The Mets beat the Mets by a score of 4-3 on Friday afternoon at Clover Park in Port St. Lucie. In the game dubbed Orange vs Blue, both Mets teams wore blue jerseys. The Mets hosted a Fan First game, where fans got into the park for free and could also get a free beer. The free beer might’ve confused people a few times when the Mets kept doing weird things during the scrimmage that was supposed to only go five innings.
The score was tied 3-3 after five innings, so the Mets decided to keep playing and then switched the offense and defense during a half-inning at one point. One inning earlier in the game also ended in a walk, got to love fake baseball!
Brett Baty hit an opposite field home run that ended up being the game-winner. The Mets third base prospect was recently ranked as the No. 27 prospect in baseball by MLB Pipeline.
Brett Baty with what would usually be a walk-off solo home run for Blue, but the teams remain on the field.
It’s 4-3 Blue in the bottom of the sixth.@Mets_Minors @Metsmerized pic.twitter.com/yb2y6pwRk1
— Alexis Farinacci (@AlexisFarinacci) March 18, 2022
The game was scoreless in the fourth inning when Mets star shortstop Francisco Lindor hit a two-run homer off Mets minor league right-hander R.J. Alvarez. That lead didn’t last long with J.D. Davis and Khalil Lee both homering in the next half inning to go ahead 3-2.
Brandon Nimmo would lead the next half inning off with a walk and would later tie the game on a wild pitch. Nimmo also walked and stole a base earlier in the game.
Mets veteran Robinson Cano went 2-for-2 with two opposite field singles in his first game after a year-long steroid suspension. Eduardo Escobar was on twice as well with two walks.
Right-hander Jose Rodriguez faced off against left-hander Thomas Szapucki as the starting pitchers. Neither of them allowed a run.
The most impressive guy on the mound for the Mets was right-handed prospect Cole Gordon. Gordon, my No. 28 Mets prospect (write up dropping tomorrow), struck out four in two scoreless innings. The 26-year-old showed a nice mix of fastballs up in the zone and curveballs in any count. Gordon didn’t allow a run and held opponents to a .082 average in his last five starts for Double-A Binghamton in 2021.
Mets top prospect Francisco Alvarez had a potential opposite field home run knocked down by the wind in his first plate appearance of the game and singled in his final. He was hit with a foul ball late in the game (potentially in the knee), but stayed in after the trainer checked him out. He did leave the game for a pinch runner following his single.
The Mets have their first real fake game of 2022 on Saturday when they play the Nationals in West Palm Beach at 6:10 p.m. ET. Left-handed pitching prospect Josh Walker will get the start for the Mets.