The Mets have a decision to make when it comes to Kodai Senga. 

Do you have Senga make his next start -- slated for Sunday against the Reds in Cincinnati -- or skip him or do something more drastic? It seems all options are on the table as a new report from The Athletic's Will Sammon states the Mets are considering a few possibilities, "including potentially asking him to accept an optional minor league assignment" -- according to people familiar with the Mets' thinking. 

Per Senga's contract, he would have to consent to an option.

But is a minor league option out of the realm of possibility? It was once when Senga was regarded as the team's best pitcher after pitching to an All-Star selection and becoming the runner-up for the NL Rookie of the Year award in 2023. Even this year, the right-hander pitched to a 1.47 ERA before his injury put him on the shelf for a month. But since returning in mid-July, Senga has struggled. He's posted a 6.56 ERA across 35.2 innings since the return, which includes his last outing in which he allowed five runs in 4.2 innings against the Marlins on Sunday.

That performance prompted manager Carlos Mendozato hint at changing the rotation to help Senga. Another possibility for Senga is pushing his turn in the order altogether.

The Post's Mike Puma reported Tuesday that the Mets are "leaning" on having Nolan McLean pitch the series finale Sunday on normal rest after David Peterson and Jonah Tong pitch Friday and Saturday.

McLean has taken the Mets by storm, winning his first four starts with a 1.37 ERA, including Tuesday against the AL-best Detroit Tigers. Clay Holmes is slotted to pitch Wednesday's series finale, and the off day on Thursday allows the Mets to give McLean that start on Sunday. 

But simply skipping Senga's turn is a temporary solution. The Mets need Senga and Sean Manaea -- another struggling starter -- back to form to make a playoff run, but time could be running out to do so.

“They are until they’re not," Mendoza said of Senga and Manaea's place in the rotation ahead of Tuesday's game. "We haven't made any decisions yet, we’re still having discussions. We’re going to be flexible and we gonna take advantage of off days and continue to have discussions. But as of right now, we haven’t made any decisions yet.”

After a tremendous August saw the Mets post one of their best offensive months in franchise history, they arrived in Detroit and stung the AL Central-leading Tigers for 22 runs on 25 hits and nine walks in the first 18 innings of September.

“It’s just a lot of guys playing with confidence now, trusting each other,” manager Carlos Mendoza said about his team after they pounded out 12 runs on 17 hits, including four long balls in Tuesday’s convincing win.

The skipper has often spoken about being a tough lineup one through nine, and he got it all with a pair of solo home runs from Pete Alonso, one from Juan Soto, and three hits from Brandon Nimmo at the top of the order while also getting three hits from Brett Baty out of the nine-hole and two from Luis Torrens in the eight spot, including a three-run shot the blew the game wide open in the fourth.

“Torrens getting the huge three-run homer with two outs, Baty having a really good night again, guys getting on base, Jeff [McNeil] another good night,” he said, noting McNeil added three hits and three batted in. “It’s a pretty good lineup. Guys controlling the strike zone and then doing damage when we have to.”

In the last 30 days, the Mets lead MLB in every slash line category, .292/.366/.525 with an .891 OPS, while socking 55 home runs and 179 RBI. They've also done the little things, including stealing 35 bags, with four of them coming on Tuesday, including a first career steal by Torrens.

“I’m glad they’re on my team,” Mets starter Nolan McLean said after delivering six innings of two-run ball. “It’s a lot of fun to watch. It’s nine really tough outs for the opposing pitcher every time we go out there.”

Soto, who walked and singled in addition to his seventh-inning 408-foot blast, has homered five times in the last five games and has 37 on the year with 91 RBI to go along with his .923 OPS. (So much for concerns about a down year.) And Alonso, with his two homers, now has 33 on the season with 112 RBI, and raised his OPS to .867 for the season.

“I think we’re doing a really good job of capitalizing on pitches in the zone,” Alonso said. “I think we’re recognizing hanging breaking balls really well, I think we’re doing damage on heaters really well, I think we’re doing a really good job of letting those borderline pitches go and making pitchers pay when they come over the heart of the dish.”

Alonso did just that when he whalloped a 3-0 fastball from Tigers starter Sawyer Gipson-Long for a majestic, 435-foot blast to centerfield with two down in the top of the first inning.

“Just saw a 3-0 heater right over the middle of the plate,” he said. “Saw it in my area and let it fly.”

