Mets News and Morning Links - 9/16/2022

 

Good Morning.  Happy Birthday to Orel Hershiser and Desi Relaford.

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Box Score: Mets 7. Pittsburgh Pirates 1; 

From the Mets 7 Pirates 1 - Post Game Notes:

Mets: Reached the 90-win mark for the first time since they finished the 2015 season with a 90-72 record...Reached the 90-win mark in their 145th game, tied with the 2006 team for the second-fastest the club has reached the 90-win mark...The 1986 Mets reached 90 wins in 134 games.

• Ended a season-high four game home losing streak...Scored six runs during that streak, one fewer than their total in tonight's game...Ended a season-high-tying three game losing steak...Have 10 games with 15 or more strikeouts, tied with Atlanta for second in the majors.

Carlos Carrasco (W,15-6, 6.0 IP, 4 H, ER, 2 BB, 11 K): Struck out a season-high 11 batters, his most in a game since 9/20/2020...Was his second game with 10+ strikeouts this season and the 28th 10+ strikeout game of his career...Is 7-2 with a 2.12 ERA (14 ER/59.1 IP) over his last 11 starts...Has 15 wins, tied for fifth in the majors...Is the first Mets 15-game winner since Jacob deGrom in 2017.

Francisco Lindor (1-5, HR, 2 RBI, R): Set the record for most home runs hit by a Mets shortstop (24) with a two-run homer in the third...Has a career-high 94 RBI, sixth in the NL.

Daniel Vogelbach (2-2, 2B, 3 RBI): Put the Mets on the board with an two-run double in the first...Was his first extra-base hit and multi-RBI game in 16 games since he slugged a two-run homer on August 22 at NYY.

Jeff McNeil (2-5, 2B, 2 R): Is batting .385/.419/.544 with 18 doubles since July 30...Leads the majors in batting average among qualified players and is tied for first with Bo Bichette in doubles during that span.

Pete Alonso (2-3, RBI, R, BB): Has hit safely in nine straight games, batting .361 (13-36) during that span...Drove in a run after being hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the eighth.

Mark Vientos (1-3, RBI): Picked up his first career major league hit with a pinch-hit RBI single in the fourth.

Seth Lugo (1.0 IP, 3 K): Recorded his 500th career strikeout after striking out the side in the seventh.

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Syracuse:

Game Recap and Highlights: Butto pitchs well but Buffalo battles back to beat Syracuse, 12-7

Box Score: Buffalo Bisons 12 Syracuse Mets 7

Binghamton Rumble Ponies:

Game Recap and Highlights: Ritter’s Double Completes Binghamton Comeback in Wild Win on Thursday Night

Box Score: Binghamton Rumble Ponies 10 Hartford Yard Goats 9

Brooklyn Cyclones:

9/15/2022 Playoff Box Score: Aberdeen IronBirds 6 Brooklyn Cyclones 1

Brooklyn Cyclones Pre-Game notes - 9/15/2022

St. Lucie Mets:

Game Recap and Highlights: St. Lucie Mets clip P.B. Cardinals, sweep FSL East Division Series

9/15/2022 Playoff Box Score: St. Lucie Mets 3 Palm Beach Cardinals 2

18 year old Joel Diaz retires the last 13 in relief to earn the 3-2 win as @stluciemets advances to the Florida State League Championship. #Mets #LGM @Mets #MetsTwitter @ernestdove @BTB_MikeII @MiLBMetsMadness pic.twitter.com/4MjrTx4KxT

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Born on this date:

• Orel Hershiser (1958)
• Desi Relaford (1973)
• Chris Carter (1982)

Died on this date:

• Wayne Twitchell (2010)

Transactions:

New York Mets released Wayne Kirby on September 16, 1998.

New York Mets signed free agent Elvin Ramirez on September 16, 2004.

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1975	Mike Vail fails to break the major league rookie record for consecutive games with a hit shared by Richie Ashburn (1948, Phillies) and Alvin Dark (1948, Braves). The 23 year-old freshman left fielder has plenty of opportunities to hit safely in his 24th straight game, coming to the plate eight times in the Mets' 18-inning marathon with Montreal, a 4-3 victory over the Expos at Shea Stadium.
2007	David Wright, homering in the seventh inning of a 10-6 loss to Philadelphia at Shea Stadium, becomes the 30th member of the 30-30 club. Returning to the dugout, the Mets third baseman is greeted by hitting coach Howard Johnson, who along with Darryl Strawberry are the other Metropolitans to have also stolen thirty bases and hit 30 homers in the same season.

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1966 - The Mets (5) and Giants (3) tie a major-league record by using eight pinch hitters in the 9th inning as the Mets win, 5 - 4. Willie McCovey hits a 500-foot home run, judged the longest ever at Candlestick Park.

1971: At New York, lefty Juan Pizarro shuts out the Mets and Tom Seaver, 1 - 0. Pizarro does it all, clubbing a solo homer to win his own game. It's Pizarro's second shutout in a row and Seaver's first loss after seven straight wins. Tom's last loss was August 1st, also to Pizarro.

1996: In their 5 - 2 loss to the Braves, Mets OF Lance Johnson hits his 20th triple. He's the first National Leaguer to reach that plateau since Willie Mays in 1957.

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