Mets News and Morning Links - 8/28/2022

 

Good Morning.  Happy Birthday to Mike Torrez and Joel Youngblood. Mets beat Rockies 3-0, Syracuse, Binghamton, and Brooklyn win.  St. Lucie falls.  Old Timers Day a hit as the Mets retire Wilie Mays' number.

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Box Score: Mets 3 Rockies 0

From the Mets 3 Rockies 0 - Post Game Notes 8/27/2022:

Mets: Recorded their league-leading 17th shutout of the season...Was their second shutout against the Rockies this season (Also: 5/22).

• Are a season-high 36 games over .500...Were last 36 games over .500 since they finished the 1988 season with a record of 100-60.
• Have won 15 of their last 17 home games, outscoring opponents 90-46 during that span.

Brandon Nimmo (2-3, HR, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R, BB): Launched his sixth career lead-off home run (tied with Mookie Wilson for sixth all-time in Mets history)...Was his first since 8/12/20...Half of his lead-off home runs have come against the Rockies...Was the first Mets lead-off home run since Jonathan Villar's lead-off round tripper on 9/2/21.

David Peterson (6.0 IP, 4 H, 7 K): Was his second career start of 6.0 innings and no runs allowed (Also: 6/14/21 vs. CHC)...Has not allowed an earned run in three of his last four starts...Has a 1.29 ERA (3 ER/21.0 IP) with an 11.14 K/9 rate during that span.

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Mets YouTube Channel{ Post Game Reactions. 

"They appreciate your support. We appreciate your support. Keep coming out, keep rooting for us, keep this energy up cause we've gotta keep winning!"

Brandon Nimmo talks with @SteveGelbs after the Mets got the win on Old Timers' Day! pic.twitter.com/Aoj5vVXriu

— SNY (@SNYtv) August 28, 2022

"It was a great day for the Mets and Mets family."

- Buck Showalter pic.twitter.com/t5T1E7hbQQ

— SNY (@SNYtv) August 28, 2022

PRESS RELEASE: METS RETIRE WILLIE MAYS’ UNIFORM #24

SNY on YouTube: Old Timer's Day Highlights.

SNY On YouTube: Ex-Managers talk.

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Syracuse Mets:

Game Recap and Highlights: Palka hits 25th home run as Syracuse beats Worcester, 6-4

8/27/22 - Box Score: Syracuse Mets 6 Worcester Red Sox 4

Binghamton Rumble Ponies:

Game Recap: Ponies Score Six in the Eighth and Discard the Fightins on Saturday Night

8/27/2022 Box Score: Binghamton Rumble Ponies 8 Reading Fightin Phils 3

Binghamton Rumble Ponies Game Notes - 8/27/2022

Brooklyn Cyclones:

8/27/2022 Box Score: Brooklyn Cyclones 8 Jersey Shore Blue Claws 3

Brooklyn Cyclones Pre-Game notes - 8/27/2022

St. Lucie Mets:

Game Recap: P. B. Cardinals Sweep St. Lucie Mets in Doubleheader

8/27/2022 Box Score: Game 2 - Palm Beach Cardinals 4 St. Lucie Mets 2

8/27/2022 Box Score: Game 1 - Palm Beach Cardinals 3 St. Lucie Mets 1

For the complete Mets Minor League statistics click here.

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Here is yesterday's MLB Scoreboard.

The Cardinals beat the Braves on a walk-off walk.

The Mets' NL East lead is pushed to 3 games.

(via @MLBONFOX) pic.twitter.com/2s3OSwHE1T

— SNY (@SNYtv) August 28, 2022

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Today in Mets History Per Ultimatemets.com: 

Born on this date:

• Billy Cowan (1938)
• Mike Torrez (1946)
• Joel Youngblood (1951)

Transactions:

New York Mets traded Gerald Young, Mitch Cook and Manny Lee to the Houston Astros for Ray Knight on August 28, 1984.

New York Mets traded Alejandro Pena to the Atlanta Braves for Tony Castillo and Joe Roa on August 28, 1991.

National Pastime.com:

1884	New York Gotham pitcher Mickey Welch strikes out the first nine Cleveland Blues hitters to come to the plate, establishing a major league record. The mark will last until 1970 when Mets right-hander Tom Seaver strikes out the last ten San Diego he faces in a Shea Stadium contest.
1962	Al Jackson limits the opposing batters to three hits, going the distance in the Mets’ 2-0 victory over the Phillies at Connie Mack Stadium. The 26 year-old left-hander’s effort marks the fourth time he has blanked the opponents, accounting for all of the expansion team’s shutouts the entire season.

2003

Jose Reyes becomes the youngest player in major league history to hit a home run from each side of the plate. The 20 year-old shortstop accounts for all the Mets runs, hitting a solo shot from the right side of the dish off southpaw Mike Hampton in the fifth inning, and then, batting as left-handed hitter in the ninth, a two-run dinger off right-hander Trey Hodges in the team's 3-1 victory over Atlanta at Turner Field.

Baseball Reference:

1989: Frank Viola and the Mets outduel Orel Hershiser and the Dodgers 1 - 0 in the first-ever regular-season matchup of defending Cy Young Award winners.

1993:The Mets sign P Kirk Presley, their top pick in this year's amateur draft, for $960,000. The pitcher is a distant cousin of Elvis Presley. In 1999, Gerry Hunsicker will recall his decision to draft Presley: "I didn't make one of the brightest decisions of my career when I passed on a young pitcher out of Ferrum College (Billy Wagner) and chose another who never got out of A ball."

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