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Mets News and Morning Links - 4/26/2023

 


Good Morning.  Happy Birthday Amos Otis, Mike Scott, and Lou Thornton. Mets lose to Nats, Binghamton wins an early day game, Syracuse rained out and Brooklyn and St. Lucie fall.

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Box Score: Nationals 5 Mets 0 Brandon Nimmo CF 1 for 3, 1 walk, 2 Ks; Starling Marte RF 0 for 4; Francisco Lindor SS 1 for 4; Pete Alonso 1B 0 for 4, 2 Ks; Jeff McNeil RF 0 for 4; Daniel Vogelbach DH 1 for 3, 1 K; Brett Baty 3B 1 for 3, double, 2 Ks; Luis Guillorme 2B 0 for 3, 2 Ks; Francisco Alvarez C 1 for 3, 2 Ks; Jose Butto (L,0-1) 4.2 innings, 2 runs - both earned, 4 hits, 1 HR, 6 walks, 1 K; 

From Yesterday's Post Game Notes: 

  • Mets were shutout for the fourth time this season...Was their first shutout loss against the Nationals since June 18, 2021 and their first at Citi Field since April 4, 2019...Have lost a season-high-tying three straight games (Also: April 3 - 5).
  • José Butto: Issued six walks, the most by a Mets pitcher since Taijuan Walker walked six batters on April 20, 2021 at Chicago-NL.
  • Brandon Nimmo (1-3, BB): Has reached base two or more times in 15 games this season, tied for the second-most in the majors.
NY Post: Mets fall flat in loss to Nationals in first game of homestand. "The Mets opened a seven-game homestand quietly, getting shut out by the Nationals for a third straight loss, 5-0, in front of 20,507 on Tuesday night. Jose Butto was wild, the top of the sixth inning was wacky and the Mets (14-10) failed to capitalize against the last-place Nationals (8-14). The Mets finished with just five hits — only one after the fifth inning — and were silenced by New Rochelle native Josiah Gray, who struck out nine in six scoreless innings."

Newsday: Keibert Ruiz (3-for-4, walk) touched Butto for a solo homer in the second inning to give Washington a 1-0 lead. Joey Meneses singled in a run in the third to make it 2-0. Otherwise, Butto (0-1, 2.79 ERA) did well, considering that after a 1-2-3 first he was in constant trouble. Butto allowed four hits, walked six and struck out one. 

Brian Joura Mets360: "The Mets generally looked inept and struck out a season-high 13 times. The ABs could only be described as pitiful. They had just one legitimate scoring shot, which came in the fifth inning. Brandon Nimmo drew a two-out walk to load the bases [after Brett Baty's double and Franciso Alvarez' infield hit]. But Starling Marte struck out to end the threat."

NY Post: The disastrous inning that sunk any hopes of a Mets’ comeback. "But things quickly went downhill, turning into a three-run inning as the Nationals rolled to a 5-0 win at Citi Field...Victor Robles lined a single to right field and was pushed to third base by a grounder up the middle that Luis Guillorme could have fielded had he seen it...Following the missed play with two men on and one out, Luis Garcia checked his swing on what Showalter believed should have been a third strike.  Garcia took advantage, doubling to center, driving in two and extending the Mets’ deficit to four."







Today's Game:

Nationals (8-14) @ Mets (14-10), 7:10 pm

NYM: Kodai Senga (#34, 30, RHP, 3-0, 4.29)
WSN: MacKenzie Gore (#1, 24, LHP, 2-1, 3.43)

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New York Mets purchased Harry Chiti from the Cleveland Indians on April 26, 1962.

New York Mets traded Bobby Smith to the Chicago Cubs for Sammy Taylor on April 26, 1962.

New York Mets purchased Jack Lamabe from the Chicago White Sox on April 26, 1967.

New York Mets traded Rick Auerbach to the Texas Rangers for Lenny Randle on April 26, 1977.

New York Mets released Mike Matthews on April 26, 2005.

New York Mets signed free agent Michael Tucker on April 26, 2006.

Philadelphia Phillies signed Ryan Cordell of the New York Mets as a free agent on April 26, 2021.

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1977

The Rangers trade Lenny Randle, under suspension for the spring training altercation in which he fractured manager Frank Lucchesi's cheekbone, to the Mets for a player to be named later (infielder Rick Auerbach) and cash. Joe Torre, the New York's new skipper, replacing Joe Frazier, shifts the 28-year-old second baseman to third base.

1988

Keith Hernandez hits two homers and drives in seven runs to reach the 1000 RBI milestone. The Mets' first baseman's offensive output, which includes an eighth-inning grand slam off Charley Puleo, contributes to the Mets' 13-4 rout of the Braves at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium.

1995

In the debut of Coors Field, the Rockies defeat the Mets in 14 innings, tying the National League record for the number of innings played in a season opener. After New York's first baseman Rico Brogna collects the ballpark's first home run, a fourth-inning line drive off Bill Swift, Dante Bichette ends the contest with a walk-off blasting the 14th frame, giving Colorado a dramatic come-from-behind 11-9 victory.

2006

At the age of 47, Julio Franco becomes the second-oldest player to steal a bag when he swipes second base in the eighth inning of the Mets' 9-7 victory over the Giants at AT&T Park. In 1909, Arlie Latham, who played two games at second base for the Giants, purloined a sack as a 49-year old.

2012

Using a home-grown starting lineup for the first time since 1971, New York beats Miami when Heath Bell walks four batters in the ninth inning, including Justin Turner's 13-pitch at-bat that knots the score before he gives up a game-winning two-out single to the rookie Kirk Nieuwenhuis. Forty-one years ago, Gil Hodges used a lineup of all former Mets farmhands that included Ed Kranepool, Bud Harrelson, Tim Foli, Ted Martinez, Mike Jorgensen, Duffy Dyer, John Milner, and Jerry Koosman.

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1995 - A number of Major League Baseball teams open their season, reduced to 144 games because of the strike. Coors Field, the National League's first new baseball-only park in 23 years, opens in dramatic fashion in Denver, Colorado, as Dante Bichette of the Rockies hits a three-run home run to defeat the visiting Mets in 14 innings, 11 - 9, tying the National League record for most innings played in a season opener.

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