A Tale of Two Team Players
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Tonight's game belonged to Jacob deGrom. For the 9 millionth (ok, so it only seems like 9 million times) deGrom pitched a gem but got no run support. Jake pitched 8 shutout innings but no one scored in 9 innings. I'm glad the Phils didn't score (I'm always happy when the Phils don't score). So off to the tenth we went, after Familia finished off the top of the ninth is short order (and Wilmer did not hit a walk-off hit in the bottom of the 9th).
The Gazelle-man did his thing in the top of the 10th, so it was down to the bottom of the 10th. With Rosario on second, Reyes walked to first. Then came Brandon Nimmo who the Met announcers have taken to calling "the happiest man in Baseball". Brandon was in a minor slump and really needed something to get him back to his baseball hitting self. He hit a walk-off three-run home run on the first pitch.
So this was an exciting day. The Mets first of all split the four game series with the first place Phillies (they start a series with Washington tomorrow). Secondly, despite their horrible play in May and June, they actually are 5-5 in the last 10. It's not great, but it's certainly a step in the right direction. And three different Mets hit walk-off home runs in the past 6 days.
Let's hope this is a harbinger of better things for the Mets.
Tonight's game belonged to Jacob deGrom. For the 9 millionth (ok, so it only seems like 9 million times) deGrom pitched a gem but got no run support. Jake pitched 8 shutout innings but no one scored in 9 innings. I'm glad the Phils didn't score (I'm always happy when the Phils don't score). So off to the tenth we went, after Familia finished off the top of the ninth is short order (and Wilmer did not hit a walk-off hit in the bottom of the 9th).
The Gazelle-man did his thing in the top of the 10th, so it was down to the bottom of the 10th. With Rosario on second, Reyes walked to first. Then came Brandon Nimmo who the Met announcers have taken to calling "the happiest man in Baseball". Brandon was in a minor slump and really needed something to get him back to his baseball hitting self. He hit a walk-off three-run home run on the first pitch.
So this was an exciting day. The Mets first of all split the four game series with the first place Phillies (they start a series with Washington tomorrow). Secondly, despite their horrible play in May and June, they actually are 5-5 in the last 10. It's not great, but it's certainly a step in the right direction. And three different Mets hit walk-off home runs in the past 6 days.
Let's hope this is a harbinger of better things for the Mets.
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