Jared Young and Luis Torrens homered while Christian Scott sailed through 5 2/3 strong innings as the visiting New York Mets blanked the San Diego Padres 5-0 Friday night.
Scott (2-0) allowed only three hits and two walks while fanning three as he won his second straight start after going winless in the first 15 starts of his major league career, dating back to 2024. Three relievers finished up the shutout.
Michael King (4-5) yielded six hits and four runs over six innings with no walks and four strikeouts. It was his third straight loss and San Diego’s sixth consecutive defeat. The team has scored only 14 runs in that span and only 26 over its last 11, 10 of which it has lost.
Young blasted a solo homer to lead off the second. Jumping on a full-count pitch that leaked over the middle, Young sent it 422 feet to right-center for his third homer of the year.
New York made it 2-0 in the third when Torrens belted a one-out double, moved to third on Carson Benge’s flyout to center and scored on Bo Bichette’s triple into the right field corner.
Torrens doubled the lead in the fifth, whacking a 2-0 sinker 413 feet over the center field wall with Brett Baty aboard after a leadoff single.
That was more than enough for Scott, who became the latest pitcher to shackle a Padres offense that entered the night ranked last in the majors in batting average, on-base percentage and runs.
Fernando Tatis Jr. led off the bottom of the first with a single but was erased on a Manny Machado double play. Ty France started the second with a single but never got to second.
The Padres managed just one more hit in their final seven innings, finishing 0-for-1 with runners in scoring position.
San Diego pushed runners to the corners with two outs in the sixth when Rodolfo Duran led off with a walk and reached third on Machado’s single. But Huascar Brazoban came in from the bullpen and fanned Ty France to quash the threat.
Baty capped the scoring in the ninth with a two-out RBI single.
