Mets News and Morning Links - 5/8/2024

 


Good Morning.  Happy Birthday to John MaineAdrian Gonzalez, and Sean Gilmartin.  Mets beat Cards 7-5 as Pete breaks out, Syracuse scores 18, the FCL Mets score 15, Binghamton wins, Brooklyn wins, while St. Lucie falls. 

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5/7/2024 Box Score: New York Mets 7 St. Louis Cardinals 5

Brandon Nimmo*; CF-LF 1 for 4; HR; 1 run; 3 RBIs; 1 walk; Starling Marte; RF 2 for 5; double; 1 run; Francisco Lindor#; SS 2 for 5; 1 run; 1 K; Pete Alonso; 1B 2 for 5; HR; double; 2 run; 3 RBIs; 1 K; DJ Stewart*; LF 0 for 3; 1 K; Harrison Bader; CF 0 for 2; 1 K; J.D. Martinez; DH 2 for 4; 1 RBIs; 1 K; Brett Baty*; 3B 1 for 5; 1 K; Jeff McNeil*; 2B 3 for 4; 1 run; Tomás Nido; C 1 for 4; 1 run; José Butto; (W, 1-2) 5 innings; 3 runs; 3 ERs; 5 hits; 3 walks; 3 Ks; Cole Sulser; (H, 1) 1 inning; 1 run; 1 ER; 1 hit; 3 Ks; Sean Reid-Foley; (H, 2) 0.1 inning; no runs; 1 hit; 1 walk; Jorge López; (H, 5) 0.2 inning; no runs; 1 hit; 1 K; Reed Garrett; (H, 3) 1 inning; no runs; 1 hit; 2 Ks; Adam Ottavino; (S, 1) 1 inning; 1 run; 1 ER; 2 hits; 1 walk; 2 Ks; 


Brian Joura Mets360: "Brandon Nimmo and Pete Alonso both homered and drove in three runs to power the Mets to a 7-5 win over the Cardinals Tuesday night in St. Louis. The Mets clinched the series win and won back-to-back games for the first time since they won their sixth straight game on April 20."


NY Post: Pete Alonso finally busts out of slump as Mets storm past Cardinals"After Brandon Nimmo’s mammoth home run tied the game in the fifth inning and hits from Starling Marte and Francisco Lindor followed, Alonso launched a shot to right-center and was soon standing on second base thumping his chest and gesturing toward his teammates in the dugout. Alonso’s double knocked in the go-ahead runs...Alonso, who entered in a 1-for-30 skid, snapped a hitless streak of 12 at-bats with his double...he smashed a ninth-inning homer...his ninth of the season and first since he slugged No. 200 in his career on April 27 against the Cardinals."


Tim Healey Newsday: Mets defeat Cardinals as Jose Butto works through early struggles. "[Butto's] line: five innings, five hits, three runs. He struck out three and walked three...All of those runs, however, came during a 28-pitch opening inning. The first time through the St. Louis lineup, Butto allowed six of nine batters to reach base...But then Butto did what he often does in such situations: He figured it out. He settled in. He survived."


Kiner's Korner: "With closer Edwin Diaz unavailable, the Mets turned to Adam Ottavino in the 9th inning with a 3-run lead...he gave up a one-out solo home run followed by a single and a 4-pitch walk which brought the potential winning run to the plate...Ottavino settled down and struck out the next two batters, Paul Goldschmidt and Alec Burleson, to end the game."


Mets YouTube Channel: Mets @ Cards Highlights



SNY on YouTube: Pete Alonso's Post Game reaction.


Today's Game:

Mets (18-18) @ Cardinals (15-21), 1:15 pm

STL: Sonny Gray (#54, 34, RHP, 4-1, 0.89)
NYM: Jose Quintana (#62, 35, LHP, 1-3, 5.20)

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MLB News

Betts will miss both Tokyo Series games with illness

Tokyo Series Game 1 FAQ: Lineups, starting pitchers and more

1 player from each team making the biggest impression

Yamamoto, Imanaga primed for Tokyo Series showdown

Gallo makes surprising announcement: He's switching to pitching

Complete results and highlights from Spring Breakout 

Most underrated player? Best pitcher? Most surprising team? Players cast their votes

Schmidt (shoulder) scratched as Yanks' pitching woes mount

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MLB Trade Rumors:

MLB Trade Rumors

Royce Lewis Exits Game Due To Hamstring Strain

Athletics’ Michel Otanez To Start Season On Injured List

Austin Gomber Will Begin Season On Rockies’ Injured List

Mookie Betts Will Miss Tokyo Series Due To Illness

Clarke Schmidt To Miss Start Due To Shoulder Soreness

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Angels Notes: Rengifo, Neto, Moncada