Nolan McLean had a lead before he threw a pitch in the fourth start of his big league career on Tuesday night in Detroit. But the Mets’ young right-hander gave that lead right back before he escaped the bottom of the first, allowing two runs on two hits and two walks. 

In a worrying sign, it was quite noticeable that McLean didn’t appear to have any feel on two of his three most-used pitches, the sweeper and curveball. In the 24-pitch frame, he threw 11 sweepers with only two going for strikes and spun four curves, resulting in two balls and an RBI single.

That’s when the youngster made the adjustment that ended up powering him to a fourth win in as many big league starts.

“So we started to attack with some harder velo pitches,” Mclean said. After the first, he threw just five sweepers over the next three innings, compared to 10 fastballs, seven changeups, and two cutters. The result? McLean surrendered a walk and a single in the second but closed the day by retiring the last 14 straight Tigers he faced, including six strikeouts. 

Manager Carlos Mendoza said that the battle from the 24-year-old “shows a lot of maturity.” 

“That’s what you call pitching, understanding that you have to make adjustments and find a way to get through five, six innings,” the skipper said. “I thought he attacked, and then once we got the lead, he continued to stay on the attack. He went to the sinker when he needed to, the changeup when he needed to, and then continued to mix in some of those sweepers and the curveball.”

Luis Torrens, who caught McLean for the first time in the game and added a three-run home run to give the starter a four-run cushion in the fourth, called the pitcher’s performance “excellent.”

“He still surprises me to see what he’s been able to do,” Torrens said, speaking through an interpreter. “The adjustments that he’s been able to make, he’s just been excellent since he’s been up here.”

For Pete Alonso, the rookie’s performances have come as no surprise because of the work he is doing off the field between starts, adding that McLean’s “commitment to his process” has been the most impressive aspect.

“What he’s doing on the field is great and awesome and is helping us win, but I am really thoroughly impressed with his day-to-day process, like the stuff that no one really sees on day one, two, three, and four between starts,” Alonso, who socked two homers in the win, said. “I know everyone is gonna be talking about all the great stuff that he’s doing on the field, which is for sure warranted, but how he’s going about his business, the day-to-day, is super impressive. And that’s the reason why he’s able to do what he’s been able to do on the field.

“Huge huge kudos [for] that. He’s been a pro since he’s come up, and, for me, seeing him go about his business, there’s no shock at all about why he’s finding success.”

After allowing just four runs through his first 26.1 innings of his MLB career, his teammates are excited about the future.

“When he throws the rock, he’s got poise, he’s got grit, obviously the stuff to match that. Really impressed so far with his first few starts,” Alonso said.

“It’s the attitude that he has when he’s on that mound,” Torrens added. “He’s always out there trying to compete. He has that attitude and that flair of a superstar.”

On a night when he didn’t have his best stuff at first, McLean being able to dip into his full arsenal – Statcast had him throw six different pitches – it showed Mendoza that the youngster appears to have “a pretty good feel and idea of what he’s trying to do on the mound.”

“Before you know it, you look up and it’s six innings and he’s giving you a chance to win a baseball game,” the manager said. “Another really good sign for a kid that is making his fourth start at the big league level.”

McLean admitted that he started to “lose confidence” in his sweeper and curve because he wasn’t throwing it for strikes. But, once he “got in a groove” with the higher velo pitches went back and found the feel for his offspeed pitches and had them later in the game, getting a called third strike on both pitches in the fifth and sixth.

“Lotta times throwing fastballs gets me right back on track,” he said. “Once I am able to start locating my heater, I am able to kinda find that feel in my hand again to start manipulating other pitches.”

On the night, he threw just 56 of 90 pitches for strikes, but got 15 outs with eight whiffs on 34 swings (24 percent) and 22 called strikes for a 33 percent called strike-whiff rate.

“I was proud of the way I competed,” McLean said. “Obviously first inning didn’t go the way I wanted, but I had trust in my stuff. And I knew if I could find some pitches later in the game, I knew I was gonna be tough to hit.”

The Yankees blasted three homers, capped by Trent Grisham's grand slam, as they took the series opener from the Astros, 7-1, on Tuesday night in Houston.

Here are the takeaways...

-Going up against tough lefty Framber Valdez, Jazz Chisholm Jr. went deep for a two-run shot to give the Yankees an early lead in the second. It's Jazz's 27th blast, just his third against a southpaw this season. It was also the infielder's 500th career hit. 

