SEATTLE -- It would be easy, following Bo Bichette's four-hit game on Wednesday, to declare him finally ready to catch fire. Bichette has the skillset and the track record, and now he has a platform game from which he can launch himself.
Of course, Bichette has had those things lined up multiple times before this season. On each occasion, his momentum quickly deflated.
So while it’s impossible to say if this will indeed be the springboard Bichette needs to catch fire, it was, if nothing else, another potential beginning. Bichette contributed the 19th four-hit game of his career -- and his first with the Mets -- in a 7-1 win over the Mariners, highlighting a series finale that also included six quality innings from Freddy Peralta and the Mets’ first steal of home in three years.
Bichette’s third hit was his most impactful one, coming with the bases loaded in a tie game in the fourth.
That single drove home two runs for a Mets team that never looked back, even adding a little flair when Carson Benge swiped home on a double steal with Juan Soto, becoming the first Met to do so since Francisco Lindor in 2023 and the first Mets rookie since Eric Campbell in 2014.
Bichette also singled and scored in the first inning, singled in the third and singled once more in the sixth. He added a sacrifice fly in his final plate appearance to finish 4-for-4 with three RBIs.
Coming into the day, Bichette was in an 0-for-16 slump that had dragged his OPS down to .570. He’s in the first season of a three-year, $126 million contract.