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Good morning, Mets fans!

The Mets dropped a close one Friday, as they lost 2-1 to the Mariners.

Max Scherzer did his thing, as he threw seven brilliant innings, allowing one run on three hits while striking out six.

However, the Mets gave Scherzer the Jacob deGrom treatment, as they managed to only score one run on five hits over the course of the ballgame. This was the first time the Mets have only scored one run since April 30.

Liz Evangelou provided a further recap on the game.

Game 2 of the series against the Mariners is Saturday at 7:10 p.m. ET. Rookie George Kirby gets the ball for the Mariners, and Chris Bassitt toes the rubber for the Mets.

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Josh Lewin of Mets in the Morning announced that the daily podcast project has been put on hold.

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Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic reported that Clayton Kershaw is headed to the IL with right SI joint inflammation.

The Padres announced the official signing of former Met Robinson Canò.

Jason Beck of MLB.com reported that Tigers prospect Riley Greene was cleared to ramp up baseball activity after fracturing his right foot.

Emma Baccellieri of Sports Illustrated wrote on how Shohei Ohtani‘s fame in Japan has also made his Angels teammates legends in his home country.

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Patrick Glynn wrote on the injury sustained to James McCann, which is likely to sideline him for around six weeks.

John Sheridan wrote an opinion piece on the Jarred Kelenic-Canò trade.

Sheridan also wrote a 3 Up, 3 Down on the Mets series win in Washington.

Alex Horowitz wrote a series preview of the Mets series against the Mariners.

Nick Rucco provided the daily Mets Minors Recap, highlighted by Calvin Ziegler‘s early success.

Sal Manzo and Michael Mayer recorded episode 32 of the “Get Metsmerized Podcast.”

On This Date in Mets History

1972: Willie Mays plays his first game as a New York Met. Ironically, it came against his former team, the Giants. Mays responded promptly by smacking a home run in his first at-bat in a Mets uniform.

Let’s go Mets!