Mets Rally 5-4 Despite Jays Chasing Senga Early

 On David Wright day on the real Citi Field, we line up the Mets two all-stars in their line-up (in red) against the two all-stars on the AL East surprising 1st place Blue Jays. The Mets will try to keep the streak going of our first five interleague series being split 1-1. The Mets lost in Toronto but now have the pitching edge at home with two of the top 10 Cy Young candidates - ace Kodai Senga starting and the all-star closer and All-Star game winner Edwin Diaz available because he did not pitch the first game.

The first 3 innings were a shocker with Senga falling behind 4-0 and the Mets leaving 6 men on base. However the Blue Jays weak pitching could not hold the lead, as Pete Alonso had 4 of the Mets 15 hits and Starling Marte capped the rally when he singled in the 8th, stole 2nd, and raced home on Juan Soto for a 5-4 Mets win. George Springer actually used his T5 throwing arm to throw Francisco Lindor out at 3rd on the play to keep the Blue Jays within one, but Diaz came in for the save after phenom Huascar Brazoban was dominant in the 7th and 8th for the win.

The Mets move into 1st in our 6 team NL East at 4-2, but Philadelphia, St. Louis and the Cubs are all 3-2 with their aces going in their last interleague game to try to join Mets in 1st. The photo of the game scoresheet is at the bottom. In our NL West the Dodgers, Padres and Braves are tied in 1st and 4-2, so between 4 and 7 of our 12 NL teams will ne 4-2 after 6 games and noone better.

Here is a screen shot of the two line-ups in the game available for free in this Statis-Pro game.

Results will be posted.

Here are the starting line-ups.

0	Pos	TOR Deep 11'-43 = HR, Rogers Centre	HR	SB	OPS	Season	WAR
1	CF	George Springer	26-27	B	0.727	add HR
2	1b	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	28-32	C	0.836	All-Star	99
3	SS	Bo Bichette	34-35	C	0.777		197
4	C	Alejandro Kirk	35-36	E	0.764	All-Star
5	DH	Tyler Heineman		B	0.609	add 3 HR	115
6	RF	Anthony Santander	23-27	D	0.8	minus 2 HR
7	3b	Will Wagner	32	D	0.746	minus HR
8	2b	Andrés Giménez	28-31	A	0.741
9	LF	Alan Roden	28	C	0.739	minus HR
0	Pos	NYM 11'-28 = HR, Citi Field	HR	SB	OPS	Notes	WAR
1	SS	Francisco Lindor	25-31	A	0.801	All-Star	30
2	DH	Juan Soto	23-27	D	0.946	minus HR	44
3	1b	Pete Alonso	25-32	D	0.884	All-Star	29
4	CF	Brandon Nimmo	25-27	C	0.763		186
5	3b	Mark Vientos	24-28	E	0.759
6	RF	Jesse Winker	24-25	C	0.739
7	LF	Starling Marte	32	A	0.719
8	2B	Jeff McNeil	27-31	D	0.711	add HR
9	C	Francisco Álvarez	27-33	D	0.784	minus HR