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Mets News and Morning Links - 4/17/2023

 


Good Morning.  Happy Birthday Matt Allan. Mets sweep As, Baty called to Majors, Syracuse splits, Binghamton wins, St. Lucie and Brooklyn fall.

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Box Score: Mets 4 A's 3 Francisco Lindor SS 1 for 4, HR (#4), 1 RBI, 1 run scored, 1 walk; Pete Alonso 1B 1 for 4, HR (#8), 1 run scored, 1 RBI, 1 walk, 2 Ks; Tommy Pham LF 1 for 3, HR (#2), 1 RBI, 1 run scored, 1 walk; Jose Butto 5 innings, 1 run - earned, 5 hits, 4 walks, 2 Ks; John Curtiss 1 ining, 2 runs - both earned, 2 hits, 2 walks, 1 K; Jimmy Yacabonis 1 inning, no runs, 1 hit, 1 walk, 1 K; David Robertson (S,4) no runs, no hits; 

Today's Game:

Mets (10-6) @ Dodgers (8-8), 10:10 pm

NYM: David Peterson (#23, 27, LHP, 0-2, 4.91)

LAD: Dustin May (#85, 25, RHP, 1-1, 1.47)




SNY on YouTube: Pete Alonso Post Game reaction.



SNY on YouTube: Brandon Nimmo Post Game Reaction.



Brian Joura Mets 360: "After using power in regulation, the Mets cranked up the wild pitch offense to push across the go-ahead run in the 10th and held on to defeat the A’s, 4-3, and earn a sweep of the three-game series...The go-ahead run scored on a ball four wild pitch to Lindor." (Subscription required)

Tim Healey Newsday: Mets sweep A's after Pete Alonso's MLB-best eighth HR ties it in ninth. "...Tommy Pham and Francisco Lindor homered off JP Sears (six innings, two runs). Pete Alonso’s majors-leading eighth homer tied the score with one out in the top of the ninth. Jimmy Yacabonis, making his Mets debut in the bottom of the ninth, put his first two batters on but retired the next three." 

Mets.com: Nimmo makes game-saving grab as Mets win in extras. "One day after collecting a pair of knocks and driving in the winning run late in Saturday's win, Nimmo made his biggest impact in the field on Sunday, laying out for a pair of spectacular diving plays in center field, including a game-saving grab in the ninth inning."

Mike Puma NY Post: Buck Showalter ‘proud’ of effort from Mets’ call-up Jose Butto. "...the right-hander gave the Mets a chance Sunday by allowing one run over five innings...Butto endured plenty of traffic — he allowed five hits and walked four — but managed to avoid serious damage...'I’m really proud of Butto today — that was delivered in a time of need,' manager Buck Showalter said."

SNY.TV: Mets takeaways from Sunday's 4-3 win over Athletics, including a late rally to complete the sweep. "Alonso hit his league-leading eighth home run of the season...The Mets loaded the bases, but added just one run in the top of the tenth."

Metstradamus: "Could Robertson get the save without putting the rest of the bullpen in jeopardy and driving Mets fans crazy? Well, yes. but not without the part where Mets fans were driven crazy. He hit Shea Langeliers, then he fielded Ryan Noda’s bunt and got the force at third, but not without double clutching and putting visions in our heads of the ball rolling all the way through the Yellowstone sized foul territory. Then, he threw a wild pitch to put the two runners on second and third and forced the Mets to bring the infield in. But Conner Capel’s grounder went right to Alonso for the second out without the runner breaking for home, and then Esteury Ruiz grounded out to third to end the game, end the series, and say good bye to all the possum."

Jon Heyman New York Post: Brett Baty became too good for Mets to ignore. "Brett Baty had five homers and a 1.386 OPS in just nine games with Triple-A Syracuse this year...That said, the jump from Triple-A to the majors is enormous, and it’s not going to be easy...as one rival scout put it, is that 'he’s supposed to come in wearing a cape.' The Mets’ 9-6 record entering Sunday is a mirage as it’s been built mostly on the backs of the Marlins and A’s, who should be in the International League themselves."

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New York Mets signed free agent Scott Copeland on April 17, 2018.

