Mets News and Morning Links - 5/22/2023

 


Good Morning.  Happy Birthday Collin Cowgill. Mets get double header sweep, David Peterson wins in Syracuse, Tomas Nido goes deep in St. Lucie win and Brooklyn and Binghamton split.

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Box Score - Game 1: Mets 5 Cleveland Guardians 4 Brett Baty 3B, 1 for 2, 1 run scored, 2 Walks, 1 K; Max Scherzer 6 innings, no runs, 3 hits, 1 walk, 5 Ks; Brooks Raley 1 inning, no runs, no hits; Adam Ottavino 2//3 inning, 3 runs - all earned, 3 hits; David Robertson (W,2-0)(BS,1) 1.1 innings, 1 run - earned, 2 hits, 1 HR; 

  • Starling Marte (3-4, HR, 2 RBI, R, SB): Gave the Mets the lead with a two-run homer in the eighth...Was his first home run since April 7 vs. Miami and his first extra-base hit since April 14...Was his first three-hit game since August 21, 2022 at Philadelphia...Stole his 12th base of the season, tied for fifth in the NL...Was the 326th stolen base of his career, tied with Billy Hamilton for the second-most among active players.
  • Max Scherzer (6.0 IP, 3 H, BB, 5 K): Was his 34th career start of 6.0 or more shutout innings and three or fewer hits allowed, tied with Tom Seaver for eighth-most in major league history...Completed 6.0 innings for the first time since his Opening Day start on March 30 at Miami...Ended a streak of five straight starts with fewer than 6.0 innings pitched, the second-longest such streak of his career (six GS, April 28 - June 4, 2010).
  • Brandon Nimmo (1-5, HR, RBI, R): Hit his fourth home run of the year in the seventh inning, his first since May 5 vs. Colorado...Was his fourteenth career home run on the first pitch, the most on any count.
  • Gary Sanchez (1-3, RBI): Picked up his first hit as a Met with a single in the fourth and his first RBI with the club with a sacrifice fly in the sixth.





Box Score - Game 2: Mets 2 Cleveland Guardians 1 Brett Baty 3B 1 for 3, 1 K; Mark Vientos DH 0 for 3, 1 K; Francisco Alvarez C 1 for 2, 1 walk; 

  • Mets: Earned their second sweep of the season...Have won their last two series after losing or splitting the previous seven series...Have won five straight games, tied for their longest winning streak of the season (Also: April 12-17)...All five wins during the streak have been decided by one run, tied for the longest such streak in franchise history (July 20, - July 24, 1984)...Are 11-7 in one-run games this season and are 6-1 in their last seven games decided by one run...Move to 4-4 in doubleheaders this season... Have swept eight of their last 15 doubleheaders and their sixth since 2022...Was their sixth consecutive game with a home run, the longest such streak since September 23 - September 30, 2022.
  • Francisco Lindor (2-4 HR, RBI, R): Hit a game-tying solo homer in the sixth...Is tied for sixth in the NL and tied for ninth in the majors with 22 extra-base hits.
  • Brooks Raley (1.0 IP): Pitched in both games of today's doubleheader...Joins Jordan Weems as the only pitcher in the majors to pitch in both games of a doubleheader this season...Is the first Met to pitch in both games of a doubleheader since Hansel Robles and Josh Smoker pitched in both games of a doubleheader on August 27, 2017 at Washington.
  • Jeff McNeil (1-2, RBI, BB): Drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly to left in the eighth...Was his eighth career go-ahead RBI in the eighth inning or later.
  • Justin Verlander (8.0 IP, 3 H, ER, 5 K): Is the first Mets pitcher 40 years or older to throw at least 8.0 innings in a game since Bartolo Colon on May 2, 2016 at 42 years and 344 days old...Was his sixth career start of at least 8.0 innings with three or fewer hits allowed and zero walks...Was the longest start by a Mets pitcher this season.









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New York Mets released Gil Hodges on May 22, 1963.

New York Mets traded Preston WilsonGeoff Goetz and Ed Yarnall to the Florida Marlins for Mike Piazza on May 22, 1998.

New York Mets released Scott Strickland on May 22, 2005.

New York Mets released Jorge Sosa on May 22, 2008.

New York Mets sold Keon Broxton to the Baltimore Orioles on May 22, 2019.

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1998

The Mets trade Preston WilsonGeoff Goetz, and Ed Yarnall to the Marlins for Mike Piazza. Florida had acquired the All-Star catcher last week from the Dodgers, along with Todd Zeile in exchange for Gary SheffieldBobby BonillaCharles JohnsonJim Eisenreich, and Manuel Barrios.

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1963: The all-time shortest managerial career ends after one game - a loss - when Eddie Yost, who replaced Mickey Vernon (14-26) as the Senators' pilot, is replaced by Gil Hodges. Hodges was acquired today from the Mets, who receive veteran Jimmy Piersall in return.

Los Angeles's Don Drysdale beats the Mets, 7 - 3, on two hits - homers by Duke Snider and Tim Harkness.

1988 - Pedro Guerrero throws his bat at David Cone after being hit by a pitch in the Dodgers' 5 - 2 loss to the Mets. He will be suspended for four games by National League president Bart Giamatti

2019 - Veteran OF Rajai Davis has a surreal day: at 5:00 PM, he is taking batting practice with the Syracuse Mets in Allentown, PA, in anticipation of an evening game against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs of the International League. That's when he gets the news that he has been called up to the major league Mets. He hires a driver to take him to Citi Field and after a two-hour ride, arrives there in the 3rd inning. He gets lost on his way to the clubhouse and has to ask for directions. He finally meets his manager and teammates in the 5th. He is then sent to pinch-hit for Drew Gagnon in the bottom of the 8th and hits a three-run homer off Sean Doolittle of the Nationals, capping a six-run inning. The Mets win the game, 6 - 1.

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