Good morning, Mets fans!
Wednesday was elimination day, with three teams going home after just two playoff games.
The Yankees destroyed the Red Sox for the second straight game, 9-2, to end Boston’s season. Cody Bellinger’s three-run homer broke the game wide open.
The White Sox, with some divine intervention from the Pope, beat the Astros 7-3 for their first playoff series win since their World Series run in 2005. Former Met Anthony Kay got the win in relief, while Huascar Brazobán pitched one-third of an inning for the Chicago, giving up a hit with one strikeout.
In the late-night game, the Padres beat the Cubs 4-1 behind 5 2/3 scoreless innings from the bullpen and a two-run homer by Xander Bogaerts. David Peterson pitched 1 2/3 scoreless for the Cubs in the loss.
The Phillies evened up their series with the Braves with a 4-3 extra inning comeback win, capped by Alec Bohm’s 10th-inning homer. Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper hit back-to-back homers in the eighth to tie the game. Former Met Dominic Smith struck out looking with two runners on to end the game.
The lone game Thursday will be the decisive Game 3 between the Phillies and Braves at 8 p.m. ET.
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The Mets are hiring for the role of Medical & Rehabilitation Coordinator in the Dominican Republic.
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The Padres’ Ethan Salas, who is 20 years and 121 days old, became the youngest catcher to appear in a postseason game in MLB history.
It was revealed that Roman Anthony suffered wrist damage and he was removed from the playoff roster before Boston was eliminated, per ESPN’s Jeff Passan.
Astros outfielder Dalton Varshow underwent wrist surgery.
A record 15 rookies project to qualify their teams for Prospect Promotion Incentive (PPI) draft picks, if that is included in the next CBA, per Baseball America’s Matt Eddy. No Mets are on the list.
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David Melendi wrote up Jorge Polanco’s report card — you can probably guess the grade.
Robert Colonna wrote about Mets pitchers who are playing the Arizona Fall League.
Robert also looked back at players the Mets should have kept or were right to let go over their history.
On This Date in Mets History
1973: The Mets clinched the NL East title by beating the Cubs on the last day of the season
In non-Mets history, this all happened on October 1: Babe Ruth called his shot (1932), Roger Maris hit his 61st homer to break Ruth’s record (1961) and Ichiro Suzuki broke the single-season record for hits with No. 258 (2004).
On This Date in 1986 Mets
The Mets, who already clinched the NL East title, beat the Montreal Expos 6-4 in 10 innings to improve their record to 104-54. Darryl Strawberry launched his 25th homer, Keith Hernandez had three RBIs and Jesse Orosco blew the save but got the win in relief.
