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Mets' Christian Scott proves he 'can compete anywhere versus anybody' in Subway Series loss at Yankees
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Yankees ace Cam Schlittler strengthened his Cy Young case in Sunday's 2-0 win over the Mets , overshadowing one of Christian Scott 's best starts this season.
The Mets ' 27-year-old RHP allowed two runs on three hits while striking out seven and walking two in six innings of the team's Subway Series finale at Yankee Stadium.
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Scott (4-5, 3.76 ERA) allowed two solo shots -- Ben Rice 's leadoff homer and Austin Wells ' third-inning blast -- but "was absolutely dominant" otherwise, Mets interim manager Andy Greenexplained.
"I think Christian Scott's really good," Green said. "He's getting better and better every time we watch him. I just mentioned -- it was a 315-foot home run that goes out of this ballpark and this ballpark alone (against Rice). We had a chance to do the same thing, we didn't, but it was his split-change that got lifted out -- it wasn't even necessarily a bad pitch. And then he got ambushed on a heater that got well out of the ballpark (against Wells).
"Outside of that, he was absolutely dominant. He matched Schlittler, pitch for pitch, at that point and time. But they did the damage on the home runs and Scotty, to me -- Cutter's getting better and better. The four really plays and just continues to grow his confidence and using his other pitches as well."
The Mets (69-80) enter the season's final two weeks with a stock-up pitcher in Scott as he winds down his first year back from September 2024 Tommy John surgery.
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"I can compete anywhere versus anybody," Scott said of what he takes away from his latest outing. "Obviously, Cam threw a great game today. When you give up a solo home run and he goes no runs through six, it's tough to beat him. But I feel like, at the end of the day, I can go out and compete against anybody, put myself against anybody else's. So, especially a third time through, being able to get soft contact when I needed to -- exciting, to be able to take that into the next start."
Like LHP Zac Thornton , who gives the rotation an intriguing option for the 2027 season after stifling the Yankees (86-43) in Saturday's 12-2 win , Green sees Scott as a pillar for the Mets moving forward.
"It's good to see him do it here," Green said. "I don't think there's a one of us that knows to guys that would've doubted they would do it here. Pitchers have bad games sometimes because they have bad games, but this park was not going to rattle either one of those guys. Don't see playoff atmospheres rattling those guys. Don't see anything really getting in their way from being what they can be -- and that goes to Nolan (McLean) , too. Sometimes you just don't have your best game, but it's not a matter of handling pressure and handling environment. Those guys are wired to handle that stuff well."
Scott is set to follow Thornton again this coming Saturday in the Mets' four-game series against the Philadelphia Phillies .
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"I feel like we're doing a good job building off each other," Scott said. "Learning from each other, really. I mean, Zach threw an unbelievable game (Saturday). When he goes seven shutout innings, I want to go eight shutout innings. So, being able to also take the challenge that each of us provides and we're obviously not going to be able to do that every time but be able to bounce ideas off each other -- I feel like we're a really confident group. Just being able to consistently do that at a high level throughout the whole season's going to be special."
