Mets News and Morning Links - 8/14/2024

 


Good Morning.  Mets lose to As to start homestand, Mets Draft picks debut in St. Lucie, Brooklyn gets shutout win, Syracuse loses while Binghamton falls twice.

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8/13/2024 Box Score: Oakland Athletics 9 New York Mets 4

Francisco Lindor#: SS 2 for 4; double; 1 run; 1 walk; 1 K; Brandon Nimmo*: LF 0 for 4; 1 run; 1 walk; 2 Ks; Jesse Winker*: RF 2 for 5; double; 1 run; 1 RBI; 1 K; Pete Alonso: 1B 1 for 5; 2 RBIs; 3 Ks; J.D. Martinez: DH 0 for 0; 1 run; Mark Vientos: PH-DH 1 for 2; 2 walks; 1 K; Jeff McNeil*: 2B 1 for 4; double; 1 walk; 3 Ks; Jose Iglesias: 3B 2 for 4; 1 RBI; Francisco Alvarez: C 0 for 4; 1 K; Harrison Bader: CF 0 for 4; 1 K; Paul Blackburn: (L, 5-3) 4 innings; 7 runs; 6 ERs; 6 hits; 2 walks; 4 Ks; José Butto:  2 innings; 2 runs; 2 ERs; 4 hits; 3 walks; 3 Ks; Ryne Stanek:  1 inning; no runs; 1 walk; Phil Maton:  1 inning; no runs; 1 K; Edwin Díaz:  1 inning; no runs; 1 hit; 2 Ks; 


From the Athletics 9 Mets 4 Post Game Notes - 8/13/2024:

Mets: 

  • Have lost four straight games for the first time since dropping five straight from May 20 - May 25...Have been outscored 31-5 during that span.  

Pete Alonso: 

  • Lined a two-run single in the fifth inning to cut the deficit to 7-4...His single snapped an 0-15 drought...He now has six RBI in his last six games. 

Paul Blackburn: 

  • Made his first Citi Field home start...Allowed a season-high-tying seven runs (Also: 5/10 at Seattle with Oakland).

Jesse Winker: 

  • Drove in a run with a double in the fifth inning ...Was his first RBI at Citi Field as a member of the Mets. 

Jose Iglesias: 

  • Hit an opposite-field one-run single in the second inning to cut the Athletics lead to 3-1...Is now batting .406 (13-32) with RISP this season...Has three RBI over his last three games...Had only one RBI in his previous 18 games.

J.D. Martinez: 

  • Left tonight’s game with a left elbow contusion [after being HBP].

Newsday: "According to the major league baseball schedule, the Mets’ nightmare western road trip ended on Sunday. It appears, however, that no one informed the Mets.  Despite returning to Citi Field after a brutal 10-day, four-city trip, the Mets continued to be haunted by the ghosts of the West: Their starting pitching struggled, they didn’t hit quite enough, and they ended up dropping their fourth game in a row Tuesday — this time, 9-4 to the lowly A’s."

NY Post: Mets' dreadful play continues with ugly loss to lowly A's as skid hits four "During this four-game funk, Jose Quintana, Sean Manaea, Luis Severino and now Blackburn have allowed 19 runs in 18 ²/₃ innings."



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New York Mets signed free agent Barry Jones on August 14, 1992.

New York Mets traded Pedro Beato to the Boston Red Sox for Kelly Shoppach on August 14, 2012.

New York Mets released Adeiny Hechavarria on August 14, 2019.

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1962

Al Jackson goes the distance in the Mets' 15-inning loss to Philadelphia. The hard-luck lefty, throwing an astounding 215 pitches, gives up only six hits, including a two-run single third baseman Mel Roach in the fifteenth frame, which proves to be the difference in his 3-1 defeat at the Polo Grounds.

1962 Al Jackson Baseball Card (Topps # 464 )

1964

In a battle of teenagers at Shea Stadium, 19 year-old first baseman Ed Kranepool homers twice off 18 year-old Phillies' starter Rick Wise. The young Philadelphia right-hander will prevail to earn the victory in the team's 6-4 decision over the Mets.

1981

Dave Kingman's home run, a monstrous blast estimated to have traveled 515 feet and will remain, the longest round-tripper ever hit in the 44-year history of Shea Stadium. Kong's tape-measure home run, a solo shot over the left-center wall, comes in the fourth inning off Larry Christenson in the Mets' 8-4 loss to Philadelphia.

2003

Despite a massive blackout in the Northeast, the game between the Mets and the Giants at Shea Stadium is the only postponement on the major league schedule. Although Detroit, Toronto, and Cleveland were without electricity, the Tigers, Blue Jays, and Indians either had the day off or played on the road.

 

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1967: After whipping the Mets eight straight times, Jim Bunning finally loses to the New Yorkers. The Mets beat Philadelphia, 8 - 3.

1969: The eventual World Champ Mets drop to third place, nine and half games behind the front-running Cubs.

1981Mike Schmidt hits his 300th career home run off Mike Scott as Philadelphia beats the Mets, 8 - 4.

1991Jeff Reardon of the Red Sox and Lee Smith of the Cardinals both reach the 30-save level for the 6th consecutive season, tying the major league record. Reardon notches his in a 2- 1 win over Cleveland, while Smith saves St. Louis' 5 - 4 victory over the Mets.

2011:  The Diamondbacks beat the Mets, 5 - 3, but lose pitcher Jason Marquis for the rest of the season. Marquis is hit on the shin by a batted ball hit by Angel Pagan in the 3rd inning. Thinking it's only a bad bruise, Marquis continues pitching through the pain into the 4th inning, when he collapses while throwing a pitch that plunks Josh Thole. He is diagnosed with a fractured right fibula.

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