Matt Strahm Resumes Throwing, Questionable For Opening Day

Blue Jays Sign Justin Bruihl To Minors Deal

Michael Tonkin To Open Season On Injured List

White Sox Release Joey Gallo Ahead Of Move To Pitching

Twins Prospect Matt Canterino Undergoes Season-Ending Shoulder Surgery

Orioles Notes: Henderson, Mateo, Urias

Tobias Myers Exits Game Due To Oblique Issue

Yahoo Sports:

MLB Baseball News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games

Dodgers' Mookie Betts ruled out of Tokyo Series vs. Cubs because of stomach virus

Mets Spring Breakout Notebook: Ryan Clifford's power, Bohan Adderley's Jazz Chisholm connection headline notes on top prospects

Mets beat Nationals in Spring Breakout game behind home runs from top prospects Ryan Clifford, Boston Baro

Joey Gallo is planning to try pitching after he was released by the White Sox

Yankees' Clarke Schmidt dealing with shoulder soreness, scratched from Monday's spring start

Cody Bellinger notches pair of hits as Yankees fall to Pirates in split-squad action

Tylor Megill struggles in third outing of spring, Mets' bats quiet in loss to Astros

Mets vs. Nationals Spring Breakout game: How to watch on SNY on March 16, 2025

Mookie Betts to miss Dodgers' season-opening Tokyo Series due to illness

Mets' Ronny Mauricio won't appear in spring training games as knee surgery recovery continues

ESPN:

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Betts (illness) out for Tokyo Series; lost 15 pounds

Yanks scratch Schmidt (shoulder) from next start

Gallo cut by White Sox, eyes switch to pitching

CBS Sports:

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Savannah Bananas sell out game at 65,000-seat Raymond James Stadium, home of NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Royce Lewis injury: Twins third baseman suffers hamstring strain, putting Opening Day in question

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Braves.com:

Braves News

Braves prospects show promise in Spring Breakout

Strider set to pitch in first game since UCL surgery

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Marlins.com:

Marlins News

Increased comfort leading to improvement at the plate for Bride

3 key Marlins roster battles that are still undecided

Watch live on MLB.TV, 1 p.m. ET: Weathers (1.23 ERA, 3 starts) faces the Mets

Phillies.com:

Phillies News

Winds of change? Harper, Phillies find fewer homer totals at CBP

Kepler (back), Marsh (knee) exit tilt against O's with minor injuries

Watch FREE, 1 p.m. ET: Nola makes spring start vs. Jays

Nationals.com:

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'You wouldn't know it': How Lile is turning heads with his poise

Listen FREE, 1 p.m. ET: Gore takes 0.00 spring ERA to hill

Today in Mets History Per Ultimatemets.com: 

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New York Mets traded Larry Foss to the Milwaukee Braves for Chico Fernandez on May 8, 1963.

New York Mets traded Jay Hook and Adrian Garrett to the Milwaukee Braves for Roy McMillan on May 8, 1964.

New York Mets released Dick Tidrow on May 8, 1984.

New York Mets traded Matt Harvey to the Cincinnati Reds for Devin Mesoraco on May 8, 2018.

 

National Pastime.com:  

1961

The New York Metropolitan Baseball Club, Inc. announces the New York National League franchise's team nickname will be the Mets. Other names considered included the Avengers, Burros (a play on the word boroughs), Continentals, Islanders, Jets, Rebels, Skyliners, and the Meadowlarks, which was the first choice of owner Joan Payson.

1973

On a rainy night at Shea Stadium, the seventh-inning line drive off the bat of Atlanta's Marty Perez strikes Jon Matlack's forehead so hard that the ball ricochets into the Mets dugout. Fortunately, the 23 year-old southpaw sustains only a hairline fracture of his skull, and will return to the mound on May 19 to blank the Bucs for six innings at Pittsburgh.

1997

At the age 20, Ryan Jaroncyk, the Mets first-round draft pick of the Mets in 1995, retires from baseball, citing he finds the game 'boring'. The healthy, hard-working, introspective athletic graduate of Orange Glen High School (Escondido, CA), who the team had hoped to be their shortstop of the future, leaves the franchise after receiving an $850,000 signing bonus, which the club will not ask their former player to return.

Baseball Reference:

1963: The Braves acquire Chico Fernandez from the Tigers for Lou Johnson and cash, then turn around and swap him to the Mets for Larry Foss.

1983 - Darryl Strawberry gets his first major league hit, a single that scores Danny Heep, in a 10 - 5 Mets win over the Reds.

1998Cardinals 1B Mark McGwire hits his 400th career home run in a 9 - 2 loss to the Mets. He is the 27th player to reach 400, and does so in fewer at bats than anyone in history, 4,726. Babe Ruth had taken 127 more at-bats, having held the old record.

2015 - Cole Hamels and the Philles win 3 - 1 over the Mets and Matt HarveyJonathan Papelbon picks up the save, his 112th as a member of the Phils, to tie Jose Mesa atop the team's leader board; he is also the Boston Red Sox all-time save leader, with 219. Only Robb Nen had previously led two separate teams in saves before him.

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