8/18/21

Mets News and Breakfast Links - 8/18/2021

 



Good Morning.  Happy Birthday Choo Choo Coleman, Pat Misch, and Justin Wilson. Mets lose 5th straight - 3-2 to Giants; Syracuse gets rained out, Binghamton loses big, Brooklyn loses in extras and St. Lucie wins.

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Box Score and Recap: Giants 3 Mets 2. Brandon Nimmo CF 0 for 4, 1 run scored, 1 K; Pete Alonso 1B 1 for 4, HR (#26), 2 RBIs, 1 run scored, 1 K; Michael Conforto RF 1 for 4, 1 K; J.D. Davis 3B 1 for 4, 1 K; Jeff McNeil 2B 1 for 4; Jonathan Villar SS 0 for 4, 2 Ks; Patrick Mazeika C 1 for 3, 1 walk, 1 K; Kevin Pillar LF 1 for 4, 3 Ks; Marcus Stroman 7 innings, 3 runs – all earned, 5 hits, 2 HRs, 2 walks, 9 Ks; Aaron Loup 1 inning, no runs, no hits, 1 K;















Today's Game - 

Mets (59-60) @ Giants (78-42), 3:45 pm

SFG: Anthony DeSclafani (#26, 31, RHP, 11-5, 3.29)
NYM: Tylor Megill (#38, 25, RHP, 1-2, 3.42)

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Syracuse and Buffalo postponed on Tuesday night, doubleheader set for Wednesday. First pitch of game one scheduled for 4:05 p.m.

Portland Sea Dogs 11 Binghamton Rumble Ponies 0 (Box Score) Lineup: Carlos Cortes LF 0 for 4, 1 K: Jake Mangum CF 1 for 3; Brett Baty DH 0 for 3, 1 walk; Mark Vientos 3B 0 for 4m 2 Ks; Carlos Rincon RF 0 for 3, 2 Ks; Connor Grey (L, 1-3) 4 innings, 6 runs – all earned, 8 hits, 1 HR, 2 walks, 3 Ks; Big news in this game was that Carlos Cortes and Mark Vientos both returned to the Ponies lineup after being out for the last two weeks.  Mangum extended his on-base streak to 19 games.


MiLB.com/Brooklyn: Cyclones Skid Continues, Fall in Extras 3-2. “The Brooklyn Cyclones dropped their sixth straight, falling to the Hudson Valley Renegades by the score of 3-2 in 10 innings on Tuesday night. It marks the third time this season that the Cyclones have dropped at least six consecutive games.” (Box Score) Jaylen Palmer CF 0 for 4, 1 run scored, 1 walk, 3 Ks; Ronny Mauricio SS 0 for 5, 2 Ks (15th error); Jose Martinez RF 1 for 2, RBI, 1 run scored, 1 RBI, 2 walks, 1 K;  Francisco Alvarez C 0 for 4, 1 K;  Luke Ritter 1B 1 for 4, 2 Ks; Jaison Vilera 5 innings, 2 runs – both earned, 5 hits, 1 HR, 1 walk, 5 Ks; Colby Morris (L, 2-1) 1.3 innings, 1 unearned run in the 10th, 1 K;   

Brooklyn Trolley Blogger: Brooklyn Cyclones Lose Battle of Situational Hitting; Renegades Seize Series Opener in Tenth Inning

Jordan Walk Breaks Tie, St. Lucie Mets Edge Tarpons 4-3. (Box Score) Lineup: Rowdey Jordan CF 0 for 4, 1 RBI, 1 bases loaded walk, 1 K; Alex Ramirez RF 1 for 4, double, 1 run scored, 1 walk, 1 K; Kevin Kendall SS 2 for 4, 1 RBI, 1 walk; JT Schwartz 1B 1 for 3, 1 walk, 2 runs scored; Omar De Los Santos LF 1 for 4, double, 1 K; Jack-Thomas Wold DH 1 for 2, 1 RBI, 1 walk; Robert Colina 5 innings, 3 runs – all earned, 4 hits, 1 HR, 2 walks, 4 Ks; Nolan Clenney (W, 1-1) 2 innings, no runs, no hits, 1 walk, 3 Ks; Luis Montas (S,5) 2 innings, no runs 1 walk, 3 Ks - Montas now has a 0.63 ERA in 17 games - 28.2 innings.  29 Ks;

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New York Mets purchased Dave Eilers from the Milwaukee Braves on August 18, 1965.

