Tom Brennan and Mack Ade - Mets Recap

 

Tonight, now-you-see-him, now-you-don't 1-0, 1.89 David Peterson takes the mound against , the Stalker, 3-1, 5.61 Alex "Corn" Cobb.  Peterson's ERA is 1/3 as high as Cobb's going in.  

Would it stay that way?  Would Pete Alonso sing, "I Left the Park, in San Francisco"?

An 8 game lead coming into the series - was a double digit chasm sitting ahead just a few days away?

Interestingly, going in, the quartet of Alonso, Lindor, Marte, and McNeil had 104 combined RBIs through 43 games, a roughly 400 RBI pace from 4 guys.  Remarkable.  Then...they added a bunch more.

In the first 3 innings alone, Lindor got 2 RBIs on a pop double, and Pete Alonso then hit a pop 3 run HR.  

For Lindor, he hit the 500 career RBI threshold, and Pete jumped to 40 RBIs in game 44.  Score at Mets, 5-3, after 2 1/2 innings.  

What made the 5 run inning possible, though?  A slow grounder.

A SUPER hustle infield single by Brandon Nimmo that virtually no one else in baseball would have beaten out. Instead of a 3rd out and no runs, the Mets scored 5.  

SIGN THE MAN!! (Next time up, ANOTHER infield hit for Nimmo).

Peterson had a great night, professional hitter JD Davis had 4 hits, Alonso (.288) had 3, Jeffie Mac and "Yes He Canha", both homered, the Mets scored 13, had 18 hits in all, and lest we forget, Colin Holderman had 2 more scoreless innings in relief, and the Mets won 13-3.  

It helped that SFG is having injuries too.  Mets are excelling in spite of it all.

So, for all you "let's get rid of JDD" folks, I say to you, "come on, dude."  He's been hitting in bad luck - until tonight.  He hits!

Of course, the secret weapon last night was Patrick Mazeika, who had a hit and an RBI, and has Tomas Nido feeling like Wally Pipp.  Mazeika is a lucky charm.

Let's roll, yo.  Who needs those two Cy Young dudes, really?

ELSEWHERE: 

A quiet day in the minors, as Mondays these days almost always are, with zero games anywhere in minor league ball.  

Quiet, that is, except for a rumor that a Francisco Alvarez promotion to AAA might not be too far off (hopefully, red hot Jake Mangum and hit machine Wyatt Young would join him).

Syracuse needs reinforcements, but then again, so does Binghamton.  What makes me say that?  Their combined .333 win-loss %, that's what.  An un-scintillating 26-52.

I think Brett Baty and Ronny Mauricio both need another several weeks to go from decent to dominating in AA before getting a promotion to AAA.  No huge rush, since Mets' hitters are hitting.

Also, rumors that the Wednesday starter will be....innings eater Tom Szapucki.  

May he get called up AND go 9 innings.  It would, of course, be a Giant challenge.

Brooklyn (17-19) is scoring just 3.2 runs per game.  But a few signs of bat life of late.

St Lucie has slowed a bit but is still 26-13 (.667).  26-13?  Nice.  

Oh, when the Saints, Go Marching Up...to Brooklyn.  Promotions ought to be coming in June.  

Well, as my dentist might say, you've been re-capped.