5/4/21

Mets News and Breakfast Links 5/4/2021

 



Good Morning.  Happy Birthday Ken Oberkfell, Manny Aybar, and Miguel Cairo. Cards 6 Mets 5 as bats come up a little short.  Jacob deGrom - pitcher of the month and the Minor Leagues return tonight!

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Cardinals 6 Mets 5 (Gameday and Box Score): Jeff McNeil 2B 1 for 3, 1 RBI, 2 walks; Francisco Lindor SS 0 for 4, 1 walk, 2 Ks; Michael Conforto RF 0 for 4, 1 walk, 1 run scored, 1 K; Pete Alonso 1B 3 for 4, 2 doubles, 2 runs scored, 1 walk; Dominic Smith LF 0 for 4, an RBI, a walk, 1 K; Kevin Pillar CF 2 for 4, HR, 2 runs scored, 2 RBI; Jonathan Villar 3B 0 for 3, 1 walk; Tomás Nido C 1 for 2, RBI, 1 K; Joey Lucchesi 0 for 1, 1 K – 2.2 innings, 7 hits, 2 HRs, 6 runs – all earned, 1 walk, 1 K; Robert Gsellman 2.1 innings, no runs, no hits, 1 K; Sean Reid-Foley 2 innings, no runs, 2 hits, 3 Ks; Jacob Barnes 1 inning, no runs, no hits, 1 walk.

Today's Game: 

Mets (11-12) @ Cardinals (17-12), 7:45 pm

STL: Johan Oviedo (#59, 23, RHP, 0-0, 2.79)

NYM: Jacob deGrom (#48, 33, RHP, 2-2, 0.51)  






















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Tonight is opening day for the Syracuse Mets, Binghamton Rumble Ponies, Brooklyn Cyclones, and St. Lucie Mets. 

Syracuse.com: Syracuse Mets pumped to finally hear the call of Play Ball: ‘Everybody’s fired up’. “We had a really good alternate site,” said Syracuse pitcher Corey Oswalt, who played in New York last season. “You just make the best of it. Everybody got their work in. I know everybody’s just super-excited to get the season going and face some new faces.”

Hartford Courant: Sen. Blumenthal proposes roughly $500 million federal lifeline aimed at supporting minor league baseball. 




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Toronto Blue Jays claimed Pete Walker of the New York Mets on waivers on May 4, 2002.

New York Mets purchased Logan Verrett from the Texas Rangers on May 4, 2015.

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1963

The first reported use of the familiar refrain "Let's Go Mets" is heard at the Polo Grounds in the bottom of the ninth inning during a rout by San Francisco. With the Amazins' trailing by 13 runs and down to their last out with no one on base, the rallying cry begins to be chanted by some of the 'New Breed,' the affectionate name given the fans of the National League expansion team.

1991

At Shea Stadium, Mackey Sasser and Mark Carreon, the first two batters in the ninth inning, both go deep as pinch-hitters off Jeff Brantley to knot the score at two runs apiece in the Mets' eventual 4-2 victory over San Francisco in 12 innings. It is the first time in the 30-year history of the franchise that two pinch-hitters have hit back-to-back round-trippers.

 

2007

The second inning Chase Field matchup of Mets first baseman Julio Franco against Diamondback fireballer Randy Johnson marks the oldest hitter-pitcher confrontation in big league history. With a mere 92+ years of age between them, the nearly 49 year-old goes deep off the southpaw, who is four months shy of 44, to extend his record as the oldest player to homer, and with his ninth-inning swipe of second, he continues to be the oldest to steal a base.

2012

An anonymous bidder pays $418,250 for the baseball hit by Mookie Wilson that rolled through the legs of Bill Buckner, allowing the Mets to cap a two-out rally with a 6-5 walk-off victory in the tenth inning in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series. The historic horsehide was the centerpiece of memorabilia being offered by Heritage Auctions from the collection of Los Angeles songwriter Seth Swirsky, which also included Reggie Jackson's third home run ball from Game 6 of the 1977 Fall Classic ($65,725), the Ranger cap that Jose Canseco was wearing in 1993 when a ball bounced off his head over the wall for a homer ($11,950), and a 1965 baseball signed by the Beatles from the Shea Stadium concert ($65,725).

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2011: Tim Lincecum has a good night in shutting out the Mets, 2 - 0, at Citi Field. He fans 12 batters in 7 innings for the 29th double-digit strikeout game of his career. That total is the most ever by a Giants pitcher, overtaking Hall of Famer Christy Mathewson who set the previous mark back in the days the franchise played in New York.

2019 - The longest game in the history of Miller Park goes 18 innings before Ryan Braun ends it by driving the winning run with his 6th hit of the night. A two-run single with one out in the 18th gives the Brewers and 4 - 3 win over the Mets. Braun outhits all of his teammates, given Milwaukee only tallies 11 safeties as a team; in the winning rally, the Mets' Chris Flexen walks the bases loaded before facing Braun.

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5 comments:

Tom Brennan said...

Let Gsellman take next Lucchesi start if Cookie not ready?

It is better to be lucky than good - but so far, Lucchesi has been unlucky and bad.

Minor leagues rock starting today. Manny Rodriguez rocking an April in Binghamton beard, but it is May. May a Binghamton Heat Wave start soon.

May 4, 2021 at 6:14 AM
John From Albany said...

Tom - gotta love how Gsellman has looked lately. Keith said last night it was the best he has looked. Not sure I'd move him into the rotation though. Last year, without looking it up, it seemed like he was doing well in pen and then was moved to rotation and seemed to have trouble after that. I'd let him stay in the pen - if he did start I'd make it a bull pen game and try for 3 from him and 3 from Reid-Foley.

If Cookie is up to 5 innings in a sim game, why not bring him back for 5 here?

May 4, 2021 at 7:10 AM
Anonymous said...

So Who is the five man right now?

1. deGrom 2. Stroman (despite a short rest for injury himself) 3. Walker (to me Walker and Stroman are gamers, and both wisely brought in for 2021) 4. Peterson.

Five with Familia and Gsellman and/or Foley does make some sense. Then if/when one stands out clearly, they get the five slot until Noah or Candy get back whole. But if Jeurys, Robert, or Reid-Foley standout for a few games...

May 4, 2021 at 11:16 AM
Tom Brennan said...

Anonymous, we get several anonymous posters, so if you wanted to use a first name or nickname, that would be great.

Man, on that 5th starter, I am kind of hoping it might be Carrasco, but I see where James Harden on the Nets thought he was ready with his hammy and had a setback. Make sure Carrasco is 100% good to go, to avoid setbacks.

If need be, your suggestion on Gsellman, Famila and Foley I could live with for one start.

May 4, 2021 at 11:45 AM
Mike Steffanos said...

I agree with you Tom on Carrasco. Love to see him back, but don't want to see a situation where he reinjures himself and misses more time.

May 4, 2021 at 12:04 PM

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