Tonight’s Mets Win Completely Unexpected

Want to know what type of year it has been for the Mets? Pete Alonso was thrown out trying to stretch a double into a triple, and on the play, he was awarded home:

That’s right nothing makes sense when it comes to the Mets this year. That said, you have to keep your eyes on them because you never know what’s going to happen next.

Carlos Gomez is hitting .182, and he’s one for his last 16. Naturally, he hits a two run homer off Jon Gray.

A month ago, Todd Frazier looked completely washed up and on the precipice of being designated for assignment, possibly a forced retirement. He’s been the Mets best player since hitting homers and robbing Nolan Arenado of a base hits.

We are constantly told Steven Matz is mentally weak. He battled a tough Rockies lineup and just flat out horrendous work from the Home Plate Umpire Mike Winters to go six strong to put himself in line for the win.

That included his taking the rare step of going a fourth time through the lineup and throwing 120 pitches. That’s really rarified territory for him, and the purportedly mentally weak Matz allowed three runs (two earned) on six hits and two walks while striking out 10. The reason for that is partially due to his having his curve working:

Going back to the home plate umpire, he was REALLY terrible. Just ask Amed Rosario:

Push finally came to shove, and we saw yet another completely unexpected thing. Mickey Callaway was ejected. He argued the awful strike zone and was tossed. Again, this is completely uncharacteristic of him.

Another unexpected development was Daniel Murphy going 0-for-4 with two strikeouts on the night. With him not killing the Mets for once, the Mets had a chance to win.

Ultimately, they did win 5-3 partially because of the one expected thing that did happen. Seth Lugo pitched two scoreless, and Edwin Diaz pitched a scoreless ninth for the save.

Just that like that, for one day, things look good for the Mets. Let’s see if they can get more positive unexpected things to happen in the ensuing days, weeks, and months, to keep it going.

Game Notes: With his 21st homer, Alonso is just five behind Darryl Strawberry‘s rookie record. He’s two behind Christian Yelich for the MLB lead.

8 Replies to “Tonight’s Mets Win Completely Unexpected”

  1. David Klein says:
    June 9, 2019 at 9:20 am

    We had good Mickey with him bringing Lugo to face the top of the lineup in 7th and bad Mickey pulling Alonso up by just two runs and Alonso’s spot in the lineup coming up in the bottom of the ninth if they got there.

    1. metsdaddy says:
      June 9, 2019 at 2:11 pm

      It’s not a bad thing to lift Alonso for a better defender.

      1. David Klein says:
        June 9, 2019 at 4:37 pm

        Alonso’s defense is fine and he doesn’t need one and taking his potent bat out is imbecilic

        1. metsdaddy says:
          June 9, 2019 at 10:03 pm

          Fine isn’t the same as very good, and you should’ve be worried about a bat when you’re up in the ninth.

          Bw worried about the pitching and defense.

  2. Saul’s Colorist says:
    June 9, 2019 at 11:28 pm

    Hmm, the Mets being two games out of the wildcard? … Cano 3.2WAR after coming off DL in 2018, despite new baseball stellar starting pitching, Nimmo’s season so far not in the equation, late inning defense changes or not, bench, outfield play, team play, SS play, team speed, depth in AAA….

    =

    Optimism is not warranted if you want to believe a return to the WS is possible — next year…

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