Mets News and Morning Links - 7/4/2024

 


Good Morning.  Happy July 4th!  Happy Birthday to Jose Oquendoand Ex-Brooklyn Cyclones Manny Rodriguez.  Mets blow 5-0 lead in 7-5 loss to Nats, Kodai Senga and Kade Morris throw combined shutout in Brooklyn, Syracuse goes down 6-3 but comes back to win 8-6, Binghamton loses in extras and St. Lucie falls.

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7/3/2024 Box Score: Washington Nationals 7 New York Mets 5 

Francisco Lindor#; SS 1 for 4; HR; 1 run; 2 RBIs; 2 Ks; Brandon Nimmo*; LF 0 for 3; 1 walk; 1 K; J.D. Martinez; DH 1 for 4; double; 1 run; 1 K; Pete Alonso; 1B 0 for 4; 1 K; Mark Vientos; 3B 1 for 4; HR; 1 run; 2 RBIs; 1 K; Luis Torrens; C 0 for 4; Tyrone Taylor; CF 1 for 3; HR; 1 run; 1 RBI; Jose Iglesias; 2B 0 for 3; Ben Gamel*; RF 1 for 2; 1 run; 1 K; Francisco Alvarez; PH 0 for 1; Jeff McNeil*; RF 0 for 0; Christian Scott;  5.2 innings; 4 runs; 4 ERs; 6 hits; 2 walks; 2 Ks; Adam Ottavino; (H, 13) 1 inning; no runs; 1 K; Jake Diekman; (L, 2-3)(BS, 3) 0.1 inning; 2 runs; 2 ERs; 2 hits; 1 walk; 1 K; Ty Adcock;  1 inning; 1 run; 1 ER; 1 hit; 1 K; 


NY Post: Christian Scott serves up key homer as Mets blow five-run lead in loss to Nationals. "Tyrone Taylor homered leading off the third to give the Mets their first run...Mark Vientos’ two-run blast in the fourth extended the Mets’ lead to 3-0...Vientos has five homers since June 23 as a central figure in the Mets’ sizzling lineup...Francisco Lindor’s two-run homer in the fifth put the Mets ahead 5-0."


Brian Joura Mets360: "Scott threw 5 2/3 innings, giving up six hits, four earned runs, two walks and two K, with 99 pitches, 65 of which he threw for strikes. Ran out of gas in the 6th with Jessie Winker’s single putting runners on the corner before giving up a three-run dinger to close the gap to 5-4."


Tim Healey Newsday: Mets' bullpen, still lacking Edwin Diaz, blows it in loss to Nationals. "The good news for the Mets is Edwin Diaz’s 10-game sticky-stuff suspension is almost over. They have to navigate only two more games before he returns Saturday. The bad news for the Mets is his absence and its ripple effects have impacted each of their past several games, including a 7-5 loss to the Nationals on Wednesday night."


Abbey Mastracco NY Daily News: "With the Mets up 5-4, right-hander Adam Ottavino got the first two outs before handing the ball over to Diekman to face the top of the order. But the veteran lefty couldn’t finish off hitters...Diekman got ahead on CJ Abrams before falling behind and walking him. He was ahead 1-2 before giving up an RBI double to Lane Thomas...rookie outfielder James Wood...singled up the middle to score Abrams and put the Nats up 6-5."

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Mets (42-42) @ Nationals (40-46), 11:05 am

WSN: Jake Irvin (#27, 27, RHP, 6-6, 3.03)
NYM: Jose Quintana (#62, 35, LHP, 3-5, 4.57)

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White Sox Release Joey Gallo

Twins Prospect Matt Canterino Undergoes Season-Ending Shoulder Surgery

Orioles Notes: Henderson, Mateo, Urias

Mookie Betts Questionable For Tokyo Series Due To Illness

Tobias Myers Exits Game Due To Oblique Issue

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Angels Notes: Rengifo, Neto, Moncada

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Diamondbacks Sign J.P. Feyereisen To A Minor League Deal

Jose Trevino Avoids Fracture On Right Thumb

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Jesus Sanchez To Miss At Least Four Weeks Due To Oblique Strain

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Jon Gray Suffers Wrist Fracture

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Hanshin Tigers sweep Cubs, Dodgers in shutouts

Betts struggling with illness, could miss opener

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Relieved and ready to roll: Riley back in lineup after scary HBP

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Sánchez sidelined to begin season with left oblique strain

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Turner heating up; Wheeler's reworked pitch; Strahm (shoulder) throws

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Today in Mets History Per Ultimatemets.com: 

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New York Mets sold Butch Metzger to the Philadelphia Phillies on July 4, 1978.

