Right-hander Chris Bassitt struck out eight in six innings, Davis Schneider had a two-run triple and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting New York Mets 6-2 Tuesday night.
Bassitt (10-13) allowed one run, five hits and one walk to go 2-0 in his career against his former team, the Mets.
The teams have split the first two games of a three-game series. The Mets (79-66) dropped into a tie with the Atlanta Braves for the third National League wild-card spot.
The loss was the second in 12 games for the Mets. It was the second win in eight games for Toronto (69-77).
Mets left-hander David Peterson (9-2) allowed five runs (four earned), eight hits and two walks with two strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings.
The Mets scored once in the first. Francisco Lindor and Jesse Winker singled. The Blue Jays could not complete what would have been an inning-ending double play on Pete Alonso’s broken-bat comebacker to Bassitt and Brandon Nimmo hit an RBI single to center.
Toronto tied the game in the second. Ernie Clement reached first base when Mark Vientos bobbled his grounder to third. Clement reached second on a wild pitch and took third on another wild pitch on ball four to Spencer Horwitz. Leo Jimenez then lined an RBI single to left.
Toronto took a 5-1 lead in the third. Daulton Varsho reached second on a bunt single when Peterson flipped the ball wildly to first. He scored on Alejandro Kirk’s double to right. Clement’s liner to left eluded a diving Winker for a hit and Davis Schneider tripled.
Jimenez was hit by a pitch and Joey Loperfido stroked an RBI single to left.
Toronto reliever Brendon Little allowed a leadoff double to pinch hitter Jose Iglesias in the seventh. Iglesias took third on a one-out wild pitch. Pinch hitter Tyrone Taylor walked. Zach Pop replaced Little and a run scored on a passed ball.
Clement tripled with one out against Huascar Brazoban in the home seventh. Alex Young took over on the mound and allowed Horwitz’s double.
–Field Level Media