Mets News and Morning Links - 6/29/2022

 

Good Morning.  Mets lose to Astros 9-1, Syracuse with a walk off win, St. Lucie gets back on winning track, while Brooklyn and Binghamton fall.

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Mets Links: 

Box Score: Astros 9 Mets 1; From The Mets' Post Game Notes:

Carlos Carrasco (4.1 IP, 6 H, 6 ER, 3 BB, 4 K): Suffered his first loss at Citi Field this season...Was 5-0 in his first seven home starts.

Starling Marte (3-4, 2 2B): Recorded multiple doubles in a game for the first time this season and the 18th time in his career.

• Picked up his sixth three-hit game of the season.

Jeff McNeil (1-3): Extend his hitting streak to nine games with a single in the

third.

Brandon Nimmo (1-3): Extended his hitting streak to seven games with a

single in the fifth.

Ender Inciarte (0-2): Made his Mets debut as a defensive replacement in

the seventh inning in center field.

SNY on YouTube: Game Highlights.

YouTube: Carlos Carrasco Post Game Comments.

Mets.com:

• Taking stock of Mets' Trade Deadline options
• Game Story: Escobar flashes the leather ▶️
• Injuries & Moves: Scherzer's 2nd rehab start pushed back a day

NY Post:

• Jacob deGrom, Max Scherzer Mets returns can’t come soon enough
• Mets, Carlos Carrasco pounded in another loss to elite Astros

SNY.TV:

• Inability to match up with Astros highlights Mets' need for improvements;
• Mets takeaways in Tuesday's 9-1 loss to Astros, including another poor outing from Carlos Carrasco;

Metsmerized:

• Morning Briefing: Bryce Harper To Undergo Thumb Surgery
• Mets Overpowered By Astros Again, Lose 9-1

Amazing Avenue:

• Astros 9, Mets 1 - Misery from the jump
• Mets looking to turn table on Astros in two-game set at Citi Field
• Mets Minor League Players of the Week: Week Eleven
• UnforMETable: Steve Renko

Faith and Fear in Flushing:

• Belated and Bemoaned

Metstradamus:

• A Bad Day At The Ballpark Is Better Than Salmonella

Mack's Mets:

• Reese Kaplan -- Luis Guillorme Gets It Done...Now What?
• Mike's Mets - Decisions, Decisions: Relief Pitchers
• Tom Brennan - The Real Pete Alonso is Post-April Pete

Mets Daddy:

• Mets Fans All Star Voting Has Been Ridiculous

Today's Game: 

Astros (46-27) @ Mets (47-28), 1:10 pm

NYM: Taijuan Walker (#99, 29, RHP, 6-2, 3.03)
HOU: Justin Verlander (#35, 39, RHP, 9-3, 2.22)

SportSpyder Mets Links: 

Minor League Baseball:

Syracuse:

• Game Recap and Highlights: Meyer, Syracuse walk-off win over Lehigh Valley 5-4;
• 6/28/22 - Box Score: Syracuse Mets 5 Leigh High Valley Iron Pigs 4;

Binghamton Rumble Ponies:

• Game Recap and Highlights: Ponies Fall to Yard Goats 6-2
• 6/28/2022 Box Score: Hartford Yard Goats 6 Binghamton Rumble Ponies 2
• Max Scherzer to Now Make Second Rehab Start with Double-A Binghamton Wednesday

Brooklyn Cyclones:

• Box Score: Hudson Valley Renegades 5 Brooklyn Cyclones 2

St. Lucie Mets:

• Game Recap: St. Lucie Mets Rally to Snap 7-Game Losing Skid
• 6/28/2022 Box Score: St. Lucie Mets 8 Jupiter Hammerheads 5

Box Score: FCL Mets 11 FCL Cardinals 2;

For the complete Mets Minor League statistics click here.

MLB and NL East Links:

Here is yesterday's MLB Scoreboard.

MLB.com:

• How are these contenders getting it done? Let's dive in
• 'The game is over': Vladdy calls his walk-off winner
• Sears gives Yanks another scoreless gem in spot start
• 'I love him': Olson powers win with 2 homers
• Bradley fractures elbow, expected to miss 2 months
• Buxton joins Cruz, Killebrew on elite list
• Valdez boosts All-Star case with scoreless gem vs. Mets
• D-backs erase 6-run deficit for walk-off win

MLB Trade Rumors:

• Austin Meadows Placed On Injured List With Achilles Strains
• Reds Outright Colin Moran
• Diamondbacks Place Zach Davies On 15-Day Injured List
• Freddie Freeman Reportedly Changing Agencies
• Archie Bradley Shut Down For At Least Four Weeks With Elbow Fracture
• Dodgers To Select Jake Lamb
• Injury Notes: Eflin, Brantley, Woodruff, Polanco
• Mets Select Ender Inciarte
• Red Sox Select Silvino Bracho
• Nate Pearson Shut Down From Throwing For 3-4 Weeks Due To Lat Strain
• Yankees Designate Manny Banuelos For Assignment
• MLBTR Chat Transcript
• Braves Place Kenley Jansen On Injured List Due To Irregular Heartbeat
• Bryce Harper To Undergo Thumb Surgery
• Guardians Acquire Sandy Leon, Designate Ian Gibaut For Assignment

Yahoo Sports:

