Good Morning. Happy Birthday Hubie Brooks, Bernard Gilkey, Hunter Strickland, and Drew Smith. Mets begin 3 game series in Atlanta, D-Backs lose, and Brandon Sproat is named by Baseball America as the Mets Minor League Player of the year.
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Mets take on the Braves in Atlanta leading them by 2 games. If they win 2 out of the three, they will clinch a playoff spot.
Probable Pitchers:
- Tonight 7:20 PM: Luis Severino vs. Spencer Schwellenbach
- Tomorrow 7:20 PM: David Peterson vs. Chris Sale
- Thursday 7:20 PM: Sean Manaea vs. Max Fried
AP Sports Wild Card Watch:
| Rk | Tm | W | L | W-L% | GB | GBsum | Strk | last10 | last20 | last30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 93 | 63 | .596 | +6.0 | W 1 | 6-4 | 11-9 | 19-11 | |
| 2 | Philadelphia Phillies | 92 | 64 | .590 | +5.0 | L 2 | 4-6 | 12-8 | 18-12 | |
| 3 | San Diego Padres | 90 | 66 | .577 | +3.0 | -- | W 4 | 8-2 | 14-6 | 19-11 |
| 4 | Milwaukee Brewers | 89 | 67 | .571 | +2.0 | W 1 | 5-5 | 9-11 | 16-14 | |
| 5 | New York Mets | 87 | 69 | .558 | -- | -- | W 2 | 7-3 | 15-5 | 22-8 |
| 6 | Arizona Diamondbacks | 87 | 69 | .558 | -- | -- | L 1 | 5-5 | 11-9 | 17-13 |
| 7 | Atlanta Braves | 85 | 71 | .545 | 2.0 | 4.0 | W 2 | 6-4 | 11-9 | 18-12 |
The Giants defeated the Diamondbacks 6-3 in the first game of their series
— SNY Mets (@SNY_Mets) September 24, 2024
The Mets, for the moment, hold sole possession of the second NL Wild Card spot pic.twitter.com/3pdfNdyXky
"If this Mets team wants to show us something, it is time to slay the dragon. The Mets have a chance to finally pop that champagne in the Braves' house. It's been a great season, just one thing left to do - beat the Braves."
— SNY (@SNYtv) September 23, 2024
- @sal_licata on Baseball Night in New York pic.twitter.com/4XqTEoZZRi
Luisangel Acuña is with his brother Ronald in Atlanta 🤝
— SNY Mets (@SNY_Mets) September 23, 2024
(via IG/luisangelacuna) pic.twitter.com/25tVYvRXWD
Tyrone Taylor in the month of September (34 AB):
— SNY Mets (@SNY_Mets) September 23, 2024
🔸 .353 AVG
🔸 .450 OBP
🔸 1.009 OPS
🔸 5 XBH
🔸 Played LF, CF, and RF pic.twitter.com/1PpmBWDsyO
The Mets drew 87,291 fans to Citi Field over the weekend between Saturday & Sunday
— SNY Mets (@SNY_Mets) September 23, 2024
It is the largest non-Subway Series crowd on back-to-back games in the history of regular season baseball at Citi Field pic.twitter.com/oxwZJOCoB1
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Today in Mets History Per Ultimatemets.com:
Born on this date:
- Hubie Brooks (1956)
- Bernard Gilkey (1966)
- Hunter Strickland (1988)
- Drew Smith (1993)
- Elliot Johnstone (1998)
- Stanley Consuegra (2000)
1968 | Mets manager Gil Hodges, during a game against the Braves in Atlanta, suffers a mild heart attack. The New York skipper, who will die of a massive coronary in 1972, is hospitalized until October 20, when doctors give him a clean bill of health, but warned him about the continued risks of stress and smoking. |
1969 | In the inaugural season of divisional play, the Mets clinch the first-ever National League East title. Gary Gentry fires a four-hitter, blanking the Cardinals, 6-0, in front of a frenzied Shea Stadium crowd, which spills onto the field en masse after the game to celebrate their team's amazing accomplishment. |
1991 | With his 37th homer of the season, Howard Johnson establishes a new NL record for round-trippers by a switch-hitter when he goes deep off Bob Walk in the Mets' 10-8 loss to Pittsburgh at Shea Stadium. HoJo, who will extend the mark, finishing the season with 38 home runs, had set the previous mark in 1987. |
2011 | Dillon Gee becomes the first Mets rookie to win 13 games in a season in 27 years when New York defeats Washington, 6-3. In 1984, Dwight Gooden compiled a 17-9 record as a freshman in 31 starts for the team. |
1971: Honored in pregame ceremonies at Shea Stadium by New York Congressman Herman Badillo and Puerto Rican Senate President Rafael Hernandez Colon, Roberto Clemente responds by driving in the first and last runs in the Pirates' 3 - 2 win over New York. Willie Stargell provides the second run with his 47th homer, tying him with Atlanta's Hank Aaron for the league lead. Centerfielder Mike Jorgensen is the Mets' offense, answering Clemente's 1st-inning RBI single with one of his own and Stargell's 6th-inning solo shot with his own bases-empty blast in the bottom of the 7th. Immediately thereafter, however, Clemente doubles in the go-ahead run. This time, the Bucs wise up; when they walk Jorgensen in the 9th, the Mets cannot capitalize.
1975 - Tom Seaver's bid for a no-hitter is again spoiled in the 9th by a little-known Cub batter. This time it is Joe Wallis who lines a two-out single in the 9th for Chicago's first hit. Seaver retires the next hitter, but there is no score through nine innings. The Cubs tally two more hits in the 10th, but fail to score. When Skip Lockwood relieves Seaver in the 11th, Chicago finally scores to win, 1 - 0.
9/24/1969 The Mets clinch a postseason berth for the first time in franchise history and become the first winners of the NL East. Donn Clendenon and Ed Charles combine for three homers and six RBI for New York. On the mound, Gary Gentry throws a complete game four-hit shutout. pic.twitter.com/NFZhxz2N7t
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