Mets News and Morning Links - 4/13/2023

 


Good Morning.  Happy Birthday Mets Hitting Coach Jeremy Barnes and Brooklyn Cyclones Cesar Berbesi. Mets beat Padres, Syracuse and Binghamton hit big in wins and Brooklyn falls.

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Box Score: Mets 5 Padres 2 

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  • Won their first series against the Padres since they took two out of three from San Diego at Citi Field from June 11 - 13, 2021.
  • Have 14 stolen bases in 11 games, tied for second in the NL and tied for fourth in the majors...Did not reach 14 stolen bases until their 31st game of the 2022 season.

Tylor Megill (5.0 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 3 K): Moves to 7-0 in eight career April starts, the most wins in the month over the last two years...Has allowed two or fewer runs in seven of those starts as well as three or fewer hits in five of those starts.  Is one of five pitchers with three wins this season.

Francisco Lindor (1-4, HR, RBI, R): Lined a game-tying home run to lead off the third.

Pete Alonso (2-3, HR, RBI, 2 R, BB): Hit his major league-leading sixth home run in the fifth...Was his 66th career home run at Citi Field, tied with Michael Conforto for the second-most in the ballpark's history.

Brandon Nimmo (3-5, 2B, 2 RBI): Put the Mets on the board with an RBI double in the second...Is batting .353 (6-17) against left-handed pitchers this season and owns a .417 (5-12) career batting average against Blake Snell.

Tommy Pham (2-3, RBI, R, BB, SB): Extended the Mets lead with an RBI single in the seventh.

Jeff McNeil (0-1, 3 BB): Walked three times in a game for the third time in his career (Also April 29, 2019 and September 18, 2022).

Bullpen: Has a 1.72 ERA (3 ER/15.2 IP) with 21 strikeouts and eight walks over the last four games.

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Brian Heyman Newsday: Mets take rubber game vs. Padres to close homestand. "Brandon Nimmo delivered three hits and two RBIs, Francisco Lindor and Pete Alonso cracked homers and Tylor Megill and four relievers teamed on a six-hitter."

Brian Joura Mets 360: "The Mets fell behind by two runs before they came to bat. But they pecked away, scoring a single run in five different innings, and came away with a 5-2 win, taking the series against the Padres in the process."

NY Post: Mets step up in tense moments to take series against Padres. "Six months too late, the Mets got enough big hits to win the rubber game of a series from the visiting Padres...On Wednesday, Nimmo (two), Alonso and newcomer Tommy Pham had hits with runners in scoring position, matching the three-game total (4-for-23) that the anemic Mets had when managing one run during their two playoff losses combined."

Joel Sherman NY Post: David Robertson, Adam Ottavino becoming formidable closing duo Mets hoped for. "...the Mets relied heavily on a malleable bullpen. David Robertson, the titular “closer” in place of Diaz, got the biggest outs, in the eighth inning of the Mets’ series-opening victory on Monday and in the seventh inning of the rubber game Wednesday. Ottavino finished both games."

SNY.TV: With Brett Baty, Ronny Mauricio, and Mark Vientos raking, Mets might have to shake offense up soon. "The Mets are averaging less than four runs per game, and are being dragged down by the bottom of the lineup."

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Press Release: St. Lucie Mets, Hammerheads Postponed on Wednesday  "Doubleheader scheduled for Friday at 4:00 p.m."

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Blaine Boyer granted free agency on April 13, 2011.

Toronto Blue Jays claimed Aaron Laffey of the New York Mets on waivers on April 13, 2013. 

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1962

On a wintry day, the Mets play their first home game ever when only 12,000 fans show up at the Polo Grounds to see the return of National League baseball to the Big Apple. On Friday the 13th, the Pirates score the decisive run on two eighth-inning wild pitches thrown by Ray Diavault, beating the New York expansion team, 4-3.

1983

The Phillies, trailing by five runs entering the final frame, beat the Mets, 10-9, when Bo Diaz hits a walk-off bases-loaded home run. The Philadelphia catcher's 'ultimate grand slam', a home run which wins a game when a team is down by three runs in the bottom of the final inning, is tossed by Neil Allen, who faces only the final batter.

2012

Josh Thole's bizarre base running blunder leads to a very odd double play in the second inning of the Mets' 5-2 victory at Citizens Bank Park. After successfully reaching second base on R.A. Dickey's sacrifice bunt, the 25 year-old Mets' catcher shocks everyone, including the Philadelphia defense, by trying to return to first base, where he is tagged out to complete the unusual 3-1-6-4 twin killing.

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2009:  San Diego beats the Mets, 6 - 5, in the first game to be played at Citi Field in New York. The first batter of the game, Jody Gerut, hits a home run off Mike Pelfrey as the Padres jump to an early 5 - 1 lead. New York ties it on a three-run home run by David Wright, but the winning run scores when Luis Rodríguez reaches on a three-base error by RF Ryan Church and crosses the plate when Pedro Feliciano commits a balk.

2013 - Matt Harvey takes a no-hitter into the 7th inning, until the Twins' Justin Morneau hits a homer that clanks against the right field foul pole at Target Field with two outs. Harvey has the longest outing of his career, giving up only two hits in 8 innings in the Mets' 4 - 2 win. The Mets have seven consecutive hits in the 5th to score all their runs.

2017 - In the longest game yet played at Marlins Park, the Mets defeat Miami, 9 - 8, on a homer by Travis d'Arnaud in the 16th inning. Mets starter Robert Gsellman gives up 8 runs in 4 2/3 innings, but seven relievers combine to pitch 10 1/3 scoreless innings. Yoenis Cespedes hits a pair of homers, while d'Arnaud has four hits, including a bases-loaded triple and his game-winning homer off Adam Conley, who had been scheduled to start the next day. For the Marlins, Marcell Ozuna hits a grand slam in the 1st.

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