• Which big names may move before trade deadline?
• Detroit Tigers game vs. San Francisco Giants: TV, time, radio info for series finale
• How White Sox' Johnny Cueto powered through for win over Angels
• Why White Sox' Josh Harrison stayed confident amid early slump
• Orioles vs. Mariners Highlights
• Mike Yastrzemski sparks 'much crisper' Giants defensive effort
• Reds vs. Cubs Highlights
• White Sox vs. Angels Highlights
• Tigers vs. Giants Highlights
• Cubs’ Keegan Thompson's career-long start latest sign of growth

ESPN:

• How Luis Arraez is making batting average cool again
• Sources: Freeman fires reps who led negotiations
• Angels: Bradley broke elbow trying to join brawl

CBS Sports:

• Fernando Tatis injury update: Padres' star making progress in recovery from wrist surgery
• Angels' Archie Bradley suffered elbow fracture while rushing to join brawl vs. Mariners

FanGraphs:

• Effectively Wild Episode 1868: And Here Come the Sunflower Seeds
• Jesse Winker’s Showing More Punch Lately
• Logan Webb, As Advertised
• The Mariners Add Some Much Needed Depth in Carlos Santana

Braves.com:

• 'I love him': Olson powers win with 2 homers
• Jansen placed on IL with irregular heartbeat
• Game Story: Duvall dives for double play ▶️
• Injuries & Moves: Acuña out of lineup again

Marlins.com:

• If Jazz misses time, what does that mean for the Marlins?
• Game Story: Soler drives in 34th of '22 ▶️
• Chisholm has sights set on All-Star Game. Home Run Derby?

Phillies.com:

• Schwarber starts late rally, but Phils can't get it done
• Harper to have thumb surgery, aims to return in '22
• Eflin (bruised knee) hoping for short IL stint
• Game Story: Schwarber hits one 422 feet ▶️

Nationals.com:

• Corbin finds vintage form with 12-K gem
• Game Story: Hernandez hits go-ahead RBI double ▶️
• No. 4 prospect works seven scoreless innings

Today in Mets History Per Ultimatemets.com: 

Born on this date:

• Bob Shaw (1933)
• Larry Stahl (1941)

Died on this date:

• Billy Baldwin (2011)

Transactions:

New York Mets selected Mike Jorgensen in fourth round of free agent draft on June 29, 1966.

New York Mets purchased Hal Reniff from the New York Yankees on June 29, 1967.

New York Mets signed free agent Lino Urdaneta on June 29, 2005.

New York Mets signed free agent Hunter Strickland on June 29, 2020.

National Pastime.com: 

 

1969	Tom Seaver becomes the Mets' all-time leader in victories, going the distance in the team's 7-3 win over Pittsburgh at Shea Stadium. The 24 year-old right-hander surpasses the mark set by lefty Al Jackson, an original Met who won 43 games for the new New York franchise between 1962 and 1965.
1986	The White Sox trade veteran right-hander Tom Seaver to the Red Sox for Steve Lyons. 'Tom Terrific' will finish his Hall of Fame career this season in Boston, but he will not pitch in the World Series against the Mets, his first major league team that still refers to him as 'The Franchise.'

 

2000

With more than 700 police officers on hand at the ballpark instead of the usual 60, John Rocker makes his much-awaited return to Shea Stadium. Before the game, the Braves reliever, who pitches a perfect eighth inning in front of 46,998 booing fans, had apologized to Mets fans for his inappropriate comments about New Yorkers, which appeared in the offseason in Sports Illustrated

Baseball Reference:

1971: Tom Seaver strikes out 13 batters in a 3 - 0 Mets win over the Phillies.

1992 - Pittsfield Mets P James Popoff fans 19 Batavia Clippers in a 5 - 3 victory in the New York-Penn League. It is Popoff's first professional victory.

1997: John Olerud hits two homers and Butch Huskey, Matt Franco and Todd Hundley also homer during a nine-run Mets comeback over the last three innings as they edge the Pirates, 10 - 8. For Franco, his home run is his 6th straight successful pinch-hit. Kevin Young is 4 for 5, including a homer, for the Bucs. John Franco picks up his 19th save, and the 342nd of his career, putting him in 4th place on the all-time save list.

2009: In Milwaukee, 3B Casey McGehee plays both the goat and the hero. In the top of the 6th, his drop of a routine pop fly leads to two New York runs; in the bottom of the inning, he hits his first career grand slam; in the 7th, he takes his time fielding a ground ball off the bat of Gary Sheffield, leading to an infield hit and another run; he is then removed in a double switch. Still, the Brewers bang out 19 hits, including 4 by J.J. Hardy and 3 by Jason Kendall, for a 10 - 6 win. With the loss, the Mets fall below .500.

2011: Suddenly, the Mets are scoring at a record pace, even with a topsy turvy line-up that features C Ronny Paulino batting clean-up. They pound the Tigers, 16 - 9, to set a team record with 52 runs over their last four games. Paulino and Angel Pagan have four hits apiece, and Scott Hairston hits a bases-loaded triple. Utility player Don Kelly gets the final out of the game, the only Tiger hurler not to give up a run in the game. The Bengals hit five homers - two by Miguel Cabrera - to no avail.

2012: R.A. Dickey continues his dominance, pitching 8 shutout innings and striking out 10 in beating the Dodgers, 9 - 0. The Mets' ace is now 12-1.

Centerfield Maz:

• Remembering Mets History: (1974) Jon Matlack Tosses His Second Career One Hitter
• Chris Flexen: Former Mets Pitcher (2017-2018)
• Bob Shaw: 1960's Bronx Born Mets Pitcher (1966-1967)

Brooklyn Trolley Blogger:

• BEFORE the BUMS 6/28/1890: Brooklyn Bridegrooms Head to Cincinnati for Showdown Against Reds

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