8/9/21

Mets News and Breakfast Links - 8/9/2021

 



Good Morning.  Born today Tommie Agee.  Happy Birthday to Pat Mahomes.  Zack Wheeler beat Mets 3-0; Syracuse loses late 7-6; Binghamton, Brooklyn and St. Lucie all win. 

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Box Score and Recap: Phillies 3 Mets 0; Brandon Nimmo CF 2 for 4; Jeff McNeil 2B 0 for 4, 1 K; Pete Alonso 1B 0 for 4, 2 Ks; Dominic Smith LF 0 for 3, 2 Ks; Javier Baez SS 0 for 2; Michael Conforto RF 0 for 2; Jonathan Villar 3B/SS 0 for 3; James McCann C 0 for 3; Taijuan Walker P (L, 7-7) 6 innings, 3 runs – all earned, 4 hits, 3 HRs, 1 walk, 1 K;
















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Syracuse surrenders five-run lead, drops series finale to Rochester, 7-6; Box Score: Rochester Red Wings 7 Syracuse Mets 6 

Ponies Shut Out Sea Dogs In Series Finale; Box Score: Binghamton Rumble Ponies 5 Portland Sea Dogs 0


Box Score: Brooklyn Cyclones 5 Hudson Valley Renegades 4 

Brooklyn Trolley Blogger: Bullpen and Clutch Hitting Lift Brooklyn Cyclones To Series Split at Coney Island


Press Release: St. Lucie Mets Complete Sweep of Palm Beach Cardinals with 2-1 Win Box Score: St. Lucie Mets 2 Palm Beach Cardinals 1; David Thompson, on MiLB rehab assignment from Syracuse, started at third base and hit a solo home run…Branden Fryman went 3 for 4 for the second time in three games…Jose Martinez (left meniscus) made a MLB rehab start. He played three innings in right field and went 0 for 2 with a strikeout. 

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New York Mets traded Jay Bruce to the Cleveland Indians for Ryder Ryan on August 9, 2017.

New York Mets signed free agent Joe Panik on August 9, 2019.

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1963

One loss shy of tying the major league record of 19 consecutive defeats, Roger Craig switches his uniform number to 13 to change his luck. The change of works when Jim Hickman lofts a short fly ball in the ninth inning with two outs and the bases-full in a tie game, that barely ticks the upper-deck overhang in left field at the Polo Grounds for a walk-off grand slam, giving the Mets an improbable 7-3 victory over the Cubs.

1963

Lindy McDaniel becomes the second pitcher in major league history to give up a pair of game-ending grand slams in the same season when Mets pinch-hitter Jim Hickman goes deep to give the Mets a dramatic 7-3 victory over the Cubs at the Polo Grounds. The Chicago right-hander, who also allowed Houston's Bob Aspromonte to end a game with a bases full walk-off round-tripper in June, joins Satchel Paige (1952) accomplishing the infamous deed.

 

1964

After throwing a perfect game on Father's Day against the Mets, Phillies right-hander Jim Bunning continues his mastery over New York, retiring a total of 44 New York batters in a row. Joe Christopher beats out a two-out bunt in the fifth inning to finally end the right-hander's perfection over the Amazins'.

1988

After 5,687 consecutive contests occur during the day at the Chicago Northside ballpark dating back to 1914, the first official major league night game takes place at Wrigley Field, with the hometown Cubs taking a 6-4 decision from the Mets. Originally, last night's contest against the Phillies would have been the ballpark's first evening tilt, but rain washed out the scheduled historic event after the third inning.

 

2006

Mike Piazza belts two home runs off Mets ace Pedro Martinez and nearly hits a third in the eighth inning during a 4-3 Padres loss in New York. The Big Apple fans give their former hometown hero an uncommon road curtain call after the round-tripper, but the second time the backstop goes deep, he hears boos and catcalls from the crowd.

 

Baseball Reference:

1970 - At Three Rivers Stadium, Willie Stargell hits an 8th-inning homer into the 70-foot high right field upper deck, the first player to hit one up there. The pitch is served up by Mets reliever Ron Taylor. The next two hit up there will also be by Stargell, who will hit four of the first 7; Bob Robertson, Phillie Greg Luzinski, and Bobby Bonilla, in 1987, will also reach the seats. The Pirates win, 8 - 3. Nolan Ryan is the loser, allowing four runs in six innings, allowing three hits, walking seven and striking out 10.

1975 - Davey Lopes steals his 32nd consecutive base without being caught for the Dodgers in a 2 - 0 win over the Mets. This breaks the major-league record set by Max Carey in 1922.

1987:  With help from Lee Smith, Scott Sanderson beats the Mets, 6 - 3, at Shea Stadium. The loser is Doc Gooden, who snaps his 10-game winning streak against the Cubs. He'll start another streak of 12 wins.

1988 - The Cubs play their first-ever official night game at Wrigley Field defeating the Mets, 6 - 4. Last night's attempt to play a night game was rained out after four innings.

2012 - R.A. Dickey pitches a complete game for his 15th win of the year as the Mets end a 9-game home losing streak by defeating the Marlins, 6 - 1. Jose Reyes's hitting streak, the longest in the majors this year at 26 games, is stopped as well as he goes 0 for 4 for Miami; for the Mets, Andres Torres has a double, a triple and a homer.

2017 - Shortly after losing All-Star OF Michael Brantley to an ankle injury, the Indians acquire Jay Bruce from the Mets.

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Tom Brennan said...

Paul Sewald has 63 Ks in 37 innings. WHATTTT? He must take Zack Wheeler vitamins. The former 1-14 Met is 7-3, too. He won Sunday, but lost Friday on a Yankee Stadium pop up that the short fence in right turned into a 3 run HR.

Hard to tell on the little clip, but it seemed Brooklyn's park turned Mauricio's 9th inning shot from a HR into a triple. He really whacked it.

I'd like to see more of Butto - that one strikeout pitch was high velocity, but not the greatest video of it.

Pete and Taijuan seem quite confident. I fell quite...something else.

August 9, 2021 at 7:01 AM

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