Mets News and Morning Links - 7/29/2023

 


Good Morning.  Pete Alonso's 2 HRs lead Mets, Syracuse sweeps a Doubleheader as Voit makes history, Binghamton wins, Brooklyn and St. Lucie fall.

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Box Score: Mets 5 Nationals 1 Brandon Nimmo CF 1 for 4Francisco Lindor SS 1 for 4, 1 run scoredPete Alonso 1B 2 for 2 (2 HRs - 29th and 30th), 5 RBIs; Jeff McNeil 2B 3 for 4; Mark Vientos DH 0 for 3, 1 walk, 1 KBrett Baty 3B 0 for 3, 1 run scored, 1 walk, 3 KsFrancisco Alvarez C 0 for 2, 2 walks, 1 run scored, 1 KMax Scherzer 7 innings, 1 run - earned, 6 hits, 1 HR, 2 walks, 7 Ks; Adam Ottavino 1 inning, no runs, 1 hit; Brooks Raley 1 inning, no runs, 1 hit, 1 K

  • Mets: Have won 27 of their last 39 games against Washington.
  • Pete Alonso: Joins Mike Piazza as the only Met ever to have four seasons of 30 or more home runs...Was his third multi-home run game of the season and the 17th of his career...His 17 multi-homer games since 2019 are tied with Kyle Schwarber for the second-most during that span...Are tied with Mike Piazza and David Wright for the third-most such games in Mets history...Courtesy of Sarah Langs...Was his second five-RBI game this season...Drove in five runs three days earlier at New York-AL...Was his seventh career game with five or more RBI, tied for the third-most such games since 2019 and tied for the third-most such games in franchise history...Is hitting .400 (12-30) with seven extra-base hits, 11 RBI, eight runs scored and a 1.388 OPS in his last eight games...Was hitting .132 (12-91) with seven XBH and a .549 OPS in his previous 25 games (since his return from the IL on June 18-19).


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Today's Game:

Nationals (43-61) @ Mets (49-54), 7:10 pm

NYM: Carlos Carrasco (#59, 36, RHP, 3-4, 5.82)
WSN: Patrick Corbin (#46, 33, LHP, 6-11, 5.01)

NL East Standings: 


Rk Tm W L W-L% GB Strk
1Atlanta Braves6536.644--W 1
2Philadelphia Phillies5647.54410.0W 3
3Miami Marlins5648.53810.5W 2
4New York Mets4954.47617.0W 2
5Washington Nationals4361.41323.5L 2
Average5349.522
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 7/29/2023.

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New York Mets traded Jacke Davis to the St. Louis Cardinals for Duke Carmel on July 29, 1963.

New York Mets traded Jeff Kent and Jose Vizcaino to the Cleveland Indians for Carlos Baerga and Alvaro Espinoza on July 29, 1996.

New York Mets traded Rey Sanchez to the Seattle Mariners for Kenny Kelly on July 29, 2003.

New York Mets traded Jason Vargas to the Philadelphia Phillies for Austin Bossart on July 29, 2019.


1944
Annabelle Lee, the aunt of future major leaguer Bill Lee, pitches the first of five perfect games in the 12-year history of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. The Minneapolis Millerettes southpaw knuckleballer, who will toss a no-hitter for the Fort Wayne Daisies precisely one year from this date, doesn't allow any batters to reach first base in the 18-0 rout of the Kenosha (WI) Comets.
1996
The Mets deal Jeff Kent along with Jose Vizcaino to the Indians for Carlos Baerga and Alvaro Espinoza. The trade, considered to be one of the worst in franchise history, will be a bust for New York when Baerga hits only .267 in three non-productive seasons in the Big Apple, and Kent goes on to win an MVP award and posts Hall of Fame numbers for a second baseman during his 17-year tenure in the major leagues.

2000
Recently acquired Mets make good first impressions as Mike Bordick goes 2-for-3, including a homer on the first pitch he sees as a Met, and Rick White pitches a scoreless inning to get the win; the other newcomer, Bubba Trammell, will homer in his first at-bat in his Met debut tomorrow.
2004
In a 10-1 victory over the Expos, Eric Valent becomes the eighth player in franchise history to hit for the cycle. After singling in the second, doubling in the third, and homering in the fifth, the Mets' utility player triples in the seventh to join Phillies David Bell, Pirates Daryle Ward, and Chad Moeller of the Brewers to accomplish the feat this season.



2006
Julio Franco became the oldest player ever to pinch run when he takes Carlos Delgado's place on the basepaths after the Mets' infielder is hit by a pitch in the fourth inning. The 47 year-old pinch-runner, who will stay in the game to play first, steals second base and will advance to third on the catcher's error in the Mets' 11-4 win over Atlanta at Turner Field.
2008
In a 4-1 win over the Marlins at Dolphin Stadium, Mets third baseman David Wright scores in his 13th consecutive game, establishing a new franchise record. Teammate Carlos Beltran had set the previous team mark in 2006.


2001 - A career utility player who's making the most of his opportunity to play this year in place of the injured Edgardo Alfonzo, second baseman Desi Relaford makes several key contributions to a dramatic, back-and-forth, 6 - 5 nailbiter between the Mets and Phillies. After Relaford's tremendous over-the-shoulder inning-ending grab robs Philly of two runs in the 6th, he goes to even greater lengths to break the tie he's just preserved: after his one-out, 7th-inning, hit-and-run single moves Lenny Harris to third and brings up Mike Piazza, New York's number one run producer produces a tailor-made 4-6-3, inning-ending double play grounder. Long before Relaford can reach second, shortstop Jimmy Rollins receives the throw and crosses the bag, continuing on another 10 to 12 feet past the bag and at least 7 feet clear of the baseline before turning and making the transfer from glove to hand. As the unsuspecting shortstop winds up to throw, Relaford, his left arm dragging the baseline to which his fully-extended body is perfectly perpendicular, suddenly enters the picture, sliding/tumbling past on his way to second base. Just as Rollins is about to unload, Desi fully extends his right toe, hooks Rollins' right shin and completely turns him around. When he comes to rest, the Phillies' shortstop is facing the now unoccupied third base as its previous tenant, Lenny Harris, crosses home plate. The resulting 3 - 2 Mets lead will last exactly two batters into the next half-inning as John Franco coughs it up on Scott Rolen's no-out, two-run homer. Tsuyoshi Shinjo hits a towering, two-run homer in the 8th, but New York's Armando Benitez blows the save and Relaford must come to the rescue yet again, turning a double play to get Benitez out of further trouble, thus setting the stage for redemption in the form of Mike Piazza's walk-off home run.

2015: Another trade almost gets consumed, as the Mets are on the verge of trading IF Wilmer Flores and P Zack Wheeler to Milwaukee for OF Carlos Gomez. The rumor of the deal sweeps through the stands at Citi Field, and Flores breaks into tears on the field as he does not want to leave a team that has grown into a contender. The trade falls through, however, and the Mets lose, 7 - 3, to San Diego in spite of three homers by Lucas Duda.


2019One day after their surprise acquisition of Marcus Stroman, the Mets deal with their surplus of starting pitchers by sending Jason Vargas to the Phillies in return for AA catcher Austin Bossart, who is hitting .195.

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