8/4/21

Mets News and Breakfast Links - 8/4/2021

 



Good Morning.  Happy Birthday to Joe Pignatano and Cleon Jones. Mets lose 5-4 to Reds, Binghamton wins big, Syracuse and Brooklyn fall while St. Lucie and the FCL Mets are postponed.

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Box Score and Recap: Marlins 5 Mets 4; Brandon Nimmo CF 1 and 4, 1 K; Pete Alonso 1B 0 for 3, 1 run scored, 1 walk; Jeff McNeil 2B 1 for 2, double, 2 runs scored, 1 walk, 1 K; Javier Baez SS 0 for 4, 1 K; Dominic Smith LF 1 for 22 RBIs, 1 K; J.D. Davis 3B 1 for 3, double, 1 run scored, 1 RBI, 1 walk, 1 K; Michael Conforto RF 0 for 3, 1 walk; James McCann C 1 for 4, double, 1 RBI; Taijuan Walker (L, 7-6) 5.2 innings, 4 runs – all earned, 8 hits, 2 HRs, 2 walks, 4 Ks; Aaron Loup 1/3 inning, no runs, no hits; Seth Lugo 2 innings, 1 run – earned, 2 hits, 3 Ks; 


















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Today's Game: 

Mets (55-51) @ Marlins (46-61), 7:10 pm

MIA: Zach Thompson (#74, 27, RHP, 2-4, 2.33)
NYM: Carlos Carrasco (#59, 34, RHP, 0-0, 2.25)

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Vance Worley provides solid start, but Syracuse Mets fall to Red Wings in series opener, 3-1; Box Score: Rochester Red Wings 3 Syracuse Mets 1; Mason Williams CF 1 for 4, 1 K; Mark Payton LF 1 for 3, 1 walk, 1 K; Wilfredo Tovar SS 1 for 4, 1 run scored, 1 K; Patrick Mazeika C 0 for 3, 1 walk; Khalil Lee RF 0 for 3, 1 K; Drew Jackson 3B 0 for 1, 2 walks; Vance Worley 2 innings, 2 runs – both earned, 6 hits, 1 HR, 1 walk, 1 K; Franklyn Kilome 1 inning, 1 run – earned, 1 hit, HR;




Ponies Blank Sea Dogs In Series Opener; Box Score: Binghamton Rumble Ponies 9 Portland Sea Dogs 0; Carlos Cortes DH 3 for 5, double, 2 RBIs, 1 run scored, 1 K: Brett Baty LF1 for 4, 2 runs scored, 1 walk, 1 K; Mark Vientos 3B, 0 for 1 (left game after 4th inning), Yoel Romero 3B 2 for 3, double, 2 runs scored, 1 RBI; Carlos Rincon RF 2 for 4, 1 run scored, 1 RBI, 1 K; Luis Carpio 2B 1 for 4, 1 run scored, 1 K; Jake Mangum CF 1 for 2, 2 RBIs, 1 run scored, 1 walk; Jose Butto RHP 6 innings, no runs; 5 hits, 1 walk, 5 Ks; Allan Winans 2 innings, no runs, no hits, 2 Ks; Eric Orze 1 inning, no runs, no hits, 2 Ks; 


Cyclones Shutout by Renegades, Fall 5-0; Box Score: Hudson Valley Renegades 5 Brooklyn Cyclones 0; Jaylen Palmer CF 0 for 4, 3 Ks; Ronny Mauricio SS 0 for 4, 1 K; Francisco Alvarez C 0 for 3, 1 walk, 1 K; Edgardo Fermin 2B 1 for 3, 1 walk, 1 K; Jose Peroza 3B 0 for 2, 1 walk; Jaison Vilera (L, 2-6) 5.2 innings, 2 runs – 1 earned, 6 hits, 1 walk, 6 Ks;  

Brooklyn Trolley Blogger: Hudson Valley Continues Flexing Dominance Over Brooklyn Cyclones With Series Opening One-Hitter. “Brooklyn Cyclones One-Hit By Hudson Valley Renegades; Now, Where Have I Heard That Before…”



Press Release: St. Lucie Mets, Cardinals Postponed on Tuesday “The teams will make up the game as part of a single admission doubleheader on Thursday starting at 4 p.m….regularly scheduled 9-inning game on Wednesday at 12:10 p.m.”

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New York Mets released Vinegar Bend Mizell on August 4, 1962.

New York Mets sold Harry Parker to the St. Louis Cardinals on August 4, 1975.

New York Mets traded Joel Youngblood to the Montreal Expos for Tom Gorman on August 4, 1982.

Seattle Mariners claimed Eric Gunderson of the New York Mets on waivers on August 4, 1995.

New York Mets traded Dawrin Frias to the Oakland Athletics for Eric O'Flaherty on August 4, 2015.


1963
At County Stadium, Roger Craig suffers his 20th loss of the season when the Mets lose to Milwaukee, 2-1. The defeat is the right-hander's 18th consecutive setback, tying Cliff Curtis' National League mark set in 1910 with the Braves, and one loss shy of A's Jack Nabors' 1916 major league record.
1982
After driving in the winning run in the Mets' 7-4 victory over the Cubs, Joel Youngblood, who is traded to the Expos during the game, flies to Philadelphia and singles for Montreal to become the first player to have a hit for two different teams on the same day in different cities. The 30 year-old All-Star collects his two historic hits off two future Hall of Famers, a single off Ferguson Jenkins in Chicago, and gets his other knock off Steve Carlton in the City of Brotherly Love.