Jazz wasn't the only lefty to hit a homer off of Valdez on Tuesday. In the fifth, Valdez walked Paul Goldschmidt with one out and gave back-to-back singles to Cody Bellinger and Aaron Judge. Giancarlo Stanton struck out looking to set upGrisham. The outfielder launched a 358-foot blast over the Crawford Boxes to give the Yankees a 6-0 lead. Valdez would only pitch five innings. 

Jazz would add another homer off a southpaw, this time a solo shot, in the eighth.

-Max Fried was on the bump and did not allow a hit through the first few innings, but lost his control in the third. He walked the first batter and hit the next one, but a poor bunt from Jeremy Pena allowed Fried to get the force at third base. A force out at second on a Carlos Correa chopper followed before Fried got Jose Altuve to ground out to get out of the jam.

Fried allowed his first hit to lead the fifth, but bounced back to strike out the next three batters. The Astros would get a couple of hits in the sixth and push across a run on a Yainer Diaz fielder's choice, but that's all Fried would give up. In the seventh, Houston would get two runners on with no outs, but Salazar popped into the air on a bunt attempt. Fried slid to make the catch and then doubled up the runner on first. A groundout ended the frame as Fried got through seven innings, allowing just one run on four hits and three walks while striking out five batters. 

-Jose Caballero got the start at third base with the lefty on the mound, but the speedster's time won't be long. Caballero picked up a single in his first at-bat, but in his second time up, he was hit in the foot with a pitch. However, the home plate umpire correctly determined he swung. Caballero disagreed, and whatever he said upset Ramon De Jesus, who ejected him. 

He was replaced by Ryan McMahon. 

Game MVP: Trent Grisham

Fried was great, but the grand slam was a backbreaker and allowed Fried. This season with the bases loaded, Grisham is 4-for-9 with three home runs, two walks and 16 RBI. 

Highlights

WE GOT THE JAZZ 🎷

Jazz Chisholm Jr. launches a two-run blast! pic.twitter.com/LHdE9wkwnO

— Yankees Videos (@snyyankees) September 3, 2025

TRENT GRISHAM LAUNCHES A GRAND SLAM INTO THE CRAWFORD BOXES!!!!! pic.twitter.com/6iMuluWyya

— Yankees Videos (@snyyankees) September 3, 2025

What's next

The Yankees and Astros play the middle of their three-game set on Wednesday evening. First pitch is set for 8:10 p.m.

Will Warren (8-6, 4.30 ERA) will take the mound against Jason Alexander (4-1, 4.61 ERA).

Now is the time, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts believes, for his team’s intensity to rise.

And if the external pressures of a tight National League West race, postseason seeding implications and a looming World Series title defense in October don’t do it, then maybe, he hopes, increased internal battles for playing time will.

For a while on Tuesday night, in a series opener against the perpetually rebuilding Pittsburgh Pirates, the Dodgers showed fight. Clayton Kershaw gave up four runs in an ugly first inning, but the lineup clawed its way back to even the score — thanks, in part, to a 120-mph rocket of a home run from Shohei Ohtani in the third, his 46th of the season and 100th as a Dodger and a tying solo blast from Andy Pages in the fourth.

Kershaw, meanwhile, settled down to get through five innings without any more damage, retiring 13 of his final 15 batters to put the Dodgers in position for a come-from-behind win.

Instead…

Read more:What's behind Clayton Kershaw's pitching revival in his 18th season? 'The bowl'

The bullpen faltered, with Edgardo Henriquez (who hadn’t given up a run in his first 12 outings this year) and Blake Treinen (who had finally started looking like himself again after an early-season elbow injury) combining for three runs conceded to break the tie in the sixth.

The lineup couldn’t overcome another big deficit, scoring twice in the seventh only for the Pirates to get the runs back in the next two innings.

And once more, the Dodgers fell to a team miles behind them in the standings, losing 9-7 at PNC Park to drop their 10th game out of the last 14 against opponents with losing records this season.

“There were different points in the game that we showed some life,” Roberts said. “And then, unfortunately, we just couldn't kind of put up that zero to build off of it."

Still, the Dodgers’ inability to beat bad teams has underscored a persistent issue with the club.

They’ve been inconsistent, struggling to stack clean performances or any semblance of an extended winning streak. They’ve at times lacked urgency, failing to pull away from the slumping Padres in the division or get back in position for a top-two NL playoff seed (which would give them an all-important first-round bye in the postseason).

