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8 Red Sox 3 behind a David Peterson’s MLB debut and J.D. Davis HR, Mets
give Catcher Bruce Maxwell — MLB’s first kneeler — another baseball chance,
and Tyler
Bashlor is DFA’d.
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Mets 8 Red Sox 3. David
Peterson (W,1) 5.2 innings, 2 runs, 7 hits, 2 BB, 3K, 78
pitches – 46 strikes; Drew Smith
1/3 inning, 1K; Justin
Wilson, 1 inning, no runs, no hits, 1 K; Dellin
Betances 1 inning, 1 hit no runs; Hunter
Strickland 1 hit, 1 run, 1 K. Robinson
Cano. 2 for 3, run scored, 1 RBI, 1 walk; J.D. Davis,
2 for 3, 2 RBIs, 2 run HR, 1 run scored; Amed
Rosario, 1 for 5 2 RBIs; Jeff McNeil
2 for 5 , 2 RBIs, 1 run scored; Brandon
Nimmo 1 for 3 with an RBI and run scored.
David Peterson won't likely forget this first play of his career anytime soon, courtesy J.D. Davis and the Green Monster.— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) July 28, 2020
Mets 0, Red Sox 0 after one. pic.twitter.com/lj6MgM4aHG
Brian Joura Mets360.com:
“Peterson came out throwing 94 but soon settled into 91-92 range. His first
pitch of the game missed badly and his second pitch was hammered off the monster
in left field. But J.D. Davis, who had quite an eventful night, threw out the
runner at second base, which allowed Peterson a chance to find a groove.”
A moment to remember.@_David_Peterson notches his first @MLB strikeout. #LGM pic.twitter.com/yTWGHmDkjE— New York Mets (@Mets) July 28, 2020
Mike
Vaccaro NY Post: Mets’ David Peterson’s MLB debut one to remember. “The kid
found himself in trouble a couple of times, including bases loaded and none out
in the third. Then he struck out [J.D.] Martinez,
induced a double play from Rafael Devers,
and that was really that. ‘I’ve got to go after him,’ Peterson said. ‘I knew I
needed a strikeout. And I made my pitches.’..’The kid,’ [Manager Luis] Rojas
said, ‘wasn’t shying away.’”
Monster strikeout of J.D. Martinez by David Peterson on a slider, a pitch the Mets' analytics team instructed him to throw more often last season. It's been working.— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) July 29, 2020
Peterson escapes a bases-loaded, no-outs jam with only one run scoring.
Mets 3, Red Sox 1 after three. pic.twitter.com/OHLp00PlmM
Metstradamus:
“A f***ing 3-2 slider. To J.D. Martinez. With the bases loaded and nobody out…
it’s one thing to throw the pitch, it’s another to execute it. Peterson did
both and it was a sight to behold. Does it mean he’s headed for stardom? Can’t
tell you that. But what it means is that he is the Mets’ fifth starter until
further notice.”
— SNY (@SNYtv) July 29, 2020
J.D. Davis on this groan/moan/sigh: "I’m not the fastest baserunner. I don’t know why they’d be picking me off. I wasn’t going anywhere." https://t.co/By6j4NlOOO
— Tim Healey (@timbhealey) July 29, 2020
JD Davis finds out he's trending for his dive back to first pic.twitter.com/VKbPWnNow2
— SNY (@SNYtv) July 29, 2020
SNY.TV:
Everything you need to know about Mets prospect David Peterson, including what
scouts have said. “Baseball America: Peterson is a strike-thrower who
generates late swings and mis-hits thanks to the extension in his delivery that
makes his 87-92 mph fastball look faster. His swing-and-miss slider has been
his primary weapon dating back to college.”
An absolute legend bangs one off the Pesky pole! #LGM pic.twitter.com/XCMnLObH1K— New York Mets (@Mets) July 29, 2020
My friend @WayneRandazzo makes a fine point. A difficult catch by any standard, but how much easier is this Michael Conforto grab "without a bunch of screaming New Englanders in your face?"— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) July 29, 2020
Mets 3, Red Sox 0 after two. pic.twitter.com/2EzBMoTYRa
Andy
Martino SNY.TV: Mets should stick with slumping Yoenis Cespedes at DH a while
longer.”Yoenis
Cespedes has seven strikeouts in 14 at-bats in 2020…That’s not to say he’s
a lost cause. That’s actually our point here. The Mets have to keep playing him
in order to find out. If Cespedes’ timing clicks, he can transform an offense.
It won’t click if he’s on the bench.”
