Mets News and Morning Links - 10/6/2022

 

Good Morning.  Happy Birthday Jerry Grote, Gene Clines, Gary Gentry, Robert Person, and Darren Oliver.  Mets get win # 101 9-2 over Nationals, Jeff McNeil gets the Batting Crown, Gary Cohen a finalist for the Broadcaster section of the Baseball Hall Of Fame, and Arizona Fall League results.  

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Box Score: Mets 9 Washington Nationals 2; 

From the Mets Post Game Notes 10/5/2022: 

Mets: Finished the regular season with 101 wins, the second-most in franchise history (Most: 1986, 108 wins)...Swept their seventh series of the season.

Jeff McNeil (0-0): Led the majors with a .326 batting average...Is the first Met ever to win a major league batting title and the second Met ever to win a National League batting title (Also: José Reyes, 2011)...Came in as a defensive replacement in the eighth.

Mark Canha (2-4, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R): Slugged a three-run homer in the first...Finished the season with a .367 on-base percentage, the sixth-best mark in the NL.

Francisco Lindor (1-4, 2B, 3 RBI): Hit a bases-clearing double in the second...Drove in 107 RBI, tied for the fifth-most in the majors...Appeared in a career-high 161 games.

James McCann (3-4, HR, 3 RBI, R): Hit a three-run home run in the third.

Terrance Gore (1-3): Recorded his first hit since 7/4/19 with a single in the third.

Trevor Williams (W, 3-5) - 6.0 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 6 K: Threw 6.0 innings in relief, the longest relief outing by a Mets pitcher since Shaun Marcum threw 8.0 innings out of

the bullpen on 6/8/13.

Mychal Givens (1.0 IP, H): Threw 1.0 scoreless inning in his first career start...Was his first outing since 9/14.

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Syracuse.com: Mets announcer Gary Cohen among finalists for Baseball Hall of Fame’s Frick Award. "Boston’s Joe Castiglione, the Mets’ Gary Cohen and former major leaguers Dave Campbell, Steve Stone, Duane Kuiper and Ernie Johnson Sr. are among the 10 finalists for the Baseball Hall of Fame’s 2023 Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in broadcasting...The winner will be announced Dec. 7 at the winter meetings in San Diego and honored July 22 as part of the Hall of Fame induction weekend."

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Box Score - Peoria Javelinas 6 Scottsdale Scorpions 5:  Kevin Kendall 3 for 6, 1 run scored, 2 Ks - hitting .444 with a .944 OPS; Luke Ritter 1B 0 for 5, 4 Ks; Brandon McIlwain RF-CF 2 for 5, double, 1 RBI (Game Winning run), 1 run scored, 2 Ks; Christian Scott 2.1 innings, 4 runs - all earned, 6 hits, 1 HR, 1 walk; 

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Today in Mets History Per Ultimatemets.com: 

Born on this date:

• Joe Frazier (1922)
• Jerry Grote (1942)
• Gene Clines (1946)
• Gary Gentry (1946)
• Robert Person (1969)
• Darren Oliver (1970)

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New York Mets signed free agent Ted Martinez on October 6, 1966.

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1980	After the club finishes in last place in each of his first three seasons in the dugout; the Mets extend manager Joe Torre’s contract through the 1982 season. During his five seasons with the team, the future Hall of Fame skipper will compile a 286-420 (.405) record for the struggling franchise.
1991	David Cone ties a National League mark for strikeouts as he fans 19 Phillies en route to a 7-0 victory in the season's finale. The Mets right-hander finishes the campaign with a league-leading 241 strikeouts, making it second straight season he has led the circuit.

1991	On Fan Appreciation Day at Shea Stadium, Howard Johnson drives in a run with a seventh-inning single to finish the season with a league-leading 117 RBIs. 'HoJo' is the first switch-hitter to lead the National League in runs batted in and the first Mets player to accomplish the feat.

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1969 - The New York Mets defeat the Atlanta Braves, 7 - 4, at Shea Stadium in Game 3 of the NLCS to clinch the pennant. 

10/6/1969 Tommie Agee, Ken Boswell and Wayne Garrett hit home runs while Nolan Ryan pitches 7 dominant innings in relief as the Mets sweep the Atlanta Braves to clinch their first NL pennant. pic.twitter.com/DO4xy7ADDt

— This Day in Mets History (@NYMhistory) October 6, 2020

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