CHICAGO — Carson Benge solid fairly a relationship with the proper area fence Saturday.
One inning, the Mets rookie was face-planting that fence, making an attempt to catch a ball hit by Tristan Peters that caromed off his glove for a house run. Before lengthy, Benge would clear that same fence, with a shot mightier than the one he failed to catch.
Benge’s three-hit night time — 4 if you embody his face’s collision with the chain hyperlinks — led the Mets’ 10-5 victory over the White Sox that added another molecule of oxygen to the crew’s microscopic hope of a late-season magic trick to attain the playoffs.
The victory was their twelfth in 17 video games since the commerce deadline.
Benge’s large week has included contributions from his proper arm (he nailed two runners at the plate in the same inning Monday) and a bat that won’t give up. He started the day with a .905 OPS in August that included a .308 batting common for the month.
The Mets hit 5 homers on this night time, including two by Luis Robert Jr., who is enjoying in his first collection against his former crew.
Carson Benge gestures after reaching second base after hitting an RBI single during the first inning of the Mets’ 10-5 win over the White Sox on Aug. 22, 2026 in Chicago. AP Photo/Jessie Alcheh
Christian Scott slogged through 4 ²/₃ innings and allowed 4 earned runs on 5 hits and 4 walks, with six strikeouts.
Benge’s two-out RBI single against Luis Castillo in the first inning gave the Mets a quick run after A.J. Ewing singled on the recreation’s first pitch and stole second.
The stolen base was Ewing’s 18th in 26 tries this season.
Carson Benge rips an RBI single during the first inning of the Mets’ win over the White Sox. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect
Bo Bichette’s second homer in as many video games prolonged the Mets lead to 2-1 in the third inning. Bichette cleared the left-field fence for his 14th homer this season and continued his torrid month — he entered play with a .947 OPS in August.
Robert delivered a two-run homer later in the inning, following Benge’s second single of the recreation. It was a homecoming second for Robert — who heard boos as he circled the bases.
Robert spent the first seven seasons of his main league profession with the White Sox before he was traded to the Mets in January.
Castillo didn’t survive the inning. The right-hander, acquired from the Mariners at the commerce deadline, allowed eight hits and 4 earned runs over 2 ²/₃ innings, with one stroll and three strikeouts. The begin was his third in 4 since the commerce in which he failed to full at least 5 innings.
Luis Robert Jr. spherical the bases after hitting a two-run house run during the third inning of the Mets’ win over the White Sox. He had two homers in the recreation. Getty Images
Braden Montgomery’s homer in the second inning accounted for the first run of the night time against Scott. In the fourth, Benge face-planted the fence pursuing Peters’ shot to proper that caromed for a house run. Benge was briefly shaken up and acquired a go to from the coach but remained in the recreation. Scott loaded the bases and Andrew Benintendi’s sacrifice fly sliced the Mets lead to 4-3. But Scott prevented further bother by retiring Montgomery for the third out.
Benge’s homer main off the fifth was the begin of a three-run inning. Before it concluded, Eric Wagaman and Marcus Semien each stroked an RBI single that elevated the Mets lead to 7-3.
Jonathan Pintaro got a enormous out in the backside of the body, changing Scott with the bases loaded and putting out Colson Montgomery to finish the body. The White Sox pulled to within 7-4 in the inning on Braden Montgomery’s stroll with the bases loaded.
Austin Warren escaped bother in the sixth after the White Sox had pulled to within 7-5 against Pintaro.
But Robert created respiration room with his second blast of the recreation, a solo shot in the seventh.
Luis Torrens’ two-run pinch-hit blast in the eighth was the Mets’ fifth homer of the recreation.