For all their efforts to rally on Tuesday, they also saw each of their three outfielders fail to snag tough but catchable balls, an eighth-inning wild pitch by Anthony Banda led to one key insurance run and a general lack of execution cost them in other key spots (like when they managed only one run from a bases-loaded, no-out situation in the second).

“Obviously we didn’t play well. We all know that,” shortstop Mookie Betts said. “Don’t have to necessarily have a team come-to-Jesus [moment] about it. We’ve just got to find ways to win games. There’s no secret formula about it. It doesn’t matter if a team’s below .500 or above .500. Especially right now, we’ve got to find ways to win games. We’re not doing it.”

Still, neither a soft spot in the schedule nor the realities of the calendar has remedied that issue.

Thus, Roberts highlighted another potential solution in his pregame address — acknowledging that players who don’t step up their performance soon could see their playing time get cut as the roster returns to full health.

“We got some guys coming back, and guys are gonna get opportunities,” Roberts said. “As we get into September, where all these games certainly matter, you got to have guys that you trust."

On Monday, when MLB rosters expanded to 28 players, the Dodgers (78-60) activated two key pieces from the injured list: Infielder Hyeseong Kim, who had been out since late July with a shoulder injury; and reliever Michael Kopech, who had been limited to eight appearances this year because of arm troubles and a meniscus surgery in his knee.

Next homestand, more reinforcements could be on the way, with Max Muncy and Tommy Edman beginning rehab assignments with triple-A Oklahoma City this week.

Before long, the Dodgers' long-shorthanded depth chart could suddenly be crowded. And as a result, tough decisions could loom in left field, at second base and in the bullpen — forcing the issues for a number of players at various spots on the roster.

“I do think just kind of naturally it raises the level of performance and intensity,” Roberts said, pointing to veteran infielder Miguel Rojas as one example of someone who is “fighting for playing time” with recently improved play.

“I tip my cap to him,” Roberts said. “I’m expecting that from a lot of other guys as well.”

Read more:Dodgers Dugout: What to do about Tanner Scott?

Roberts said Edman will play mostly center fielder during his rehab stint, something he had been unable to do earlier this season while battling an ankle injury. Once he’s back, that means someone such as Michael Conforto (who went 0 for 3 with a walk Tuesday to dip to .189 on the season in batting average) could drop to the bench, leaving the corner outfield spots for Pages and Teoscar Hernández.

In the infield, Kim will likely figure in at second base (though could also kick out to left field, where he saw time during his own recent rehab assignment). That will create one more slice in an infield pie that is already being divvied between Rojas, Kiké Hernandez and Alex Freeland. Once Muncy is back at third, at-bats will be at even more of a premium.

The same situation could unfold in the bullpen, which will also get Alex Vesia and Brock Stewart back this month from their own injuries. That will raise the pressure on struggling offseason signings Tanner Scott and Kirby Yates to continue earning leverage opportunities.

How it all shakes out remains unclear.

But where there are more options, the Dodgers believe, better production — and intensity — will follow. To this point, nothing else seems to be consistently raising the team’s level of play.

Sign up for more Dodgers news with Dodgers Dugout. Delivered at the start of each series.

This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.

The Mets pounded the Tigers with four home runs, including two from Pete Alonso and a three-run shot by Luis Torrens, and Nolan McLean dealt six solid frames with seven strikeouts in a 12-5 win in Detroit on Tuesday night.

New York tallied 17 hits on the night, including three each by Brandon Nimmo, Jeff McNeil, and Brett Baty, with Juan Soto adding two of his own, one going for his fifth home run in his last five games.

McLean, who didn't have his stuff early, got it together and has allowed just four runs in his first 26.1 innings and became the first pitcher in the majors in 11 years to win each of their first four big league starts.

The win moved the Mets to 75-64, good for 5.5 games behind the idle Philadelphia Phillies in the division race and 5.0 games ahead of the Cincinnati Reds for the final NL Wild Card spot after they fell to the Toronto Blue Jays.

Here are the key takeaways...

-  Alonso put the Mets ahead with two outs in the top half of the first inning, pounding a solo home run 435 feet (112.5 mph off the bat) high and deep to center field. Alonso got a belt-high 3-0 fastball right over the plate from Tigers starter Sawyer Gipson-Long and just smoked it. Alonso followed with a fine play in the bottom of the first, taking away a leadoff double with a diving stop on a ball down the first base line.

