7/4/21

Mets News and Breakfast Links - 7/4/2021

 



Good Morning.  Happy July 4th!  Happy Birthday to Jose Oquendo, and Binghamton Shortstop Manny Rodriguez. Mets beat Yanks 8-3. The FCL Mets won while Syracuse, St. Lucie, Binghamton, and Brooklyn all fell. 

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Mets 8 Yankees 3 (Box Score) Brandon Nimmo CF 3 for 6, 2 runs scored, 1 K; Francisco Lindor SS 2 for 4, 2 walks, 2 runs scored, 1 RBI, 2 Ks; Dominic Smith 1B 3 for 5, double, 3 RBIs, 2 runs scored, 2 Ks; Pete Alonso DH 0 for 4, 1 walk, 3 Ks; Kevin Pillar LF 1 for 5, 2 RBIs; Jeff McNeil 2B 2 for 4, 1 walk, 1 run scored; Jose Peraza 3B 2 for 5, 1 run scored, 2 Ks;  Taijuan Walker (W, 7-3) 5.2 innings, 2 runs – both earned, 2 hits, 1 HR, 2 walks, 5 Ks; Miguel Castro – pitched to 3 batters – no outs, 1 run – earned, 1 hit, 1 walk, 1 HBP; Jeurys Familia 1.1 innings, no runs, no hits, 3 Ks;  Drew Smith 2 innings, no runs, no hits, 2 Ks;   




















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Syracuse Mets tie game in eighth, but Red Wings answer in ninth to win 4-1 on Saturday night (Box Score). Jonathan Villar 3B 0 for 3, 1 K; J.D. Davis 1B 1 for 3, 1 K; Brandon Drury LF 1 for 4, double; Khalil Lee CF o for 4, 3 Ks;  Drew Jackson 2B 1 for 1, HR, 1 RBI, 1 run scored, 2 waks; Alex Sanabia 4.1 innings, 1 run – earned, 7 hits, 2 walks, 3 Ks; Bradley Roney (L, 0-3) 1 inning, 3 runs – all earned, 2 hits, 2 walks, 1 K.




Richmond Flying Squirrels 2 Binghamton Rumble Ponies 1 (Box Score) Nick Meyer 1B 2 for 4; Carlos Cortes RF 0 for 4; Luis Carpio 2B 1 for 3, 1 run scored, 1 K; Yoel Romero 3B 0 for 3, 3 Ks; Oscar De La Cruz 5.1 innings, 1 run – earned, 5 hits, 1 HR, 2 walks, 6 Ks; Dustin Beggs (L, 0-1) 1.2 innings, 1 run – earned, 1 hit, 1 K, 1 walk.

For the Birds!  Cyclones Blow 9th Inning Lead in 4-3 Loss. (Box Score) Brett Baty 3B 1 for 4, 1 K; Francisco Alvarez C 0 for 4; Luke Ritter 2B 1 for 4; Joe Genord 1B 2 for 4, 1 run scored;  LT Struble RF 1 for 3, 2 RBIs, 1 run scored; Adrian Hernandez CF 1 for 4, 1 K; Justin Lasko 6 innings, no runs, 4 hits, 2 walks, 5 Ks;  Mitch Ragan (L, 2-2) 1/3 inning 2 unearned runs, 2 hits;


Threshers edge St. Lucie Mets 2-1. (Box Score) “Threshers leadoff hitter and Phillies No. 5 prospect Luis Garcia scored both runs for Clearwater. He ambushed J.T. Ginn's first pitch of the bottom of the first inning for a home run. In the sixth inning Garcia hit a leadoff triple. He scored on Johan Rojas's ensuing sac fly to put the Threshers up 2-1. The Mets scored their only run on a bases loaded walk by Cole Kleszcz in the fourth inning. That tied the game 1-1.  Ginn (1-1) took the tough loss…His final line was 5.2 innings, four hits, two runs, one walk and five strikeouts.”


5 Astros errors help the FCL Mets win. FCL Mets 9 FCL Astros 6 (Box Score). Gregory Guerrero 0 for 5, 5 Ks; Edgardo Fermin 2 for 3, 3 runs scored, 1 walk, 1 K; 

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New York Mets sold Butch Metzger to the Philadelphia Phillies on July 4, 1978.

