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Mets Get Back on Track, Sweep Bucs in DH

Well that is what the doctor ordered. After suffering a third straight loss to a last place team on Tuesday night, and losing Max Scherzer to the injury list on…

Jacob deGrom

PITTSBURGH, PA – SEPTEMBER 07: Jacob deGrom #48 of the New York Mets delivers a pitch in the first inning during Game Two of a doubleheader against the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park on September 7, 2022 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images)

Well that is what the doctor ordered. After suffering a third straight loss to a last place team on Tuesday night, and losing Max Scherzer to the injury list on top of that, the Mets pounded the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-1 and 10-0 in a double-header sweep in the Steel City.

The offensive explosion comes after the Mets struggled to score four runs during a three-game losing streak leading into Wednesday's double-header in Pittsburgh.

Eduardo Escobar had the biggest day of any Mets player offensively, collecting six hits and a homerun between the two games combined.  Tyler Naquin's three-run bomb in the fourth inning of Game 1 proved to be the difference in the opener, as it gave the Mets a 4-0 lead.

Francisco Lindor, Jeff McNeil and Mark Canha would join the action in the nightcap with multi-hit games. Lindor had a pair of doubles and three-RBI as he helped the Mets build an early 5-0 lead. Jeff McNeill also had a two-run single in the top of the fourth inning to push the Mets lead to 7-0.

On hill, Chris Bassitt and Jacob deGrom were both electric. Bassitt held the Pirates to just a run on five hits over seven innings with 10 strikeouts. He improved to 13-7 and lowered his ERA to 3.24.

deGrom was his usual masterful-self. The Mets ace blanked the Bucs over seven innings of three-hit ball with eight strikeouts. His ERA ticked down to 1.66.

As a result of the Mets double-header sweep, they jump back to a half game lead over the Atlanta Braves in the NL East.

Michael Cohen is the News and Sports Director at Fox Sports Radio New Jersey and Magic 98.3 FM, as well as a radio production assistant with Fox and Magic in New Jersey. He started his career in Somerset in 2018 initially as a news fill-in at WCTC 1450 AM, and soon moved up to higher responsibilities in the ensuing years, assuming News & Sports Director title in 2021Prior to his time with Fox Sports New Jersey, Michael was play-by-play voice for New Jersey Jackals baseball, and as well as play-by-play and color for the College of Staten Island basketball (men and women), softball and baseball. Michael began his career as a news and sportswriter with the Jersey Journal of Hudson County.