New York Mets signed free agent Miguel Batista on July 4, 2011.

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1972

In front of a large holiday crowd gathered at Shea Stadium for a doubleheader against San Diego, Tom Seaver takes a no-hitter into the ninth inning for the second time in his career. After getting Dave Roberts to ground out to second base, Leron Lee singles up the middle to spoil the no-hit bid of the 27 year-old Mets right-hander, who has to settle for his fourth one-hitter when he induces the next batter to hit into a game-ending double play.

1985

With a double in the first, a triple in the fourth, a homer in the eighth inning, Keith Hernandez completes the cycle with a single in the twelfth frame of a 19-inning contest with the Braves. The Mets first baseman's four hits, all off different pitchers, contribute to New York's 16-13 early morning victory at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. You Tube Link.


 


1985

"If he hits a home run to tie this game, this game will be certified as absolutely the nuttiest in the history of baseball." - JOHN STERLING, TBS broadcaster commenting to his partner Ernie Johnson about Rick Camp’s at-bat.

The Mets outlast the Braves, finally winning the game 16-13 in 19 innings, after Rick Camp, a weak-hitting hurler with a .060 average and 83 strikeouts in 167 at-bats, hit an improbable two-strike, two-out homer off Tom Gorman to tie the game in the bottom of the last frame. Shortly after the game ends at 3:55 in the morning, the approximately thousand fans left in Atlanta Fulton County Stadium stay to see the pre-dawn fireworks which awaken and frighten many of the ballpark's neighbors. You Tube Link.

 



 

2006

Billy Wagner becomes the 20th pitcher baseball history to record 300 career saves. The significant save for the Mets' southpaw, who has also played for the Astros and Phillies, is his sixteenth of the season.

Baseball Reference:

1967The Mets end a 19-game losing streak to Juan Marichal with their first win against the Dominican Dandy, 8 - 7. Marichal's win streak started in 1962Jack Fisher is the winning pitcher.

1972Leron Lee singles in the 9th to break up Tom Seaver's no-hitter, but the Mets shut out the Padres, 2 - 0, in the opener. Seaver strikes out 11. The Pads take the nitecap, 4 - 2, as Nate Colbert hits his 16th homer.

1979 - The Phillies' Steve Carlton shuts out the Mets, 1 - 0, on a one-hitter, but the Phils manage to lose three other hurlers on the same day: Larry Christenson pulls a groin muscle, Dick Ruthven goes on the disabled list, and Randy Lerch fractures his thumb in a brawl.

1985 - In a marathon game that borders on the surreal, the Mets endure two rain delays and 6:10 of playing time to beat the Braves, 16 - 13, in 19 innings on Fireworks Night in Atlanta. The Mets take a 10 - 8 lead in the top of the 13th inning, only to watch the Braves tie it up. The Mets score again in the 18th, but relief hurler Rick Camp (a .060 hitter who is batting because Atlanta has no more position players available to pinch-hit) ties the score with his first major league home run on a two-out, two-strike pitch in the bottom of the inning. No pitcher had ever homered that late in a game before. Finally, the Mets erupt for five runs in the 19th off Camp and Atlanta can respond only with 2. Keith Hernandez hits for the cycle for the Mets, and the game ends at 3:55 A.M. on July 5th, the latest finish in major league history. At 4:01 A.M., the post-game fireworks display begins, causing local residents to think the city is under attack.

2012The Phillies' Cliff Lee finally earns his first win of the year in beating the Mets, 9 - 2. He is now 1-5 in 14 starts, and his lack of production has been one of the reasons the Phils have fallen behind the pace in the NL East.

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