The Ronny Mauricio show continued Saturday in the Mets’ 3-2 loss to the Reds.
The rookie, in the lineup against a lefty starter for just the third time since being called up from Triple-A Syracuse, delivered two more hits off Andrew Abbott.He entered Saturday with just a .282 OPS in 11 plate appearances versus lefties, compared to .904 in 31 plate appearances as a lefty hitter against righties.Upon his call up to the Mets at the beginning of September, he had an .873 OPS as a lefty and a .743 OPS while right-handed.
The Mets didn’t have a hit after Alvarez’s RBI double in the fourth until Daniel Vogelbach’s pinch-hit single with one out in the bottom of the ninth.Francisco Alvarez smacks and RBI double in the fourth inning of the Mets’ loss.Nimmo was back in center field on Saturday after he had started two of the previous three games in left.
“We’re just trying to give a blow with less room to cover [in left],’’ Showalter said. “I talked to him. It’s nothing for down the road.”The occasional switch is an attempt to “keep him on the field and make use of him,” Showalter said. And his Outs Above Average, according to Baseball Savant, is just 1, which is on the lower end of the spectrum.
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