Mets News and Morning Links - 9/18/2022

 


Good Morning.  Mets beat Bucs 5-1, Syracuse beats Buffalo as Dom goes deep again, Binghamton falls, and St. Lucie to face the Dunedin Blue Jays in the Florida State League Championship Series. 

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Box Score: Mets 5 Pittsburgh Pirates 1;

Mets: Won their 49th game at home this season, tied for their most wins ever at Citi Field (Also: 2015)...Their 49 home wins are tied for the second-most in the majors.

Chris Bassitt (W,14-8, 6.0 IP, 3 H, 2 BB, 8 K): Tossed his sixth scoreless start...Has 22 starts of 6.0 or more innings, tied for third in the National League and tied for fifth in the majors...Has four scoreless starts of 6.0 innings or more and three or fewer hits allowed, tied for seventh-most such starts in the majors...Has a career-high 163 strikeouts this season, 10th in the NL...Has nine games with eight or more strikeouts this season, the most such games in a single season for his career.

Eduardo Escobar (2-3, HR, 3 RBI, R, BB): Put the Mets on the board with a three-run homer in the first...Has a 1.230 OPS in September, seventh-best mark in the majors...Is batting .465 (20-43) with a 1.360 OPS and five home runs as a left-
handed batter since August 30...In 20 games since returning from the IL, Escobar is batting .373 (25-67) with three doubles, a triple, six homers, 12 RBI and 13 runs.

Daniel Vogelbach (0-0, 2 BB, R): Has reached base in seven of his last eight plate appearances...Has a .455 on-base percentage in six games against his former team this season.

Pete Alonso (1-4, 2B, R, RBI, BB): Hit his 25th double of the season in the second... Joins Albert Pujols as the only players in MLB history with 35 home runs and 25 doubles in three of their first four seasons...Courtesy of ESPN Stats & Info.
Drew an RBI walk in the eighth...Has an RBI in five straight, tied for the longest-such streak of his career...Has 114 RBI this season, tied with Carlos Delgado (2006) for the 10th-most RBI in a single season by a Met.

Brandon Nimmo (0-2, RBI, 2 BB): Drew an RBI walk in the sixth...Has 12 walks and a .439 OBP over his last nine games.

Hit By Pitches: The Mets were hit by a pitch four times tonight, bringing their season total to 101 HBP...They are the sixth team since 1900 to be plunked 100 or more times in a season...Last season, the Reds (105) and Dodgers (104) had the two highest totals in the modern era...Cleveland had 103 Hit batters in 2008, Tampa Bay batters were hit 101 times in 2018 and Houston was hit 100 times in 1997.






RHP Mychal Givens placed on the IL.

RHP Stephen Nogosk reinstated from the 15-Day IL.

St. Lucie Mets placed SS Junior Tilien on the temporarily inactive list.

Pirates (55-91) @ Mets (92-55), 1:40 pm

NYM: Jacob deGrom (#48, 34, RHP, 5-2, 2.01)
PIT: Johan Oviedo (#62, 24, RHP, 3-2, 3.34)

NY Post:

Why Starling Marte’s return timeline remains murky

Mets’ Tylor Megill to return Monday in new bullpen role

Chris Bassitt stops Pirates to lead Mets to third win in row

Newsday:

Even if Brett Baty returns from injury, the Mets might not have room for him


Sandy Alderson helped put Mets on improved trajectory twice

Mets hoping Starling Marte returns by end of regular season

SI.com: How MLB’s Most Confounding Team Is (Mostly) Overcoming Decades of Dysfunction - Great article from a couple of days ago that recaps a lot of the changes the Mets made since Steve Cohen bought the team and Sandy was hired as Team President.  Including how Sandy Alderson conducted an industry wide survey that showed many employees were under paid qouting one un-named source 'I would say more than 50% of our player development staff significantly—significantly—got an increase that got them on the scale where they should be for their job title.'" 

Brian Joura Mets360: "Chris Bassitt rebounded from a rocky outing last time out to throw six shutout innings to lead the Mets to a 5-1 win over the Pirates Saturday night at Citi Field."

Metstradamus:

When Plunders Are Just Blunders with a P "And guess who came back and was effective tonight? Why it was none other than David Peterson! He threw two and a third innings, was extremely effective and worked fast." 

