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Good morning, Mets fans!

The Mets swept a doubleheader over the Miami Marlins Tuesday.

Game 1 was a completion of a rainout in April, and down 5-1 entering the ninth, the Mets came back and won 6-5 on a game-winning hit by Michael Conforto (and base running by Javier Báez). Then in Game 2, Trevor Williams and Conforto led the Mets to a 3-1 win.

The two wins mean the Mets have finished four games in a row with a win (three scheduled August games plus the completion of the April game) for the first time since the last four games of May. They’re also sitting 5.5 games back of Atlanta for the NL East lead with just 30 games left in the year.

Now let’s get into the morning briefing.

Latest Mets News

Wednesday’s game versus the Marlins was postponed just moments after Tuesday’s game ended. It’s supposed to rain all day Wednesday in New York as remnants of Hurricane Ida pass through the area. The game will be made up September 28 in a single-admission doubleheader.

Both Francisco Lindor and Javier Baez talked about their “thumbs down” celebration that caused controversy Sunday and apologized for disappointing any fans.

Tomas Nido went back on the 10-day injured list with the same thumb injury that kept him out for multiple weeks earlier in August. He came back Friday and went 1-for-2, but didn’t play at all Saturday or Sunday.

Before Tuesday’s Game 2, the Mets honored the final 13 fallen soldiers from the war in Afghanistan.

Jay Horwitz wrote a nice statement regarding his friend Howie Rose’s upcoming medical procedure that will end his season. During the game, the Mets posted a message on the board wishing him well, and Luis Rojas said, “we love you, man,” to open his press conference after Tuesday’s games.

Rose’s last game of the season was supposed to be Wednesday, but with the rainout, his next game will be in spring training in 2022 once he recovers.

Art Shamsky posted a picture of him and Mets owner Steve Cohen at Monday night’s Amazin’ Mets Foundation fundraiser. Howie Rose said on the air that the fundraiser raised “hundreds of thousands” of dollars for the foundation from a mix of a live and silent auction and other donations.

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Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts was removed from Tuesday’s game after testing positive for COVID-19. He’s one of eight members of the Red Sox organization who’ve tested positive since Friday, according to MassLive‘s Christopher Smith.

Yankees’ reliever Zack Britton announced Tuesday he will undergo season-ending elbow surgery to remove bone chips from his throwing arm. The lefty has had an injury-riddled season and thrown just 18 1/3 innings with a 5.89 ERA in 2021. He has one year and $14 million left on his deal with the Yankees.

In “Former Met Watch” news, Amed Rosario hit an inside-the-park homer last night.

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Marshall Field wrote a nice piece about Tom Seaver, one year after The Franchise passed.

Rich Sparago previewed the Mets and Marlins series, which is now two-thirds over (and a series win, at that).

On This Date in Mets History

On this day in 2013, the Mets signed then-35-year-old Aaron Harang to a contract to finish out the season. Originally assigned to Triple-A (the Mets were the fourth organization to sign him to a contract in 2013 alone), he was called up a week later, started four games, threw 23 innings and had a 3.52 ERA. What a time.

Naturally, Harang signed with the rival Braves for the next season and threw seven no-hit innings (with six walks) against the Mets in April of that season. The Mets eventually got a hit in the eighth inning and lost 6-0.