Juan Soto, Mets offense’s struggles continue in series-opening loss to Red Sox

BOSTON — Good pitching unsocial will only get nan Mets truthful acold this season.

As head Carlos Mendoza’s unit has been reminded each excessively often lately, location is simply a request to thrust successful runners connected base. And an occasional jolt complete nan obstruction wouldn’t hurt, either.

The team’s violative doldrums carried into a 3rd consecutive series, successful a 3-1 nonaccomplishment to nan Red Sox astatine Fenway Park connected Monday.

In losing for nan 4th clip successful 5 games, nan Mets were 1-for-8 pinch runners successful scoring position. The Mets person scored 3 runs aliases less successful six consecutive games.

Juan Soto, who vanished 1-for-10 this past play successful nan Subway Series, managed a azygous successful 4 sheet appearances connected this night. But Soto besides deed into a double play to termination an early rally.

Kodai Senga rebounded aft a shaky opening to decorativeness astatine 3 earned runs allowed connected 5 hits pinch 5 strikeouts and 3 walks complete six innings. It marked nan first clip this play Senga surrendered 3 earned runs successful a start.

Senga fell into a speedy 2-0 hole.

Jarren Duran opened pinch a leadoff double successful nan first and Rafael Devers walked earlier Alex Bregman’s groundout brought successful nan tally from third. Trevor Story delivered a two-out RBI azygous to widen nan lead.

Duran’s RBI triple successful nan 2nd gave nan Red Sox a 3-0 lead. Carlos Narváez walked earlier Duran, pinch 2 outs, jumped connected a forkball and deed it into nan correct section corner.

Tyrone Taylor’s RBI azygous successful nan 3rd pulled nan Mets wrong 3-1. Francisco Alvarez doubled starring disconnected nan inning. Francisco Lindor walked pursuing Taylor’s single, but Soto killed nan inning by hitting into a double play.

Pete Alonso’s 2nd throwing miscue successful arsenic galore nights gave nan Red Sox a threat successful nan fourth.

Alonso flipped complete Senga’s caput covering first guidelines connected Duran’s grounder, giving nan Red Sox runners connected nan corners pinch 2 outs. Devers walked to load nan bases earlier Senga retired Bregman.

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It was a unsmooth nighttime for Alonso, who smacked a changeable disconnected nan Green Monster successful nan first inning but was thrown retired arsenic he slid into 2nd base.

Alonso was initially ruled safe, but nan Red Sox won a replay challenge.

Soto deed a changeable disconnected nan Monster successful nan sixth for a azygous — he delayed moving to watch a shot he evidently thought would clear nan wall.

Soto sewage nan guidelines backmost by stealing second. But aft Alonso walked, Brandon Nimmo deed into a double play and Mark Vientos was retired.

The Mets threatened pinch 2 outs successful nan seventh: Jeff McNeil walked and Taylor’s azygous (which included an correction by correct fielder Wilyer Abreu) put runners connected nan corners.

After a pitching change, Lindor was retired by Justin Slaten connected nan first pitch.