- Gipson-Long, making just his seventh big league start of his career, shrugged off the homer to get the next seven straight Mets, picking up his second strikeout of the night and needing just 37 pitches to get through three. That came to an end when Soto worked his 114th walk of the season to start the fourth, before he stole his 27th base of the year. (He had 25 steals in his previous 472 games before joining New York.)

Nimmo cracked a one-out single, but the ball was hit so hard on a line toward the second baseman, Soto had to freeze and could only advance to third. After Mark Vientos worked a four-pitch walk, McNeil dumped an RBI single into right and Cedric Mullins gave the Mets a 3-2 lead with a sac fly in foul territory down the right field line. 

After falling behind in the count 0-2, Torrens delivered the big hit, poking an up-and-away fastball the other way off the fair pole for a three-run home run. It was the catcher’s 5th homer of the year, 353 feet, to right to give him 29 RBI.

Baty dumped a single and stole second, but he was left stranded when Francisco Lindor struck out swinging.

- Against the Tigers' bullpen, McNeil nailed the first pitch of the sixth into left, giving him three-straight two-hit games. With one out, Torrens bounced a ball to first, but Spencer Torkelson’s throw toward second pulled the shortstop off the bag, and after a Carlos Mendoza challenge, the Mets had two runners on and then activated the double steal to get two in scoring position with one out. But Baty tapped out to the pitcher and Lindor went down on strikes with a wild swing at a ball that wasn’t even close. The shortstop began the game hitless in four times up, 0-for-2 with RISP, with three left on base.

- The Mets tacked on more runs in the seventh off reliever Chris Paddack as Soto stayed red-hot, driving a down in the zone changeup 408 feet into the seats in right field. He now has 37 homers on the year (and fifth in the last five games) and 91 RBI. Not to be outdone, Alosnso took a changeup down in the zone and drove it 388 feet into left for his second homer of the night. He now has 33 homers and 112 RBI for the year.

Nimmo added his third single of the night in four at-bats, and he hit the ball hard each time he came up, smashing balls 112.2 mph, 110.3 mph, 109.8 mph, and 97 mph. Vientos lifted one to deep right and got a stroke of fortune when two Detroit outfielders failed to come up with the ball, and it went for a double. Vientos was lifted for the recently recalled LuisangelAcuña to pinch-run, and he came around to score on a two-run single to left from McNeil.

After Mullins grounded out for the first out, the hits continued: Torrens squared up a base hit, Baty added on an RBI single, Lindor drove in a run with a sac fly to center to make it a 10-run Mets lead, and Soto grounded a single before Paddack was mercifully lifted after allowing six runs on eight hits in the inning.

- After not issuing a walk in his last two outings, McLean issued back-to-back 3-2 walks with two down in the first inning, missing both times with his sweeper down in the zone. (The second walk came after he appeared to get squeezed on the 2-2 pitch to Riley Greene.) They came back down to haunt him as a 2-0 sinker up in the zone to Torkelson went for an RBI base hit to left. That brought pitching coach Jeremy Hefner out for a visit. Wenceel Pérez stayed on a McLean curveball down and smacked it to right to drive in another run, but was gunned down trying to advance to second on a good throw by Torrens to end the threat, but not before Detroit jumped ahead 2-1.

McLean issued another walk on a 3-2 pitch to start the second, missing down and away with a changeup, but he was erased trying to steal second with a perfect throw from Torrens. He allowed a one-out single before a pair of grounders to second saw him through two frames. 

And that is when McLean settled down with three straight 1-2-3 innings, getting one strikeout in the third, another in the fourth, and three in the fifth. Mclean made it 14 straight retired with another strikeout looking in the sixth

McLean likely could have kept going, but after his offense put together a 20-minute top of the seventh, his night was ended with a final line of two runs on three hits, three walks, and seven strikeouts in 6.0 innings on 90 pitches (56 strikes).

- Kevin Herget, added to the roster ahead of the game, got the call out of the bullpen and pitched two scoreless innings, but couldn't close things down in the ninth, allowing a flyout to the wall in right, a walk, back-to-back RBI doubles, and an RBI single to cut the lead to seven runs. 

Ryne Stanek allowed a single on the first pitch he threw, but got a fly out to center and one to left to end the game.

Game MVP: Luis Torrens

In addition to his three-run shot, which broke the game wide open, the backstop added a caught stealing, an assist on a putout at second, and in the sixth was the trail runner in the double steal, giving him his first stolen base of his big league career in his 401st game. He finished the game 2-for-5 with three RBI and two runs scored.

