Brett Baty hit a tiebreaking homer in the seventh inning and the New York Mets held off the punchless Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 on Tuesday night.Brandon Nimmo had an early RBI double off hard-luck loser Mitch Keller for the NL East-leading Mets (28-15),

The Mets scored in the first off of a run kind of manufactured by Juan Soto. Soto singled with one out, stole second, and was chased home by a Brandon Nimmo double. That 1-0 lead would hold all the way until the sixth, with Keller dominating and Senga wriggling out of trouble. He stopped being able to wriggle in the sixth, though.

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The Pirates lost 4-3 to the Mets on May 12 on walk-off in nine innings, as they drop the series with this defeat. That makes it six out of seven road series they've lost and they

Brett Baty didn’t have to be here. Under different circumstances, he certainly would not be. Late last month, the Mets demoted Baty to Triple-A Syracuse, in a move that was largely based on merit. The team had a roster crunch.

The Pirates (14-28) will try and rebound following a tough loss when they take on the Mets (27-15) in the second game of the series on Tuesday night.

Paul Skenes pitched like the ace he is against the New York Mets' star-studded lineup on Monday, allowing just one run on six hits with six strikeouts in six innings. However, the Pittsburgh Pirates' bullpen and offense came up short in the 4-3 loss.

The Pittsburgh Pirates don't have to look far this week for an example of the confidence and good fortune that comes with doing a lot of the little things correctly.