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1964

After spending the first two years of their existence at the Polo Grounds, the Mets play their first game at Shea Stadium in front of 50,312 fans in Queens. The Amazins' drop the stadium opener to Pittsburgh, 4-3, with Willie Stargell hitting the first homer in the Flushing facility.

1969

In only the ninth game of the franchise's history, Expos hurler Bill Stoneman, who had never thrown a complete game in the major leagues, tosses a no-hitter, defeating the Phillies at Connie Mack Stadium, 7-0. The 25 year-old right-hander, the future GM of the Angels, will throw another no-hit game in 1972 against the Mets.

2006

In front of 36,867 Shea Stadium patrons, Pedro Martinez becomes the 103rd pitcher in major league history to win 200 games when the Mets beat the Braves, 4-3. The Dominican ace has lost only 84 contests at the time of reaching the milestone, putting him behind only Bob Caruthers (74), Whitey Ford (79), and Lefty Grove (83).

2009

At Citi Field, Gary Sheffield becomes the 25th player to hit 500 career home runs. Joining Ty Cobb and Rusty Staub as the only major leaguers to homer as a teenager and as a forty year-old, the recently released Tiger DH becomes the first to reach the milestone as a pinch hitter and the first to accomplish the feat in a Mets uniform.

 

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1967 - In the only game scheduled on this Monday evening, the New York Mets pound Pittsburgh, 9 - 6. Obscured amidst the offensive fireworks is the sorry plight of poor Jerry Buchek, a career backup infielder on the verge of his career year who's got to be wondering what he ever did to Pirate right fielder Roberto Clemente, likewise embarking on his own best-ever season. Clemente abuses Buchek on both sides of the ball, starting with his 2nd-inning snatch of his 400-footer to right center. Pirate beat writer Les Biederman reports: "Clemente went toward the exit gate for a startling back-handed stab of Buchek's long drive." Next inning, one of Roberto's patented one-hop rockets undresses the Met second baseman even as it dares him to return Clemente's favor. "Clemente slammed a vicious one-hop shot right at Buchek," writes Biederman, "but the second baseman dropped the ball as he set himself to throw."

1970 - Bud Harrelson of the New York Mets hits a home run in the 1st inning of a 6 - 0 win over the Phillies. The homer is one of only seven in Harrelson's 16-year career and the only one he will ever hit at Shea Stadium.

2006: At Shea Stadium, the Mets continue their strong start to the season with a 4 - 3 victory over Atlanta as Pedro Martinez collects his 200th win with relief help from Duaner Sanchez and Billy Wagner. Martinez, from the Dominican Republic, improves his record to 200-84 and joins Dennis Martinez of Nicaragua (245-193), Dominican Juan Marichal (243-142) and Cuban Luis Tiant (229-172), as the only Hispanic American pitchers to reach the 200-win major league mark.

2009 - Gary Sheffield becomes the 25th member of the 500 home run club. He delivers a pinch-hit homer off the Brewers' Mitch Stetter in the 7th inning of a game at Citi Field, still in its first month of operation. It is Sheffield's first home run for the New York Mets, after having been released in spring training by the Detroit Tigers while sitting on 499 home runs. The Mets win the game, 5 - 4, on Luis Castillo's 9th inning two-out single.

2010: The Mets need 20 innings to beat the Cardinals, 2 - 1, in the longest game since this date in 2008. Jose Reyes drives in the winning run with a sacrifice fly after going 0 for 7 for the day in a game dominated by the pitchers. Both starters, Johan Santana for New York and Jaime Garcia for St. Louis, pitch 7 scoreless innings and the game is still scoreless after 17 frames, but the Cardinals eventually run out of able-bodied pitchers. 2B Felipe Lopez is sent out to the mound and pitches a scoreless 18th inning, while P Kyle Lohse goes out to play left field, but their teammate, OF Joe Mather, gives up a run in the top of the 19th. However, Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez gives the run right back, but the Mets score again off Mather in the 20th. Mather is saddled with the loss, while Rodriguez gets the win and starter Mike Pelfrey comes out in the 21st to record the save for the Mets.

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