After a brief scare, the Mets won’t be down another superstar entering Thursday’s series finale with the Tigers.
Juan Soto exited Wednesday night’s game ahead of his seventh-inning at-bat after fouling a pitch off the top of his right foot four innings earlier. X-rays came back negative.
Soto was back in the Mets’ lineup as the club’s designated hitter for the final game of the club’s three-game series at 1:10 p.m. at Citi Field.
The Mets have the chance to secure their first three-game series sweep of the season after a rousing 3-2 win in 10 innings on Wednesday night, with Carson Benge collecting his first walk-off hit of his career to cap a three-hit night.
The Mets enter the contest with a 17-25 record and winners of three of their last four series.
NY Mets, Tigers probable starting pitchers
The Mets will turn to Nolan McLean to try and polish off the sweep.
McLean is 1-2 with a 2.78 ERA and 0.90 WHIP eight starts into his first full major league season. The 24-year-old’s 57 strikeouts are tied for the fourth-most in the National League entering the day.
He limited the Diamondbacks to one run in six innings with six strikeouts last time out against the Diamondbacks.
The Tigers will counter with 25-year-old right-hander Keider Montero, who has been steady early in his third season. Montero is 2-2 with a 3.18 ERA and 0.96 WHIP through seven starts. He’s tossed back-to-back quality starts with one earned run allowed in 6⅔ and six innings against the Rangers and Royals, respectively.
NY Mets announce Thursday lineup vs. Tigers