The Mets have added right-handers Pedro Payano and Yefry Ramírez to their 60-man Player Pool. They'll head to Brooklyn.
— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) July 28, 2020
Breaking: The Mets have agreed to a deal with Bruce Maxwell, the former A’s catcher known best for kneeling during the national anthem in 2017.
— Tim Healey (@timbhealey) July 28, 2020
Contract is pending a physical/intake testing.
This is Maxwell’s first job in affiliated baseball since 2018.https://t.co/SI8nzVEwyM
Blue Jays 5 Nationals 1 (Box
Score).
Rays 5 Braves 2 (Box
Score).
Carlos Correa and Joe Kelly exchanged words after Kelly struck out Correa. Benches cleared following the exchange. pic.twitter.com/sVHaibpN2y— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) July 29, 2020
Dodgers'
Joe Kelly throws behind Alex Bregman, benches clear as Astros feud heats up.
Dodgers 5 Astros 2 (Box
Score).
- All Marlins games are postponed through Sunday. As a result, the Marlins aren’t expected to play until next Monday.
- The remainder of this week’s Phillies-vs.-Yankees games have been postponed. As a result, the Phillies aren’t expected to play until Friday.
- The Yankees and Orioles are now scheduled to play at Camden Yards on Wednesday and Thursday.
- Additional scheduling alterations for the week of Aug. 3 will be announced by the league later this week.
Hanshin Tigers 20 Yakult Swallows 5 Nori Aoki
0 for 3; Gabriel
Ynoa 2 innings, 6 hits, 5 runs, 4 walks,
2 Ks. (Box
Score).
Here is how the ex-Mets are doing in the KBO:
Lotte Giants 11 NC Dions 9 Aaron
Altherr 1 for 5 with a run scored (Box
Score).
Drew
Gagnon was on the mound to start for the Kia Tigers but the game was postponed.
Today’s NC Dinos and Kia Tigers games have been
postponed. At time of posting the Chris
Flexen’s Doosan Bears game was delayed and not yet
postponed.
Born on
this date:
- Felix Mantilla (1934)
- Luis Alicea (1965)
Died on this date:
- Johnny Lewis (2018)
Transactions:
New York Mets traded Jacke Davis to the St. Louis Cardinals for Duke Carmel on July 29, 1963.
New York Mets traded Jeff Kent and Jose Vizcaino to the Cleveland Indians for Carlos Baerga and Alvaro Espinoza on July 29, 1996.
New York Mets traded Rey Sanchez to the Seattle Mariners for Kenny Kelly on July 29, 2003.
New York Mets traded Jason Vargas to the Philadelphia Phillies for Austin Bossart on July 29, 2019.
1944
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Annabelle Lee, the aunt of future
major leaguer Bill Lee, pitches the first of five perfect games in the
12-year history of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. The
Minneapolis Millerettes southpaw knuckleballer, who will toss a no-hitter for
the Fort Wayne Daisies precisely one year from this date, doesn't allow any
batters to reach first base in the 18-0 rout of the Kenosha (WI) Comets.
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1996
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The Mets deal Jeff Kent along with
Jose Vizcaino to the Indians for Carlos Baerga and Alvaro Espinoza. The
trade, considered to be one of the worst in franchise history, will be a bust
for New York when Baerga hits only .267 in three non-productive seasons in
the Big Apple, and Kent goes on to win an MVP award and posts Hall of Fame
numbers for a second baseman during his 17-year tenure in the major leagues.
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2000
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Recently acquired Mets make good
first impressions as Mike Bordick goes 2-for-3, including a homer on the
first pitch he sees as a Met, and Rick White pitches a scoreless inning to
get the win; the other newcomer, Bubba Trammell, will homer in his first at-bat
in his Met debut tomorrow.
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2004
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In a 10-1 victory over the Expos,
Eric Valent becomes the eighth player in franchise history to hit for the
cycle. After singling in the second, doubling in the third, and homering in
the fifth, the Mets' utility player triples in the seventh to join Phillies
David Bell, Pirates Daryle Ward, and Chad Moeller of the Brewers to
accomplish the feat this season.
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2006
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Julio Franco became the oldest
player ever to pinch run when he takes Carlos Delgado's place on the
basepaths after the Mets' infielder is hit by a pitch in the fourth inning.
The 47 year-old pinch-runner, who will stay in the game to play first, steals
second base and will advance to third on the catcher's error in the Mets'
11-4 win over Atlanta at Turner Field.
