Mets beat Padres despite deGrom suffering injury

Jacob deGrom threw six scoreless one-hit innings, delivered a two-run single and earned the win but departed with right flexor tendinitis Friday night as the host New York Mets edged the San Diego Padres, 3-2.
The Mets have won four of five. The Padres have lost five of six.
deGrom was serenaded with “M-V-P” chants from a Citi Field crowd of 26,637 – the team’s largest since the pandemic began – as he continued his historic start to the season by striking out 10 and lowering his ERA to 0.56. The ERA is the lowest ever for a pitcher through his first 10 starts.
The right-hander’s seventh strikeout Friday gave him 100 for the season in just 61 2/3 innings, the fastest any pitcher has ever reached 100 strikeouts in a season.
But deGrom (6-2) was at just 80 pitches when he headed into the tunnel after a consultation with Mets trainers as the team batted in the bottom of the sixth. Miguel Castro relieved him to start the seventh.
The Mets announced the reason for deGrom’s exit in the top of the eighth. The two-time National League Cy Young Award winner had a start pushed back in May due to right side tightness before he spent 15 days on the injured list for the ailment later in the month.
deGrom retired the first 13 batters on 57 pitches before Wil Myers singled through the shift-vacated second base area. Fellow former Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell matched deGrom’s zeroes until the fifth, when Kevin Pillar and Billy McKinney doubled on back-to-back pitches to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.
Snell then walked Jose Peraza and balked before deGrom laced an opposite-field, two-run single. The run-scoring hit gave deGrom more RBIs (five) than earned runs allowed (four).
The Padres mounted a comeback against Castro, who gave up a one-out double to Fernando Tatis Jr. before Jake Cronenworth hit a two-run homer.
Castro walked Manny Machado before Seth Lugo retired both batters he faced.
Aaron Loup allowed a single and got two outs before departing when he took a comebacker off his chest. Edwin Diaz allowed a two-out single in the ninth to Machado before locking down the four-out save, his 11th of the season. Snell (2-3) allowed three runs on five hits and three walks while striking out four over four innings.

Red Sox rally for walk-off win over Blue Jays
Alex Verdugo hit a walk-off single high off the Green Monster in left field with no outs in the ninth inning as the host Boston Red Sox rallied past the visiting Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 on Friday night.
Enrique Hernandez reached and advanced to second on a throwing error by Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette to open the inning. Verdugo then hit a 1-2 pitch off Toronto reliever Rafael Dolis (1-2) to drive in pinch runner Danny Santana and give Boston its second walk-off victory of the season.
Bobby Dalbec and Christian Arroyo both hit solo home runs and Hunter Renfroe and Martin Gonzalez had an RBI apiece for the Red Sox, who overcame a four-run deficit. Boston reliever Garrett Whitlock (2-1) struck out three in two scoreless innings for the win.
Red Sox starter Garrett Richards allowed four runs on a season-high 11 hits with two walks and three strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings. Boston won for the seventh time in nine games and improved to 3-2 on its eight-game homestand.
Toronto slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a two-run shot for his major-league-leading 19th home run and became the first in the majors to reach 50 RBIs this season. Teoscar Hernandez had two RBIs and Bichette knocked in a run for the Blue Jays.
Blue Jays starter Ross Stripling gave up four runs on five hits with two walks and six strikeouts over 5 2/3 innings.
Toronto has dropped four of its past five games and fell to 2-4 against Boston this season.
Guerrero’s homer in the sixth stretched Toronto’s lead to 5-1 after the Blue Jays led 3-0 through two innings.
Hernandez had RBI singles in the first and second and Bichette added a run-scoring single in the second.
Dalbec’s seventh homer of the season made it 3-1 in the third inning. Boston rallied with a three-run sixth.
Renfroe hit an RBI single, Gonzalez walked with the bases loaded, and Christian Vazquez scored on a Tyler Chatwood wild pitch. Arroyo’s third homer of the year -and second in as many nights – tied it for Boston in the eighth.

Results
Mets    3-2    Padres
Giants    1-0    Nationals
Cubs    8-5    Cardinals
Red Sox    6-5    Blue Jays
Indians    7-0    Mariners
White Sox    5-4    Tigers
Astros    6-4    Twins
Brewers    7-4    Pirates
Rays    4-2    Orioles
Reds    11-5    Rockies
Marlins    4-3    Braves
Dodgers    12-1    Rangers
Angels    6-5    D’Backs
Athletics    4-3    Royals