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8/26/20

John From Albany – Mets News and Breakfast Links 8/26/2020

Good Morning. Happy Birthday to Alex Trevino.  The Mets get shutout by the Marlins – twice, and Lucas Giolito throws MLB's first no-hitter of 2020.


Mets Links:

Game 1, Marlins 4 Mets 0. Rick Porcello (L, 1-4) 3 innings, 5 hits, 4 runs, 4 ER, 0 walks, 4 Ks, 64 pitches – 38 strikes; Corey Oswalt 4 innings, 1 hit, 0 runs, 1 walks, 3 Ks, 59 pitches – 36 strikes;  Michael Conforto 2 for 4; J.D. Davis, 2 for 4; Pete Alonso 0 for 3, 1 walk; Amed Rosario, 0 for 3; Robinson Cano 0 for 4. (Box Score).

Game 2, Marlins 3 Mets 0. Seth Lugo 3 innings, 9 up and 9 down, 0 Hits, 0 runs, 5 Ks, 39 pitches – 25 strikes; Jared Hughes (L, 0-1) 2/3 inning, 2 hits, 2 runs, 2 ER, 1 walk; Chasen Shreve 1.1 innings, 0 Hits, 0 walks, 1 K;  Jeurys Familia 1 inning, 1 run, 1 earned run, 0 hits, 1 walk;  J.D. Davis, 1 for 3, 1 walk;  Michael Conforto 0 for 3; Dominic Smith 1 for 1, 2 walks; Brandon Nimmo 0 for 3;  Luis Guillorme 0 for 2, 1 walk; Pete Alonso 0 for 3; Amed Rosario, 1 for 2; Robinson Cano PH 1 for 1. (Box Score).


SNY.TV: The Mets and Marlins will go at it again Wednesday night at Citi Field at 7:10 p.m. Jacob deGrom and Elieser Hernandez will get the starts. 

213 Mile From Shea Game Preview Marlins Vs. Mets.








Metstradamus: “Now, if I’m Luis Rojas, and I have only one chance to make a statement in a post game meeting because the season is only 60 games, this is it. You can lose because you can’t hit. You can lose because you can’t hit with runners in scoring position. But the mental mistakes can’t happen. Not for Davis, who is one of the leaders on this team, and not for Sanchez who is making his first start in the majors.”

Luis Rojas: Mets' sloppy doubleheader loss to Marlins must be a 'wake-up call' for the team. Rojas called Jon Berti's steal of home 'negligence from our end'.









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Born on this date:

1965
At Shea Stadium, the Mets beat the Dodgers, 5-2, making Tug McGraw (2-2) the first Mets pitcher to defeat Sandy Koufax (21-7). Previously, New York had lost 13 consecutive times to the future Hall of Fame southpaw.
1968
After starting his career 0-5, Jim McAndrew gets his first major league victory when he goes the distance at Busch Stadium, blanking St. Louis on five hits, 1-0. In his first four major league starts, the Mets failed to score a run, resulting in two 2-0 and two 1-0 defeats for the 24 year-old rookie right-hander.

1993
The Mets announce that Vince Coleman will remain on paid administrative leave until the end of the season, effectively ending his playing career with the team. Co-owner Fred Wilpon's unequivocal decision that the controversial outfielder, who signed a four-year $11.95 million contract before the 1991 season, will not ever put on a Mets uniform again is the result of Coleman admitting to tossing a M-100 firecracker from a Jeep departing from a Dodger Stadium parking lot last month, injuring three people.
1996
The Mets replaced Dallas Green as their manager with Bobby Valentine, a former coach who left the organization to manage in Texas. During his stormy seven-year tenure in New York, Bobby 'V' will compile a 536-467 (.534) record and will lead the team to the NL pennant in 2000.

2008
Driving in Damion Easley with a fourth-inning groundout at Citizens Bank Park, Mets infielder David Wright becomes the first player in franchise history to have four 100-RBIs seasons. The 25 year-old has reached the plateau every year since becoming the team's regular third baseman.


2011: Chris Capuano tosses the best game of his career, throwing a two-hit shutout while striking out 13, as the Mets defeat the Braves, 6 - 0.




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11 comments:

  1. Get the lemons and melted butter! The LOB-sters are back!

    I think some of the cut-outs actually left the park early last night.

    Bob W

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  2. It was hard to take. The Marlins ran the bases like the 2019 Brooklyn Cyclones and the Mets couldn't handle it. What ever happened to the 2019 Brooklyn Cyclones manager? Mets may want to use that guy.

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  3. I snuck a mini-article in at 7:30, before Reese's 8:00 AM, on the subject of last night. That is my comment.

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  4. Congrats to good friends of mine, the Giolito family.

    His father and I used to dream of Lucas being picked by the Mets in the draft.

    Shame on us.

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  5. Mack - who did the Mets end up getting that draft and where is he now?

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  6. John

    It was the 2012 draft.

    Lucas went 1.16.

    The Mets picked at 1.12

    Gavin Cecchini

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  7. Lucas was the favorite internal pick until 2 days before the draft when they brought Gavin to Queens to take a last look see.

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  8. Thanks Mack. The last I heard was that Gavin Cecchini was released by Arizona.

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  9. Before we give up on the season, let's not forget that the top 2 teams in each division are in the post-season. And we're still ahead of the floundering Nats and Phils.

    Surrender? Did we surrender when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?

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  10. Giolito wasn't with the Nats for long. After one MnL season, he was traded along with 2 other TOP prospects, to the Chisox in exchange for Adam Eaton.

    The trade was widely criticized as one that "could bite the Nats in the ass", and that estimate seems right on track.

    If Brodie had made a deal like that, Mets fans would be tearing him apart now.

    Well, they already ARE, but this trade would result in total nuclear bombing.

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  11. And the White Sox are smarting for trading Fernando Tatis Jr for James Shields. Which proves, you just never know sometimes.

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