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Good morning, Mets fans!

For the first time this season, the New York Mets were shut out Thursday night in LA against the Dodgers, 2-0. Taijuan Walker and the rest of the Mets bullpen were able to keep a potent LA offense in check, but it wasn’t enough as the Mets’ bats went silent. They were the 30th and final MLB team to be held scoreless in 2022.

Here’s our recap for more on yesterday’s loss.

Now onto the morning briefing!

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Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor was out of the lineup for last night’s game due to an injury he sustained on his throwing hand. For more on this story, click here.

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Major League Baseball celebrated Lou Gehrig Day on Thursday. On the anniversary of his passing, MLB teams wore honorary patches on their uniforms as well as bringing awareness to ALS, the disease that took the life of the legendary slugger.

Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Andrew McCutchen snapped an 0-for-32 streak by notching a game winning hit against the San Diego Padres last night.

New York Yankees pitcher Jameson Taillon threw eight strong innings to defeat the Los Angeles Angels in the second half of a day night doubleheader, 2-1. Taillon threw seven perfect frames before giving up a double to Jared Walsh in the top of the eighth inning.

MLB Pipeline goes into detail on each team’s fastest prospect to date.

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Christian De Block discusses the end of Carlos Carrasco‘s first inning struggles.

The latest episode of MMO Weekly is out! Sal and Mike discuss Lindor and Alonso’s hot starts, Dominic Smith and more!

Joe D. talks about Pete Alonso and how he is just getting started being the best player he can be for the Mets.

On This Date in Mets History

1980: The Mets draft Darryl Strawberry out of Crenshaw High School in Los Angeles. Strawberry would make his major league debut only three years after he was drafted and immediately hit a then record 26 home runs for a rookie (only to be broken by Pete Alonso’s 52 in 2019). Strawberry would win a World Series with the Mets in 1986, along with setting a single season home run record with 39 in 1987 (broken by Todd Hundley with 41 in 1996), setting a record of 108 RBI’s in 1990 (broken by Howard Johnson with 117 in 1991) and finishing his Mets tenure with 252 total round-trippers.

Birthdays: Zach Lutz (36), Carl Everett (51), Aaron Ledesma (51), Barry Lyons (62), Ed Glynn (69)

Let’s go Mets!