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Mets News and Morning Links 4/6/2022

 



Good Morning. Happy Birthday Phil Regan. Mets lose big to Nationals in last Spring game, Syracuse Mets open season with a loss, Todd Frazier retires, and Max thinks he can start game 2.

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NY Post: Max Scherzer hoping to make Mets debut in second game of season.

Mets.com: Scherzer says he'll likely start Friday vs. Nationals

SNY on YouTube: Buck Showalter gives update on Max Scherzer, plan for Mets' Opening Day.



Washington Nationals 14 Mets 0 (Box Score) William Lugo SS 1 for 1; J.D. Davis 1 for 2, 1 K; Stanley Consuegra 1 for 3, 1 K; Taijuan Walker 1.1 innings, 6 runs - all earned, 6 hits, 2 HRs; Colin Holderman 1.2 innings, 3 runs - all earned, 4 hits, 2 walks, 3 Ks, Eric Orze 1 inning, 3 runs - all earned, 3 hits, 1 HR; Alex Claudio 1 inning, 1 run - earned, 3 hits; Joely Rodriguez 1 inning, 1 run - earned, 2 hits; Felix Pena 1 inning, no runs, 2 hits, 2 Ks; 








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Syracuse Mets fall to RailRiders, 5-0, on 2022 Opening Night (Box Score)  Travis Blankenhorn DH 2 for 3, 1 walk, 1 K; RF; Cody Bohanek 2B 2 for 3, double, 1 K; Thomas Szapucki (L, 0-1) 3 innings, 2 runs - both earned, 4 hits, 1 HR, 4 Ks; Rob Zastryzny 3 innings, no runs, 1 hit, 2 walks, 1 K; Antonio Santos 1.3 innings, 3 runs - all earned, 3 hits, 1 HR, 1 walk, 1 K; Stephen Nogosek 1.1 innings, no runs, no hits, 1 K;  





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New York Mets traded Tim Foli, Mike Jorgensen and Ken Singleton to the Montreal Expos for Rusty Staub on April 6, 1972.

New York Mets released Rich Chiles on April 6, 1974.

New York Mets traded Ed Glynn to the Cleveland Indians for Dominick Bullinger on April 6, 1981.

New York Mets traded Mark Bomback to the Toronto Blue Jays for Charlie Puleo on April 6, 1981.

New York Mets sold Butch Benton to the Chicago Cubs on April 6, 1981.

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1974

The Bronx Bombers begin their two year stint at Shea Stadium, where the team will compile a 172-150 (.534) record during the renovations to the Stadium, with a 6-1 victory over Cleveland. The 'other' NY fans cheer loudly when the scoreboard posts the Mets' 5-4 loss in Philadelphia.

1974

At Veterans Stadium, Phillies third baseman Mike Schmidt hits a ninth inning two-run home run off Tug McGraw to beat the Mets on Opening Day, 5-4. The walk-off homer is the first of the league-leading 36 dingers the third baseman will hit this season.

 

2015

The Mets start 41 year-old Bartolo Colon on Opening Day, much to the chagrin of the fan base who hoped one of their young guns, Matt Harvey and Jacob deGrom, would get the coveted assignment. The oldest pitcher ever to get the nod on Opening Day in franchise history doesn't disappoint when he gives up one run on three hits, besting Washington's $210 million ace Max Scherzer in the team's 3-1 victory at Nationals Park.


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1971: The Mets win their first opener ever at Shea Stadium‚ beating the Expos‚ 4 - 2‚ in 5 innings. Heavy rain and wind cuts the contest short. Tom Seaver is the winner over Carl Morton. 

1974: The New York Yankees defeat the Cleveland Indians, 6 - 1, at Shea Stadium. This is the Yanks' first game of a two-year period at Shea while Yankee Stadium is being rebuilt. 12-year-old Teddy Kennedy‚ Jr.‚ flanked by his father and Mayor Abe Beame‚ tosses out the first ball. Missing from the ceremony is George Steinbrenner‚ indicted two days earlier for illegal campaign contributions. Graig Nettles' two-run homer in the 4th off the Indians' Gaylord Perry opens the scoring and the Yanks score 4 more times to win. Charlie Spikes scores the only Cleveland run in the 9th following a triple off starter and winner Mel Stottlemyre. Perry‚ who is warned once for an illegal pitch‚ is the loser today‚ but he will win his next 15 decisions. 

Mike Schmidt, batting 8th in the lineup, hits a two-run homer off Tug McGraw in the 9th inning to give the Philadelphia Phillies a 5 - 4 win over the New York Mets at Veterans Stadium. It is the Mets' only Opening Day loss of the 1970s. 

1992: Mets reliever Jeff Innis is credited with the win over the Cardinals in New York's 4 - 2 Opening Day victory. In 1991‚ Innis became the only pitcher in baseball history to appear in at least 60 games with neither a win nor a save. 

2002: The Mets score 9 runs in the 9th inning - 8 off John Smoltz - to break a 2 - 2 tie and defeat the Braves‚ 11 - 2. Rey Ordonez's bases-loaded double is the big blow as the Mets have 15 at bats in the 9th. It is the most runs they've ever scored in the frame. 

2004: The Mets open their season with a 7 - 2 win over the Braves. SS Kazuo Matsui, making his American baseball debut, opens the game with a home run on the first pitch from Russ Ortiz‚ becoming only the 20th player in baseball history to homer on the first major league pitch he sees. Matsui adds a pair of doubles and two walks in his debut. He is the third player in Met history to homer in his first at bat‚ joining Mike Fitzgerald and Benny Ayala.

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