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Game Recap and Highlights: Syracuse celebrates Saturday night in style, topping Buffalo, 8-3

Box Score Syracuse Mets 8 Buffalo Bisons 3

Binghamton Rumble Ponies:

Game Recap: Ponies Fall at Home to Yard Goats on Saturday Night

Box Score: Hartford Yard Goats 7 Binghamton Rumble Ponies 0

Binghamton Rumble Ponies Game Notes - 9/17/2022

St. Lucie Mets:

Press Release: St. Lucie Mets to Face Dunedin Blue Jays in FSL Championship Series - "Game 1 of the best-of-three series is Sunday in Dunedin at 6:30 p.m. The series will shift to Clover Park for game 2 on Tuesday at 6:10 p.m. If necessary a deciding game 3 will be Wednesday at Clover Park at 6:10 p.m." 

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AP Sports:

Guardians beat Twins 7-6 in 15 innings, sweep doubleheader

Ohtani, Angels win 2-1, drop Mariners in wild-card standings

Thompson 2-run HR backs Urías’ 17th win, Dodgers beat Giants

Dodgers rack up 10th 100-win season in franchise history

Escobar hits 3-run homer, Bassitt pitches Mets past Pirates

Musgrove goes 6, Campusano homers, Padres blank D-backs 2-0

Adames, Woodruff lead Brewers to 4-1 victory over Yankees

Struggling Yankees RHP Montas undergoing MRI on shoulder

Molina homers, Pujols goes hitless as Cards sweep Reds

Acuña accounts for all 4 runs as Braves hold off Phillies

Yanks’ Gonzalez exits after catcher’s throw hits him on head

Moncada leads White Sox over Tigers 4-3 in 11 innings

Brown drives in four runs to help A’s rally past Astros 8-5

Rays beat Rangers 5-1, keep pace in AL wild-card race

Braves’ Albies leaves game with fractured pinky finger

Tapia drives in 3, Berríos gets win as Jays beat Orioles 6-3

Thomas hits 1 of 4 homers in Nationals’ 5-3 win over Marlins

Singer shuts down Red Sox, Royals beat Boston 9-0

Blackmon hits go-ahead triple in 9th, Rockies beat Cubs 3-1

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New York Mets purchased 
Dean Chance from the Cleveland Indians on September 18, 1970.

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1963

In the Polo Grounds' final game, played in front of a paltry 1,752 patrons, Jim Hickman of the Mets hits the last home run in the 52-year history of the Coogan's Bluff ballpark. The iconic stadium, which served as the home of the Giants (1911-1957), Yankees (1913-1922), and Mets (1962-63), first opened its doors on June 28, 1911.

1970

The Mets purchase Dean Chance from the Indians, but the 1964 Cy Young award winner will only compile a 0-1 record along with an ERA of 13.50 in his three games, all in relief, before being sent to Detroit, along with Bill Denehy, in an off-season trade with the Tigers. In exchange, New York obtains right-hander Jerry Robertson, who will never pitch again in a major league game.

1975

Mets slugger Dave Kingman, in a 7-5 victory over Chicago at Shea Stadium, hits his 35th homer to set a new franchise record for round-trippers in a season. Frank Thomas set the previous mark in 1962, the team's first year in existence.

1975

Rusty Staub becomes the first Mets player in the 14-year history of the franchise to drive in one hundred runs in a season. A two-run blast accounts for 'Le Grand Orange's' 100th RBI, which comes in a 7-5 victory over Chicago at Shea Stadium.

1987

In a slugfest which the Mets will lose 10-9 to Pittsburgh, Darryl Strawberry gets the team off to a good start when he slams a three-run home run off Brian Fischer in the top of the first inning at Three Rivers Stadium. The New York right fielder's round-tripper, his 37th of the season, establishes a new franchise record for homers, previously set by Dave Kingman on this date in 1975.

2006

In front of an enthusiastic Shea Stadium crowd of 46,729, the Mets capture the NL East title for the first time since 1988 by beating the Marlins, 4-0. The contest marks team's fifth attempt to clinch the division, but a road loss in Florida and being swept in Pittsburgh brought the champagne celebration home to the Big Apple.


2010

At Citi Field, Luis Hernandez falls to the ground in obvious pain when he fouls a ball off his right foot, and after a lengthy discussion, dismisses the team trainer to resume his turn at-bat. The Mets second baseman hits a home run on the next pitch he sees, but severely limps rounding the bases, reminiscent of Kirk Gibson, barely making it home due to the broken foot that will end his season.


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1962The Mets drop a pair to the visiting Colts .45s, 6 - 2 and 8 - 6, and also break the major-league record for homers allowed. Merritt Ranew and Dave Roberts connect for the Colts, the 188th and 189th homers allowed, breaking the A's mark set in 1956Bob Aspromonte of the Colts sets a National League record for a third baseman with his 57th straight errorless game. 

1976: Tom Seaver cuts down the Pirates for the second time in six days, this time winning 6 - 2 at Shea StadiumDave Kingman belts his 35th homer and Ed Kranepool adds another for the Mets.

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