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The Mets began a three-game series against the NL East-leading Braves last night and were able to overcome a rough second inning from starter Nolan McLean and a late rally from Atlanta to secure a 7-5 victory. The star of the night was Bo Bichette, who hit two home-runs—including a grand slam—and drove in six runs. The Amazins have now won two straight.
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The Mets have a new home run celebration featuring one of the most famous Mets fans
of all time: your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.
As mentioned above, the second inning was particularly rough for McLean, though he managed to escape a bases-loaded jam.
Francisco Lindor is continuing to progress in his rehab and the Mets hope to get him back before the end of the month.
Lindor was one of several topics discussed by David Stearns yesterday as he expressed hope that the Mets would turn the corner on their season soon.
The next few weeks will tell us whether the Mets are capable of turning their season around.
Around the National League East
The most noteworthy thing that occurred for the Braves in yesterday’s loss was Strider being forced to leave the game early due to right arm soreness.
The Phillies were completely and utterly dominated by Jacob Misiorowski last night, as the young Brewers ace threw a complete game one-hit shutout with fifteen strikeouts to give Philadelphia a 6-0 loss.
Prior to last night’s game, the Phillies made a number of roster moves—including placing Adolis García on the 60-day IL with a lat tear and adding the recently acquired Derek Hill to the active roster.
Sandy Alcántara racked up his 1000th career strikeout and the Marlins won their sixth straight with an 8-3 victory over the Pirates that put the Fish back at .500.
The Nationals were delayed for over two hours yesterday due to rain and didn’t exactly come out of the delay sharp, as they were shellacked by the Mariners to the tune of a 10-2 loss.
Around Major League Baseball
The Rockies suffered a brutal blow to their pitching staff, as Chase Dollander is expected to require surgery to repair his UCL.
Trent Grisham injured his right hamstring last night and could miss some time moving forward.
Gunnar Henderson hit career home run number 100 to join rare company in Orioles history.
The knee injury that Shohei Ohtani suffered the other day kept him out of the lineup last night, but the Dodgers do not expect him to hit the injured list.
The Athletics have been playing in Las Vegas for a few days and there has been a lot of offense.
Several potential deadline targets are increasing their value with solid play.
Yesterday at Amazin’ Avenue
Brian Salvatore previewed the first series of the season against the NL East rival Braves.
Joe Sokolowski provided an installment of This Week in Mets Quotes that isn’t really about the Mets and is all the better for it (Note: KNICKS IN FIVE).
This Date in Mets History
R.A. Dickey came very close to throwing a no-hitter—and instead settled for the first of what would end up being back-to-back one-hitters—on this date in 2012.
