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05/14 15:06 CDT A.J. Ewing hits 1st big league home run and Mets beat Tigers 9-4
A.J. Ewing hits 1st big league home run and Mets beat Tigers 9-4
By JERRY BEACH
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) --- A.J. Ewing hit his first big league home run to spark a
comeback for the New York Mets, who completed a three-game sweep of the Detroit
Tigers with a 9-4 win on Thursday.
Ewing, who was promoted prior to the series opener Tuesday, hit a 405-foot shot
off Keider Montero (2-3) leading off the third. He was 3 for 9 with three RBIs
and four walks against the Tigers as the Mets recorded their first sweep since
taking three straight from the Philadelphia Phillies in August.
Brett Baty hit a two-run homer in the fourth and Juan Soto laced a tie-breaking
RBI single off Tyler Holton in the fifth, one pitch before Mark Vientos'
two-run shot.
Hayden Senger added a safety squeeze in the sixth and Soto and Marcus Semien
went deep in the seventh and eighth.
Nolan McLean (2-2) gave up Gage Workman's three-run homer in the first but
lasted seven innings as he ended his winless streak at six starts. He allowed
six hits, walked three and struck out seven.
Dillon Dingler homered in the eighth for Detroit.
Tigers manager A.J. Hinch was ejected after a replay review confirmed Workman
was thrown out at third trying to advance on Zach McKinstry's bloop single in
the fourth --- one of four times a replay review didn't benefit the Tigers.
Baty's blast stood upon a crew chief review while the Mets successfully
challenged a safe call on McLean's pickoff of Wenceel Prez in the fifth as
well as a caught stealing call on Carson Benge just before Soto's tie-breaking
hit.
Montero gave up four runs and struck out two in 4 2/3 innings.
Up next
Detroit: RHP Ty Madden (0-0, 2.45 ERA) pitches against the Toronto Blue Jays
and RHP Trey Yesavage (1-1, 0.68 ERA) on Friday at home.
New York: RHP Clay Holmes (4-3, 1.86 ERA) pitches in the Subway Series against
RHP Cam Schlittler (5-1, 1.35 ERA) and the New York Yankees.
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