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POSTCAST: Despite Scoring TWELVE Runs, Mets DROP Opener To Royals
12 runs and 13 hits couldn't secure a win for the New York Mets, as a bullpen game went sideways on them and they dropped the opener of this series to the Kansas City Royals, 16-12.
The chaos started early, with Carson Benge putting together a Little League home run to give the Mets a quick 3-0 lead. They padded that out to a 9-4 lead at one point before allowing 12 unanswered runs by the Royals.
It was a bullpen game for the Mets and they struggled to find a way to get outs and found themselves out of choices with the game tied at 9. Matt Seelinger was forced to make his MLB debut in a tie…
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