6/28/21

Mets News and Breakfast Links - 6/28/2021

 



Good Morning.  Good Morning. Happy Birthday to Richard Hidalgo and Joe Sambito. Mets lose to Zack Wheeler and the Phillies 4-2, Binghamton and St. Lucie win, Syracuse and St. Lucie fall.

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Phillies 4 Mets 2 (Box Score) Today’s Lineup: Jeff McNeil 2B 0 for 4; Francisco Lindor SS 2 for 4, 2 doubles, 1 run scored, 1 K; Pete Alonso 1B 3 for 4, 1 RBI; Michael Conforto RF 0 for 4, 3 Ks; James McCann C 0 for 4, 2 Ks; Billy McKinney LF 1 for 4, 1 K;  Kevin Pillar CF 1 for 3, HR, 1 RBI, 1 run scored, 1 walk, 2 Ks;  Luis Guillorme 3B o for 3, 1 walk; Marcus Stroman 3 innings, 4 runs, 2 earned, 5 hits, 3 walks, 3 Ks;  Corey Oswalt 4 innings, no runs, 4 hits, 4 Ks; Drew Smith 2 innings, no runs, 1 hit, 1 K.  

NY Post: Mets close homestand with thud in sloppy loss to Phillies. “Francisco Lindor and Pete Alonso combined for five of the team’s seven hits, as the Mets were held to two runs or fewer for the ninth time in 13 games as MLB’s 30th-ranked team in scoring. Over that stretch the Mets are 5-8, but have lost only one game in the NL East standings. The Mets lead the Nationals by four games.”

Mets.com: Mets expect cold bats to be 'scorching' soon. “Even for a first-place team, such offensive figures are hard to ignore. Eight weeks after their firing of hitting coach Chili Davis, the Mets have posted nearly identical statistics under his replacement, Hugh Quattlebaum. Some of that has been due to the fact that they’ve played long stretches without multiple key offensive pieces. But the rest has been because nearly every member of the starting lineup has underperformed compared to previous career norms.”

Joel Sherman NY Post: Glaring Mets issue keeping door open for rest of NL East. “The Mets — even with the Phillies, Braves and Nationals winning on Sunday — still lead the division by four games. They are still the only NL East team with a winning record. But the pivot to their season is about their bats. If they hit, they should win this division, probably comfortably considering they have the most overall talent. But we have seen how they wouldn’t win it too by the way they have left the door ajar, so far.”

Mets.com: Stat of the day: “Corey Oswalt delivered four shutout innings in relief on Sunday, matching his effort from an August 25 game against the Marlins last summer. He became the first pitcher to provide multiple scoreless relief appearances of at least four innings in his Mets career since Darren Oliver accomplished it four times during the 2006 season.”








Today's Game: Mets (40-33) @ Nationals (37-38), 7:05 pm; NYM: Jerad Eickhoff (#43, 30, RHP, 0-0, 0.00) 

NY Post: Brandon Nimmo’s return to Mets appears imminent. If Nimmo indicates he is ready, he will likely be activated for Tuesday’s game in Atlanta, manager Luis Rojas said before the Mets’ 4-2 loss to the Phillies.




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Syracuse drops series finale to Buffalo with 9-7 loss in 11 innings. Buffalo Bisons 9 Syracuse Mets 7 (Box Score) Brandon Nimmo CF 1 for 3, 2 walks;  Cameron Maybin LF o for 5, 1 walk, 2 Ks; Khalil Lee RF 0 for 5, 1 run scored, 1 walk; Brandon Drury DH 2 for 6, HR, double, 1 run scored, 2 RBIs; Wilfredo Tovar SS 2 for 6, HR, 3 RBIs, 2 runs scored; David Rodriguez C 2 for 4, HR, 1 RBI, 1 run scored, 1 walk; Akeem Bostick 4 innings, 4 runs – earned, 5 hits, 3 HRs, 1 walk,  3 Ks; A.J. Schugel 0 innings, 1 run – earned, 3 walks; Tom Windle (L, 0-1) 1 inning, 3 runs – 2 earned, 1 hit, 1 walk, 1 K.


