Full disclosure I started writing this recap in the fifth inning when the team was down 2-0 and they couldn’t get any runs home against Alan Rangel, but as Shakespeare wrote I got hoisted on my own petard and the Mets surprisingly won 6-2.
Speaking of Shakespeare, in Henry VI, in Part II, Act III word of an Irish uprising gets sent to the king saying:
Before the wound do grow uncurable;
For, being green, there is great hope of help.
Meaning there is still hope to end the skirmishes since they have only
just begun. The Mets are now in their own Green era with new manager Andy Green, are there is some hope of help with both Francisco Lindor and Juan Soto together again in the lineup, and the return of Christian Scott to the rotation.
Lindor got the first big hit of the day when he tripled home two runs to tie the game in the sixth inning. After the next two batters walked, A.J. Ewing singled home two more runs with the infield drawn in to give the Mets their first lead of the day. One inning later it was Juan Soto’s turn to triple home a run to extend the lead 5-2. Bo Bichette followed with a sacrifice fly and the Mets held a 6-2 lead. It’s a shame Francisco Lindor, Juan Soto, Carson Benge, and A.J. Ewing haven’t played much together because when they are all on they have the potential to be electric.
As for the pitching, Christian Scott was solid in his return from the injured list. He gave up a home run to Bryce Harper but otherwise kept Philadelphia in check. He could not complete the fifth inning but his final line was 4.2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 2, BB, and 6 K. A.J. Minter, Huascar Brazobán, Luke Weaver, and Devin Williams were all stellar to finish off the game and snap a seven-game losing streak.
Did you know many common phrases in our vernacular have been borrowed from Shakespeare? Some include good riddance, a piece of work, a sorry sight, set your teeth on edge, what’s done is done, seen better days, dead as a doornail, come what may, for goodness’s sake, and laughingstock. I mention these for no particular reason but for whatever it’s worth the Mets are now 1-1 under manager Andy Green.
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Big Mets winner: Francisco Lindor, +30% WPA
Big Mets loser: Brett Baty, -7% WPA
Mets pitchers: +12% WPA
Mets hitters: +38% WPA
Teh aw3s0mest play: Francisco Lindor’s RBI triple in sixth, +34.9% WPA
Teh sux0rest play: Bryce Harpers’s home run in the third, -22.3% WPA
