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Good morning, Mets fans!
The Mets came into yesterday’s doubleheader tied with the Braves in the NL East standings, and they looked hungry to edge back in front. In the first game, Chris Bassitt pitched seven innings and allowed only one earned run while Tyler Naquin had 3 RBIs to lead the Mets to a 5-1 victory.
In the second game, Jacob deGrom finally got a ton of run support with the Mets scoring five runs by the end of the fourth inning. Also, Eduardo Escobar had four hits in the night game, the third time he has recorded four hits for the Mets this season. But the player of the game according to Matt Lazzaro was Francisco Lindor: 3-4, 2 2B, BB, 3 RBI.
Nate Mendelson has a complete recap of the yesterday’s day game and Matt Lazzaro has a complete recap of Wednesday’s night game.
The Braves won as well, but with the doubleheader sweep, the Mets once again lead the NL East by a half-game.
Now, it is time for the morning briefing.
Latest Mets News
Jacob deGrom talked about going back to a four-pitch mix after yesterday night’s game. He also talked about how he felt good throwing his changeup. “I threw a lot of changeups, I hadn’t had a great feel for it in my previous starts, [I’ve] been working on it in between, and felt like my changeup was really good […] that was a huge plus for me and definitely going to be a huge plus moving forward.”
Jerry Seinfeld reacted to the Braves catching the Mets in the standings by commenting on Instagram, “I blame that stupid trumpet performance. Celebrating in season. We haven’t won anything yet. Bad mojo.”
Tim Healey of Newsday Sports reports that the Mets moved Joey Lucchesi‘s rehab assignment up to Double-A Binghamton. He had been with Low-A St. Lucie.
Latest MLB News
Evan Drellich of The Athletic reports that Tony Clark announced the MLBPA is now a part of the AFL-CIO, as well as the AFL-CIO’s Sports Council.
Jeff Passan of ESPN reports that Doug Gottlieb, who is being sued by agent Casey Close for his tweet about the Freddie Freeman negotiations, says “the conduct I alleged did not occur and there is no credible basis for stating that it did […] I prematurely reported on these events and simply got it wrong.”
Front Office Sports reports that The Seattle Mariners hosted their first-ever “Work from the Ballpark” game today. For fifty dollars, fans seated in the Hit It Here Cafe had WiFi and power access for their laptops and received a catered lunch.
Justin Toscano of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the Braves said right-hander Huascar Ynoa underwent successful surgery to reconstruct the ulnar collateral ligament in his right arm.
Bryan Hoch of MLB.com reports that the Yankees are discussing placing DJ LeMahieu on the injured list (according to Aaron Boone).
Fox Sports MLB reports that the Nationals are the first team to be eliminated from playoff contention this season.
Latest on MMO
Patrick Glynn has an update on Max Scherzer‘s injury.
On This Date in Mets History
1993: The Mets found themselves on the wrong end of a no-hitter against Houston Astros’ Darryl Kile at the Astrodome. Kile was nearly perfect except for walking Jeff McKnight.
Birthdays: Bobby Parnell (38), Don Aase (68)