1985
On the same day Tom Seaver records his 300th victory, Mets' phenom Doc Gooden wins his 11th consecutive game, breaking Tom Terrific’s franchise mark established in 1969. The 20-year-old right-hander, going the distance, beats the Cubs at Wrigley Field, 4-1, to improve his record to 17-3 this season.
1985
In a 4-1 complete-game victory at Yankee Stadium, White Sox right-hander Tom Seaver becomes the 17th player in major league history to record his 300th victory, limiting the Bronx Bombers to six hits, all singles. Owner George Steinbrenner becomes irate when the fans start chanting 'Let's Go Mets,' as an homage to the beloved right-hander, who spent the 12 years with his team's crosstown rivals.




2006
In the Phillies' 5-3 victory over the Mets, Chase Utley's hitting streak ends at 35 consecutive games. Philadelphia's second baseman, who goes 0-for-5, has the fourth-longest stretch in National League history.
2012
Mike Baxter sets a team record and ties a National League mark when he walks five times in a nine-inning game in the Mets' 6-4 victory over San Diego at Petco Park. Only five of the 25 pitches thrown to the New York right fielder were strikes, with thirteen of the final 14 being out of the strike zone.

2016
Bartolo Colon becomes the first pitcher in the history of the Subway Series to record a victory as a member of both New York clubs when the visiting Mets beats the Bronx Bombers, 4-1. In 2011, Big Bart, in his only season with the Yankees, pitched six strong innings of shutout ball to earn a 5-2 victory over the Big Apple rivals at Citi Field.

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1962: After a doubleheader loss to the Mets, 9 - 1 and 3 - 2 in 13 innings at the Polo Grounds, Reds manager Fred Hutchinson stays in the dugout instead of joining his players in the clubhouse. He then calls the clubhouse and tells the players to be out of there in 15 minutes. They do. Hutch has tickets for Zero Mostel's A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, but doesn't use them.

1966 - Pinch-hit home runs by Mets John Stephenson and Ron Swoboda make the difference in New York's 8 - 6 defeat of the Giants at Shea Stadium.

1969 - The Reds win another squeaker, this time 1 - 0 over the Mets at Crosley Field. Jim Maloney (5-2) allows two hits and beats Jerry Koosman.

1997: At Shea Stadium, the Mets top the Cards, 4 - 2, in a rain-interupted game. Rick Reed (10-4) wins his 6th straight, beating Manny Aybar, making his major league debut. Lance Johnson has a pair of RBI triples. Completing an unusual major league-minor league sweep, the Pittsfield Mets top the New Jersey Cardinals (NY-Penn League), 8 - 4, in the earlier 9-inning game.

2001: In a 4 - 2 Mets win at Arizona, Mark Grace ends the game with a ground ball single, which hits pinch runner David Dellucci for the last out as Dellucci is charged with interference. It's the D-backs 7th loss in nine games.

2009: Albert Pujols ends a brief slump with two home runs, including a 10th-inning grand slam, as the Cardinals beat the Mets, 12 - 7. The extra-inning blast comes after Mark DeRosa is plunked by Sean Green with the bases loaded to drive in the go-ahead run; it ties Ernie Banks's National League record of 5 slams in a season, set in 1955, and is his League-leading 36th homer of the year.

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3 comments:

Tom Brennan said...

You want a stat that tells you the Mets are about to sink? 4 starter wins in the last 47 starter starts? Crazy.

Meanwhile, the Mets face Cy Young nightly, so it is quite understandable the offense would be offending so many of us.

When the Mets trailed 4-3 in the 3rd, didn't you feel the game was still over?

Dom Smith did have two sac flies. This team has been short on hitting big flies of the over the wall variety all season.

Taijuan. you can't allow 4 runs. That's just insurmountable.

Lugo, you gave up a run? You might as well put Mt Everest in front of the Mets hitters, to come back with 2 runs.

Cortes is hot again . I saw call him up. Shake and Rake - Crispy Hitting Without Trying.

Carlos in his last 5 contests is 9 for 22 with 9 RBIs. If you've forgotten what the term RBI means while watching Mets games, you can google a nice definition.

LGFM - LET'S GO FEEBLE METS

August 4, 2021 at 6:42 AM
Tom Brennan said...

Michael Conforto: so nice to see he followed that pinch hit double the other night with a break out game last night - at least for him: he had a walk to go with 0 for 3. Mendoza points out he and Conforto are neighbors: .197 on August 3. I think right about now is the time for an 8 year, $200 million extension, no, make it $250 MM, to help motivate him, since nothing else has worked for him in April May, June, July, and now the start of August. Just be patient, OK, fellas? We still have the rest of the season to blow - err, I mean bounce back in.

Hope may spring eternal - but the boat the spring is in has sprung a lot of leaks.

August 4, 2021 at 6:50 AM
John From Albany said...

Even when they were winning - it was with a lot of late inning rallies. Their starting pitching and the bullpen were great to start but the injuries to the starting staff finally has caught up with them and Walker and Stroman have not been able to sustain their early successes. Stroman didn't pitch last year, Walker hasn't had more than 20 starts since 2017 - so it makes sense.

The offense being this bad? Now that was something I would not have predicted. Last night Dave Rubin texted "I think they fired Chili Davis too soon"

August 4, 2021 at 7:17 AM

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