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Good morning, Mets fans!

Wednesday’s game against the Miami Marlins was postponed due to rain. The makeup game will be on September 28 as part of a single-admission doubleheader starting at 4:10 PM. It’s a shame that Wednesday’s game was rained out because the Mets have started to gain some momentum, winning their last four games. Hopefully, the doubleheader sweep of the Miami Marlins will be the springboard for the Mets to make a magical September run.

Now for the morning briefing.

Latest Mets News

Mets acting general manager Zack Scott was arrested on a DUI charge at 4:17 am in White Plains, NY. Scott will not be traveling with the team for their upcoming trip to Washington as the Mets try to learn more details of the incident. Nate Mendelson of Metsmerized has more on this story.

Sean Reid-Foley pitched 1.1 scoreless innings for the St. Lucie Mets (Low-A), walking one batter, allowing zero hits, and striking out two batters.

Noah Syndergaard posted an Instagram video where he appeared to be throwing baseballs inside his apartment. Syndergaard was forced to miss his August 29 rehab assignment with the Brooklyn Cyclones because he tested positive for COVID-19.

Jacob deGrom was spotted throwing at Citi Field before Tuesday’s game. DeGrom has been cleared to throw since August 25. 

With rosters expanding on September 1st, the Mets called up Khalil Lee and Albert Almora Jr. from the Syracuse Mets (AAA). No players were sent down since the expansion allowed for two more players to be on MLB active rosters. Nate Mendelson of Metsmerized has more on this story.

The search is still on for Javier Báez’s earring that he lost in the celebration after Michael Conforto’s walk off hit during Tuesday’s day game. The Citi Field video team is trying to piece together the footage to find out exactly when the earring was dislodged from his ear.

Latest MLB News

Shohei Ohtani stole home in the Angels’ 6-4 win over the New York Yankees on Tuesday. He will make his return to the mound on Friday vs. Texas after recovering from being hit on the wrist by a pitch vs the San Diego Padres.

Drama ensued in Cincinnati after a grand slam by Nick Castellanos. Cardinals manager Mike Schildt apparently requested that the umpires take a look at the bat that Castellanos used to see if the bat was manipulated in any way. It was concluded that the bat was normal, and the grand slam counted, allowing the Reds to take a 6-1 lead in the 2nd on Castellanos’s 26th home run of the season.

Kenta Maeda underwent Tommy John surgery on Wednesday. The Minnesota Twins hope to have him return in 9-12 months.

The Oakland Athletics have used their two expanded roster spaces to call up designated hitter Khris Davis and Austin Allen, a catcher, from the Triple-A Las Vegas Aviators.

Gerrit Cole became the third Yankee to have fifteen strikeouts and zero walks in a game. The other two were Masahiro Tanaka in 2017 and Michael Pineda in 2015. 

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Nate Mendelson writes about the possibility of the Mets retaking the division lead.

On this Date in Mets History

On this day in 1972, The Mets were down 8-0 to the Houston Astros entering the eighth inning. But in the top of the eighth, a sacrifice fly by Tommie Agee to score Duffy Dyer, a three-run homer by Ken Boswell, and subsequent hits by Fred Gladding, Ed Kranepool, Cleon Jones, and Wayne Garrett put the score at 8-7 at the middle of the eighth inning. In the ninth inning, Ken Boswell got his fourth hit of the game following a drawn walk by Tommie Agee. Sloppy defense by the Astros, walks, and more 9th inning hits by Cleon Jones, Wayne Garrett, and Bud Harrelson gave the Mets four runs in the ninth inning, and they eventually took the game by a score of 11-8.

Let’s go Mets!