Vientos’ 12th HR in the 10th wins it for Ponies. Binghamton Rumble Ponies 10 Reading Fightin Phils 8 (Box Score) Jake Mangum CF 1 for 4, 1 run scored; 1 K: Carlos Cortes RF 1 for 5, HR, 4 RBIs, Mark Vientos LF 1 for 4, 2 RBIs, 2 runs scored, 1 walk, 1 K; Yoel Romero 3B 1 for 4, HR, 3 RBIs, 1 walk, 2 Ks; Luc Rennie  4.1 innings, 7 runs – all earned, 6 hits, 4 HRs, 2 walks, 2 Ks; Jared Robinson 2.2 innings, 1 run – earned, 2 hits, 1 HR, 4 Ks; Ryley Gilliam (W, 1-3) 3 innings, no runs, 1 hit, 3 Ks; 



'Claws Quiet Clones, BKLYN Falls 3-0 on Sunday. Jersey Shore Blue Claws 3 Brooklyn Cyclones 0 (Box Score) Ronny Mauricio SS 0 for 3, 2 Ks; Brett Baty 3B 0 for 4, 4 Ks; Francisco Alvarez C 0 for 3 with walk, Justin Lasko (L, 1-3) 6 innings, 3 runs – all earned, 8 hits, 6 Ks. 

Brooklyn Trolley Blogger: Brooklyn Cyclones Lose Finale to Jersey Shore Blue Claws, Settle For Series Split

St. Lucie Mets claim 5-4 walk-off win on Dunedin throwing error (Box Score) Alex Ramirez CF 3 for 5, HR, 1 RBI, 2 runs scored, 2 stolen bases; Luis Gonzalez 2B 2 for 4, 1 RBI, 1 K; Joe Suozzi LF 1 for 3, 1 RBI; David Griffin 5.2 innings, 4 runs – all earned, 6 hits, 1 HR, 1 walk, 7 Ks; Willy Taveras (W, 1-2) 2 innings, no runs, no hits, 2 Ks;  

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New York Mets released Danny Muno on June 28, 2016.

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2006

In his worst outing as a Met during two seasons with the team, Pedro Martinez is routed by his former Red Sox teammates in his return when the Mets drop a 10-2 decision. The Fenway crowd, who chanted, "Pedro! Pedro!" before the game, showed their appreciation of the Dominican's history as a Red Sox player with a standing ovation during yesterday's video tribute which highlighted the right-hander's achievements with Boston.

2009

Mariano Rivera joins Trevor Hoffman in becoming only the second pitcher to record 500 major league saves. The right-handed reliever, who also registers his first RBI of his 15-year career, reaches the milestone by getting the last four outs in the Yankees' 4-2 win over the Mets at Citi Field.

 

2011

After playing 299 games without a grand slam, the Mets hit two bases full homers in the span of seven at-bats during their 14-3 rout of Detroit at Comerica Park. Jason Bay breaks the nearly two-year drought with a fourth-inning round-tripper, and Carlos Beltran goes deep, six batters later in the fifth frame.

2015

Steven Matz, who goes 3-for-3 at the plate, becomes the first pitcher to drive in four runs in his major league debut, delivering a two-run double in his first at-bat and then driving in another pair with a sixth-inning single. The Mets' 24 year-old rookie right-hander from Stony Brook, NY, gives up five hits and two runs in 7.2 innings en route to earning his first victory when the Mets beat Cincinnati at Citi Field, 7-2.

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1987:  Pinch hitter Greg Gross breaks up Ron Darling's no-hitter with a leadoff triple in the 8th inning and two Phillie rallies beat the Mets, 5 - 4.

1994: Mets P Dwight Gooden receives a 60-day suspension for violating terms of his drug aftercare program

2010: Edwin Rodriguez, who became the first Puerto Rican manager in major league history last week, wins a game in front of his countrymen as the Marlins defeat the Mets, 10 - 3, at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is the first major league game played in the stadium since the MLB-owned Montreal Expos were forced to move a number of home games there in 2003 and 2004. A crown of more than 18,000 is on hand for the historic game. With Bobby Valentine turning down an offer to manage the Marlins, Rodriguez will be confirmed as Florida's skipper for the remainder of the season.

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4 comments:

Tom Brennan said...

Let's hear it for power hitting Vientos and Cortes. The major league guys are sputtering by comparison.

I don't want to hear that the Mets bat could soon be scorching. Scorch, already.

June 28, 2021 at 6:06 AM
John From Albany said...

The guys who went on the DL were slumping when they got hurt and are slumping since they came back. I think McNeil went 0 for the entire Philly series. Time for a new plan.

June 28, 2021 at 7:27 AM
TexasGusCC said...

Omar Minaya loved Cortes and the Mets have drafted him multiple times. This is completely Omar’s guy.

They were better without the hitting coach last year. Sometimes, too much information when you’re hitting is no good. See the ball, hit the ball. Done.

June 28, 2021 at 11:28 AM
John From Albany said...

Agreed Gus. Lindor's and McNeil's best at bats were after they fought about the "rat-coon". They were pissed at each other and didn't think.

June 28, 2021 at 12:29 PM

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