New York Mets traded Brett Butler to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Scott Hunter and Dwight Maness on August 18, 1995.


1996
After arriving at the ballpark feeling ill, Padres' third baseman Ken Caminiti, refusing to be taken out of the lineup, goes on to hit two home runs and drives in four runs in the teams 8–0 win over the Mets at Mexico's Estadio de Beisbol Monterrey. The eventual National League MVP, a food poisoning and dehydration victim, recovers when he receives two liters of fluids and eats a Snickers bar before the start of the game.
2002
In a pregame ceremony, Tommy Agee is inducted posthumously into the Mets Hall of Fame. The Mets' center fielder (1968-72) is best remembered for his two great catches in Game 3 of the 1969 World Series.

2011
Mike Jacobs becomes the first professional baseball player to be suspended for testing positive for human growth hormone. The 30 year-old Rockies minor league first baseman, who has played for the Mets, Marlins, and Royals, is handed a 50-game suspension for his involvement with HGH.

1966 - Pittsburgh 3B Jose Pagan ties the modern National League record for errors in an inning with 3, but Pittsburgh coasts to a 9 - 3 win over the Mets.

1979: The Yankees sell Ray Burris (1-3) to the Mets.

1982: The Reds play 14 innings and overcome a 5 - 1 Mets lead to win, 7 - 6. Cesar Cedeno singles in the winning run.

2002:  In a pregame ceremony, Tommy Agee is inducted posthumously in to the New York Mets Hall of Fame. The center fielder, who played with the team from 1968 to 1972, is best remembered for two his great two catches in Game 3 of the 1969 World Series.



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3 comments:

Tom Brennan said...

Awful - awful happens every summer for the bots from Queens, don't it, though?

The hitters are Pete - and Pathetic.

Stroman has been fine - just don't look at his highly deceptive W/L record.

Send in the Clowns - there ought to be clowns.

August 18, 2021 at 6:36 AM
Anonymous said...

One thing that needs to happen here, and elsewhere, is the people who were saying this was a 95+ win team need to step back and reflect on why they were so wrong.

I mean, okay, obviously, thinking that certain players were better than they actually are.

I had them in the upper 80s, 87 to be exact, which was relatively low. Just felt that the staff was too strong, and the quality of the team too solid, for them to falter much below that.

Injuries were obviously part of it. Nothing from Carrasco. But when healthy, these guys -- Smith, Conforto, McNeil -- have been extremely disappointing.

The Mets still have a 15-game stretch against Marlins & Nationals coming up. Need to salvage what they can on the Coast -- try to stay close to .500 -- and then go on a run to climb back over. Possible? Probable? Who knows.

It's just interesting when the dedicated fanbase turns out to be so wrong.

Rose-colored glasses effect?

Jimmy




August 18, 2021 at 9:46 AM
Tom Brennan said...

Injuries were such a huge part of this demise. If they had just league average in injuries, whatever that might be, they'd be several games in front.

I just can never recall any season with so much time missed by key players. deGrom, Thor, Carrasco, Lindor, Conforto, McNeil, Davis, Nimmo, and all of the # 5 pitchers who got seriously injured. A freak season.

It is a game of momentum. Cascades of njuries have robbed them of any momentum.

Some site tracks it - 20 guys injured during the year - they included Cano, so make it 19. Most have been very lengthy.

August 18, 2021 at 10:01 AM

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