 4 K
• Juan Soto 3-9
• Tyrone Taylor 3-7, 2B, K
• Luis Torrens 1-3
• Mark Vientos 0-3, K

Game Notes

Steve Cohen recently received more good news about his casino plans.

Juan Soto will play in the 2026 WBC, assuming he’s 100% healthy.

The Mets are the first team in major league history to have five of their starters post a sub-3.15 ERA and 40+ strikeouts through their first eight starts of a season (Canning, Holmes, Megill, Peterson, Senga). via @BetweenTheNums.

Three Things To Watch For

1. The Brett Baty Homestand. Over the first five games of the Mets’ current homestand, Brett Baty has gone 6-for-13 at the plate with four home runs and only two strikeouts. He has seven RBIs. Five of those RBIs were the only runs the Mets scored in their 6-5 loss against the Cubs on Saturday. Tuesday night, his late go-ahead home run was the difference and the reason why the Mets didn’t have to play the bottom of the ninth or extra innings. His hits have also come in bunches, in the three games he has hits, they’ve come in pairs. Before this homestand, Baty only had two multi-hit games this season.
2. He’s walking here! Almost every day! Juan Soto added two more walks to his stat sheet Tuesday night, getting to 802 for his career. He also now has a chance to break the Mets single-season record this season. He has 33 walks in 2025, which is good for third in the league. Extrapolated out to a whole season, it would be 124 walks. John Olerud set the Mets record with 125 walks in 1999. The least amount of walks Soto has had in his last four seasons was 129.
3. The Mets are still a double-hitting machine. The Mets didn’t have a ton of offense on Tuesday night, but one of their five hits was a Brandon Nimmo double. As a team, the Mets have 77 doubles, good for fifth in the league. The 2024 Mets were sixth in the league with 279 doubles. The Mets’ offense is humming when they keep the line moving, and if they keep hitting doubles, eventually, the hitting with RISP woes will start to evaporate.

Let’s go Mets!

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