Mets vs Athletics (4/12/26) | Mets Highlights
Mets' ace Freddy Peralta threw a gem allowing only allowing one earned run, and striking out six through six innings pitched. The offense continues to toil generating only four singles, two of which were from Francisco Lindor. Unable to score any runs, the Mets left four men on base and went 0-3 with runners in scoring position as the Athletics complete the sweep.
Video Transcript
Beautiful day in New York.
Little cool, 53 degrees.
Perfect day to pitch.
Freddy Peralta will take the mound.
Swing and a miss, and Kurtz is down on the fastball.
Peralta with his first strikeout, two down.
And a swing and a miss at the top of the zone, and Peralta strikes out Soderstrom.
Gets through the first inning with a couple of K's.
3-2 to Clark.
Got him looking.
Struck him out on a curve ball, side retired.
Third strikeout for Peralta as he strands two in scoring position.
Breaking ball drilled to deep right, and Nick Kurtz has struck for the first time this season.
Last year's American League Rookie of the Year gets his first home run in 2026, and the A's go in front one-nothing.
One, two.
Struck him out.
Big strikeout for Peralta.
Breaks his bat, loops it into center.
Benge coming hard, and he dives, and he made the catch!
Oh, wow.
Carson Benge saves two runs with a diving play.
Wow.
2-2.
Struck him out.
Went away with a fastball to get Langolier.
So that's five strikeouts for Peralta.
Three days rest since his last outing.
Call strike three.
Got him looking at a changeup.
And McNeil lines it, and it's caught by Jared Young, and that retires the side.
First one, two, three inning of the day for Peralta to wrap up six good innings.
Oh, it's a slow ground ball.
McNeil was right there.
And on four pitches, Puma pitches a one, two, three ninth.
And the Mets lose their fifth in a row.
The A's sweep the Mets in a series for the first time ever, as they beat the Mets today one to nothing.