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1972

In front of a large holiday crowd gathered at Shea Stadium for a doubleheader against San Diego, Tom Seaver takes a no-hitter into the ninth inning for the second time in his career. After getting Dave Roberts to ground out to second base, Leron Lee singles up the middle to spoil the no-hit bid of the 27 year-old Mets right-hander, who has to settle for his fourth one-hitter when he induces the next batter to hit into a game-ending double play.

1985

With a double in the first, a triple in the fourth, a homer in the eighth inning, Keith Hernandez completes the cycle with a single in the twelfth frame of a 19-inning contest with the Braves. The Mets first baseman's four hits, all off different pitchers, contribute to New York's 16-13 early morning victory at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. You Tube Link.


 

 

1985

"If he hits a home run to tie this game, this game will be certified as absolutely the nuttiest in the history of baseball." - JOHN STERLING, TBS broadcaster commenting to his partner Ernie Johnson about Rick Camp’s at-bat.

The Mets outlast the Braves, finally winning the game 16-13 in 19 innings, after Rick Camp, a weak-hitting hurler with a .060 average and 83 strikeouts in 167 at-bats, hit an improbable two-strike, two-out homer off Tom Gorman to tie the game in the bottom of the last frame. Shortly after the game ends at 3:55 in the morning, the approximately thousand fans left in Atlanta Fulton County Stadium stay to see the pre-dawn fireworks which awaken and frighten many of the ballpark's neighbors. You Tube Link.

 



 

2006

Billy Wagner becomes the 20th pitcher baseball history to record 300 career saves. The significant save for the Mets' southpaw, who has also played for the Astros and Phillies, is his sixteenth of the season.

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1967: The Mets end a 19-game losing streak to Juan Marichal with their first win against the Dominican Dandy, 8 - 7. Marichal's win streak started in 1962. Jack Fisher is the winning pitcher.

1972: Leron Lee singles in the 9th to break up Tom Seaver's no-hitter, but the Mets shut out the Padres, 2 - 0, in the opener. Seaver strikes out 11. The Pads take the nitecap, 4 - 2, as Nate Colbert hits his 16th homer.

1979 - The Phillies' Steve Carlton shuts out the Mets, 1 - 0, on a one-hitter, but the Phils manage to lose three other hurlers on the same day: Larry Christenson pulls a groin muscle, Dick Ruthven goes on the disabled list, and Randy Lerch fractures his thumb in a brawl.

1985 - In a marathon game that borders on the surreal, the Mets endure two rain delays and 6:10 of playing time to beat the Braves, 16 - 13, in 19 innings on Fireworks Night in Atlanta. The Mets take a 10 - 8 lead in the top of the 13th inning, only to watch the Braves tie it up. The Mets score again in the 18th, but relief hurler Rick Camp (a .060 hitter who is batting because Atlanta has no more position players available to pinch-hit) ties the score with his first major league home run on a two-out, two-strike pitch in the bottom of the inning. No pitcher had ever homered that late in a game before. Finally, the Mets erupt for five runs in the 19th off Camp and Atlanta can respond only with 2. Keith Hernandez hits for the cycle for the Mets, and the game ends at 3:55 A.M. on July 5th, the latest finish in major league history. At 4:01 A.M., the post-game fireworks display begins, causing local residents to think the city is under attack.

2012: The Phillies' Cliff Lee finally earns his first win of the year in beating the Mets, 9 - 2. He is now 1-5 in 14 starts, and his lack of production has been one of the reasons the Phils have fallen behind the pace in the NL East.

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4 comments:

BrooklynTrolleyBlogger said...

Happy Independence Day!

July 4, 2021 at 8:46 AM
John From Albany said...

Thanks Mike. Same to you.

July 4, 2021 at 8:48 AM
Tom Brennan said...

Sam Huff hits one 511 feet in Arizona? Big time power.

Mets found a lot of holes yesterday. Having Nimmo the Energizer back helped.

Nimmo and McNeil 5 hits? What is this - 2019?

Mets get 14 hits…Conforto & Alonso 0 for 8, though.

Taijuan Walker is awesome, and Drew Smith and Familia were great.

Mets came up with an excuse to push Megill out of Yank series. I am OK with that. Give him time to adjust…AND SUCCEED.

Lindor .311 OBP is not that much off his career .343 OBP. Maybe .343 is all we can expect for the remainder of the season.

July 4, 2021 at 9:17 AM
John From Albany said...

Nimmo needs to be Nimmo. Lindor needs to be Lindor, etc. If so, the Mets will be fun to watch the rest of year.

July 4, 2021 at 9:47 AM

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