"We knew, coming in here, especially after playing the Padres and the Diamondbacks, that we needed to keep the intensity and we needed to stay locked in," said manager Carlos Mendoza. "I'm proud that guys were able to do it one day at a time. Finally, getting this last one 2-0 was important for us."
"He rose to the occasion today," Mendoza said. "You could see a different demeanor on the mound today. In those first four or five innings, he was like, 'Give me the ball, and I'm going right after you.'"
Manaea (11-5) was even more masterful than Crochet, shutting out the White Sox, his childhood team, over seven innings, allowing only two hits. He retired the first 11 batters he faced, walking Lenyn Sosa to give the White Sox their first baserunner with two outs in the fourth.
Overall, he struck out five, walked two and hit one, but the Mets erased two of those baserunners, picking off Sosa for the third out in the fourth and catching Luis Robert Jr. stealing in the seventh.
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