Javier Sanoja held in check as A.J. Ewing goes 2-for-4 in 4-0 loss

javier sanoja and the Mets were blanked 4-0 by the Marlins on Sunday, May 25, while A.J. Ewing finished 2-for-4 and added a stolen base. The loss left one of the more productive Mets options with another quiet team result behind him, even as his own line kept moving in the right direction.

A.J. Ewing’s line

Ewing put the bat on the ball twice in four at-bats and swiped one bag. The outfielder has now reached base in seven of his last nine games, a stretch that has kept his production moving during a lineup that has not supplied much support around him.

Through 13 games, he is hitting.275 with one home run, four RBI, six runs scored and three stolen bases. Those numbers give the Mets a short list of steady offensive results to lean on, even after a 4-0 defeat that left no room for late-game recovery.

Mets lineup pressure

The bigger issue for New York is that Ewing’s work came in a game the Mets never turned into a scoring threat. Carlos Mendoza has one outfielder who is finding ways to reach base and take extra bags, but the club still needs more from the rest of the order to turn those individual gains into runs.

That split between personal production and team results is what stands out here. Ewing’s three stolen bases through 13 games show a player contributing in more than one way, yet Sunday ended with the Mets shut out and the Marlins leaving with a clean 4-0 win.

Sunday, May 25

The immediate takeaway is simple for the Mets: Ewing is giving them contact, speed and enough on-base work to stay in the lineup conversation, but it has not been enough to change the result on its own. If New York is going to get more from this stretch, his recent run will have to meet better support around him.