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04/11 00:08 CDT Jeff McNeil gets 2 hits in return to Citi Field, leading
Athletics over Mets 4-0
Jeff McNeil gets 2 hits in return to Citi Field, leading Athletics over Mets 4-0
By JERRY BEACH
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) --- Jeff McNeil had two hits in his return to Citi Field,
including a run-scoring single in a three-run ninth inning that helped the
Athletics beat the New York Mets 4-0 on Friday night as their pitchers extended
a scoreless streak to 26 innings.
Mets starter Clay Holmes left after 5 1/3 innings with left hamstring
tightness. New York has three runs and 20 hits during a three-game losing
streak.
McNeil, traded to the A's in December after spending his first eight big league
seasons with the Mets, received a warm ovation before his first at-bat and
tipped the bill of his helmet twice. The 2022 NL batting champion doubled in
the fourth and at second base robbed Carson Benge of a hit to end the fifth.
Shea Langeliers had an RBI single in the third off Holmes (2-1) and Denzel
Clarke hit a two-run single in the ninth for the Athletics, who have pitched 25
straight scoreless innings against the Mets and Yankees dating to Tuesday night.
Jack Perkins (1-0), the third of five pitchers, allowed three hits over 2 1/3
innings in relief of J.T. Ginn, who gave up one hit over four innings in his
first start this season.
With runners at the corners with no outs in the sixth, A's first baseman Nick
Kurtz fielded Jared Young's grounder and threw to third to nab Francisco
Lindor, who broke back to the bag after taking off for home. Perkins then got
Luis Robert Jr. to hit into a double play.
Holmes (2-1) allowed five hits.
Up next
Athletics LHP Jacob Lopez (0-1, 6.48 ERA) faces Mets RHP Kodai Senga (0-1, 3.09
ERA) on Saturday.
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