Justin Verlander logs 8 strong frames in Mets’ nightcap win over Guardians

\n”,”providerName”:”Twitter”,”providerUrl”:”https://twitter.com”,”type”:”rich”,”width”:550},”type”:”oembed”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”“Him and Max are perfectionists,” shortstop Francisco Lindor said. “They are who they are because they’re perfectionists and they work on their craft day in and day out. They don’t back down from any challenge.\n\n“The four days they’re not pitching, they spend trying to figure out how to be better.””,”type”:”markdown”},{“__typename”:”Video”,”contentDate”:”2023-05-22T01:18:27.585Z”,”description”:”Francisco Lindor clubs a solo home run to left-center field to tie the game at 1 in the bottom of the 6th”,”displayAsVideoGif”:false,”duration”:”00:00:29″,”mp4AvcPlayback”:”https://mlb-cuts-diamond.mlb.com/FORGE/2023/2023-05/21/a3f28f87-65879501-13175b43-csvm-diamondx64-asset_1280x720_59_4000K.mp4″,”slug”:”francisco-lindor-homers-7-on-a-fly-ball-to-center-field-nhrhw6″,”tags”:[{“__typename”:”Tag”,”slug”:”season-2023″,”title”:”Season 2023″},{“__typename”:”Tag”,”slug”:”gamepk-718082″,”title”:”2023/05/21 cle@nym”},{“__typename”:”Tag”,”slug”:”playerid-596019″,”title”:”Francisco Lindor”},{“__typename”:”Tag”,”slug”:”teamid-121″,”title”:”New York Mets”},{“__typename”:”Tag”,”slug”:”hitting”,”title”:”hitting”},{“__typename”:”Tag”,”slug”:”highlight”,”title”:”highlight”},{“__typename”:”Tag”,”slug”:”in-game-highlight”,”title”:”in-game highlight”},{“__typename”:”Tag”,”slug”:”game-action-tracking”,”title”:”game action tracking”},{“__typename”:”Tag”,”slug”:”home-run”,”title”:”home run”},{“__typename”:”Tag”,”slug”:”imagen-feed”,”title”:”Imagen feed”},{“__typename”:”Tag”,”slug”:”international-feed”,”title”:”International Partner feed”},{“__typename”:”Tag”,”slug”:”eclat-feed”,”title”:”Eclat feed”},{“__typename”:”Tag”,”slug”:”apple-news”,”title”:”Apple News”},{“__typename”:”Tag”,”slug”:”fan-duel”,”title”:”Fan Duel”}],”templateUrl”:”https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/upload/{formatInstructions}/mlb/gwoiekh5enby9bpimas2″,”title”:”Francisco Lindor’s solo homer (7)”,”type”:”video”,”url”:”/video/francisco-lindor-homers-7-on-a-fly-ball-to-center-field-nhrhw6″},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”Such was certainly the case for Verlander, whose clunker on Tuesday elicited questions about his form coming off more than a month on the injured list. To answer those questions, Verlander spent his work week tinkering with mechanics in the hopes of better results.\n\nThe immediate results were spotty, as Verlander allowed multiple hard-hit balls in the first inning, including a José Ramírez solo homer. But he recovered to retire 22 of the final 24 batters he faced, trusting the scouting report of the Guardians as free swingers.\n\nOften forcing contact early in counts, Verlander needed just 98 pitches to complete eight innings — the longest outing by a Mets starter…