Mets’ walks (and a home run) plank Pirates 5-1

“Yeah, it’s totally those sunflower seeds Ke’ ate last night that make us suck.”Rodolfo Castro provided the majority of the Pirates’ offense in this game, getting three out of the four hits (Bryan Reynolds got the other one). One of those hits was a home run in the ninth, which was the only reason the Pirates weren’t shut out. Oh, and Oneil Cruz, that special player? Struck out all four times at bat. At least he didn’t make a fielding error.

You know it’s bad when the Pirates’ Twitter doesn’t even post a shot of the lone homer.

Bryse Wilson dug the hole in the second inning, giving up a double to Pete Alonso and walking the Artist Formerly Known as Vogelsnack before handing up a dinger to…