Highlights

Into the shrubbery!

Pete Alonso blasts a long home run to get the Mets on the board first pic.twitter.com/aO5rQmYedT

— SNY (@SNYtv) September 2, 2025

Pete Alonso with the diving stop! pic.twitter.com/Rc27oXzl0A

— SNY (@SNYtv) September 2, 2025

"Do not run on this cat, Luis Torrens bags another one!" pic.twitter.com/uCOSr3WNIh

— SNY (@SNYtv) September 2, 2025

Jeff McNeil with an RBI single to bring home Juan Soto to tie the game at 2-21 pic.twitter.com/ObZLPJJYnP

— SNY (@SNYtv) September 2, 2025

LUIS TORRENS 3-RUN HOMER OFF THE RIGHT FIELD FOUL POLE!

A 5-run 4th for the Mets! pic.twitter.com/DeuXPzoaaj

— SNY (@SNYtv) September 2, 2025

A pair of strikeouts for Nolan McLean as he's retired 8 in a row pic.twitter.com/kVjzv43Yyx

— SNY (@SNYtv) September 2, 2025

Nolan McLean strikes out the side in the 5th! pic.twitter.com/HXrIXgy3h3

— SNY (@SNYtv) September 3, 2025

JUAN SOTO!

HIS 37TH HOMER OF THE SEASON! pic.twitter.com/eie4p2BTek

— SNY (@SNYtv) September 3, 2025

Pete Alonso goes back-to-back with Juan Soto!

His second homer of the night! pic.twitter.com/p0aQ3yjjT8

— SNY (@SNYtv) September 3, 2025

Juan Soto nonchalantly brings Kerry Carpenter's home run back pic.twitter.com/qTUMvwOk4Q

— SNY (@SNYtv) September 3, 2025

Upcoming schedule

The Mets and Tigers conclude the three-game set on Wednesday afternoon with a 1:10 p.m. first pitch on SNY.

Right-hander Clay Holmes (3.60 ERA, 1.314 WHIP with 111 strikeouts in 142.1 innings) gets the ball for the visitors in the matinee and will face a fellow righty in Casey Mize (3.95 ERA, 1.309 WHIP with 107 strikeouts in 120.2 innings).

Tylor Megill was on his way to having another solid start for Triple-A, but could not finish the fifth on Tuesday night.

Pitching in his third start with Syracuse, Megill scattered base runners for the first three innings before a 1-2-3 fourth put the Mets' big right-hander in the driver's seat. However, the wheels would fall off in the fifth inning for Megill. With a 3-0 lead, Megill would allow a single and a double to lead off the inning as Buffalo scored their first run. After he walked, Syracuse pulled Megill from the game without him recording an out in the fifth. 

Alex Carrillo relieved Megill and allowed his two inherited runners to score. Megill allowed three runs on six hits, two walks, while striking out five batters across his four-plus innings (79 pitches/44 strikes). 

Tuesday's start was similar to his last start with Syracuse when he allowed three runs in four innings of work. After not allowing a run in his first three minor league starts (10 IP), Megill has now allowed six runs in eight innings. 

Tylor Megill's final line for Triple-A Syracuse tonight:

4+ IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 5 K pic.twitter.com/DdkCGxR0hq

— SNY Mets (@SNY_Mets) September 3, 2025

On the offensive side, the Mets had Francisco Alvarez and Jose Siri rehabbing with Syracuse on Tuesday. For Siri, it's his first rehab game with the Triple-A club, and he led off the game with a single. Siri would come around to score on a Ryan Clifford single. Siri, who started as Syracuse's DH, finished 1-for-5 with a run scored and four strikeouts. 

Alvarez caught all nine innings of Tuesday's 4-3 loss but also had a hit. The backstop hit a groundball single up the middle in the fifth inning and scored on a Carson Benge single. Alvarez finished 1-for-4 with a run scored and two strikeouts. 

As for the Mets' prospects, Jett Williams struck out three times in his 0-for-4 night, but walked and came around to score. Clifford went 2-for-3 with a walk and an RBI. Benge drove in two runs on one hit in three at-bats and struck out once.

Francisco Alvarez grounds a base hit up the middle for Triple-A Syracuse pic.twitter.com/gD8wZQ1w2J

— SNY Mets (@SNY_Mets) September 2, 2025