By metstradamus | July 2, 2021 1:12 am
When deGrom Night Observed lands on the same day as Bobby Bonilla Day, the planet heads to some sort of mutated state. It’s kinda like when Mercury is in retrograde, but a million times worse and more freaky.
It’s the only excuse I could come up with for deGrom giving up three runs in an inning, much less the first which he’s dominated all season. Maybe he was upset because he wasn’t allowed to push his start back to tomorrow so that he could observe Bobby Bonilla Day, who knows. But whenever deGrom gives up multiple runs, the world is somehow off its axis. There’s no other real explanation other than to say that Austin Riley got lucky on his two run HR.
Thankfully, deGrom in retrograde ended sometime after Kevan Smith’s single put runners on second and third with nobody out in the 2nd. deGrom would escape that jam by striking out the side, and then proceeded to retire the next 15 batters he faced as well. The Mets did good to crawl backand get deGrom off the hook, especially after they let a golden opportunity slip away in the 8th as Pete Alonso grounded out meekly to end the inning with runners on second and third. But Dom Smith led off the 9th with a Wally Joyner-esque swing on a Will Smith pitch which ended up just to the left of the fair pole to tie the game at 3-3. For Dom, it was his second home run of the game, and one that kept the ghosts of Turner Field away … for about 15 minutes.
Jul 1, 2021; Cumberland, Georgia, USA; Atlanta Braves second baseman Ozzie Albies (1) hits an RBI single against the New York Mets during the first inning at Truist Park. Mandatory Credit: Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports
Guillermo Heredia led off the 9th with a topper to the mound that Seth Lugo slipped and fell on as if he was playing at Wimbledon, but he tried to make an incredible play from his back and instead threw the ball to Hilton Head. But after getting Pablo Sandoval and striking out Smith, it seemed that the Mets were going to survive, especially after he had Ender Inciarte down 0-2 which took away the threat of a drag bunt. But Inciarte worked out a walk to load the bases (the Mets had smartly intentionally walked Ronald Acuña Jr. somewhere in the middle of all this), and Freddie Freeman played pinball off Lugo’s leg for the winning hit, as it caromed to Luis Guillorme who couldn’t get Freeman at first base. Freeman had struck out four times, but this slightly weird play in the 9th was enough to knock the Mets out for good.
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