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2008
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In a 4-1 win over the Marlins at
Dolphin Stadium, Mets third baseman David Wright scores in his 13th
consecutive game, establishing a new franchise record. Teammate Carlos
Beltran had set the previous team mark in 2006.
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2001 - A career utility player who's making
the most of his opportunity to play this year in place of the injured Edgardo Alfonzo, second baseman Desi Relaford makes several
key contributions to a dramatic, back-and-forth, 6 - 5 nailbiter between the Mets and Phillies. After Relaford's
tremendous over-the-shoulder inning-ending grab robs Philly of two runs in the
6th, he goes to even greater lengths to break the tie he's just preserved:
after his one-out, 7th-inning, hit-and-run single moves Lenny Harris to third and
brings up Mike Piazza, New York's number
one run producer produces a tailor-made 4-6-3, inning-ending double play grounder.
Long before Relaford can reach second, shortstop Jimmy Rollins receives the
throw and crosses the bag, continuing on another 10 to 12 feet past the bag and
at least 7 feet clear of the baseline before turning and making the transfer
from glove to hand. As the unsuspecting shortstop winds up to throw, Relaford,
his left arm dragging the baseline to which his fully-extended body is
perfectly perpendicular, suddenly enters the picture, sliding/tumbling past on
his way to second base. Just as Rollins is about to unload, Desi fully extends
his right toe, hooks Rollins' right shin and completely turns him around. When
he comes to rest, the Phillies' shortstop is facing the now unoccupied third
base as its previous tenant, Lenny Harris, crosses home plate. The resulting 3
- 2 Mets lead will last exactly two batters into the next half-inning as John Franco coughs it up
on Scott Rolen's no-out, two-run
homer. Tsuyoshi Shinjo hits a
towering, two-run homer in the 8th, but New York's Armando Benitez blows the
save and Relaford must come to the rescue yet again, turning a double play to
get Benitez out of further trouble, thus setting the stage for redemption in
the form of Mike Piazza's walk-off home run.
2015: Another trade almost gets
consumed, as the Mets are on the verge of trading IF Wilmer Flores and
P Zack Wheeler to Milwaukee for
OF Carlos Gomez. The
rumor of the deal sweeps through the stands at Citi Field, and Flores breaks into tears
on the field as he does not want to leave a team that has grown into a
contender. The trade falls through, however, and the Mets lose, 7 - 3, to San Diego in spite of
three homers by Lucas Duda.
2019: One day after their surprise acquisition of Marcus Stroman,
the Mets deal with
their surplus of starting pitchers by sending Jason Vargas to
the Phillies in
return for AA catcher Austin Bossart,
who is hitting .195.
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11 comments:
John, I am surprised you didn't have the video clip of JD Davis diving back into first and letting out this huge groan right near the mic. It was hilarious and had the boy in the booth in stitches.
Kudos to Peterson. Keep it up.
Cespedes and Pete need to awaken their bats. Cano's seemed to revive nicely last night.
I wonder if Cespedes at this age can hit as well as Dom Smith.
The other Smith, Drew, got a big, big strikeout to end the 6th. Kudos to him too.
3-2 now, and I am back off the ledge.
Really happy for Peterson. He exceeded my expectations in this outing. Love it.
Ernest -
Happy birthday.
John -
You can't ask for from a rookie starter on his first outing.
This could be quite the shot in the arm for the Mets rotation if Peterson proves out to be real.
As I've said before, my biggest worry going into OD was the depth of the rotation, worsened when Stroman went on the IL.
Peterson did a lot to relieve my concern yesterday (yes, I know it's "only one game"), and raised a new question: If he pitches like this in 2 or 3 more starts, what happens when Marcus teturns?
Focus must be on Wacha/Porcello to see which of them remains in the rotation.
A little birdie told me the Stroman injury is less significant than what was portrayed. He could be back very quickly. I assume Mets won't push out Porcello for 10 million reasons so this should be interesting.
The main difference between Peterson last night and Matz' debut is that David didn't get 3 hits and drive in 4 Runs. 😉
Otherwise, very similar, including starting off with a wild pitch.
Ernest -
Porcello could fill a much needed 6th-7th inning role as well as long man, regardless of monies owed.
But David also didn't have a very enthusiastic grandpa in the stands cheering him on.
I wouldn't call the 6th - 7th role "much needed" if it is needed at all. We have Betances, Lugo, Familia, Wilson, and Diaz, and Shreve and Smith look good. With Gsellman, Hughes and Brach due back, where's the hole?
Was the birdie's initials "MS"?
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