By metstradamus | May 4, 2021 12:23 am
I didn’t have a lot of hope for Monday’s game because it was a bullpen game, and just about half the bullpen was unavailable because they had all gone twice in a row, so the Mets were left with scraps. So they made the almost last-minute decision to bring Joey Lucchesi in from the alternate site to start the game, and hope to get some length.
The sentiment was good, until they showed Lucchesi’s numbers against Paul Goldschmidt and Nolan Arenado against Lucchesi, who saw them a lot when he was with San Diego, Goldschmidt was with Arizona, and Arenado was with Colorado.
- Goldschmidt: 7-for-15, 2 HR’s
- Arenado: 7-for-20, 2 HR’s
Combine that with the fact that Lucchesi hadn’t seen the 4th inning this season, and I was nervous at first pitch.
May 3, 2021; St. Louis, Missouri, USA; New York Mets center fielder Kevin Pillar (11) hits a two run home run during the third inning against the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports
The Mets had given Lucchesi some support. The hot hitting Kevin Pillar smacked his second home run in as many days to make the score 5-2, and things were motoring. And Lucchesi cruised through Adam Wainwright and Tommy Edman, but then the house of cards crumbled. Dylan Carlson singled. Then Goldschmidt singled. Then Arenado, who had barely foul tipped what would have been strike three (it didn’t look like it was tipped but according to Lucchesi, Tomas Nido said that he got it) smacked a three run home run to tie the game.
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