[4.15.27] – Mets 7, Dodgers 6 – The Mets come back from three deficits and the new lineup pounds out 14 hits, half of them for extra bases. Caraballo hits his team high fifth home run. LeBlanc (1-1) picks up the win as the starter (Fulton) didn't get into the fourth.
The bad news is that Gonzalez will be lost for 5 weeks. He sprained his Achilles and will miss some time. Hayes will get first shot at winning the job. This also allows the Mets to add an arm to the pen to help out with a ton of the innings the pen has already thrown.
Antonio Monje, the New Orleans closer is brought up and Valdes is put in the rotation and Marquez goes to the pen.
Danny Baker, of the San Fransisco Giants, throws a no-hitter against the London Kings. He faces the minimum, picking off the only man he would walk to end the second inning. It is the 33yo rhsp first no-hitter. The win gave him a career record of 100-107 with all 10 seasons coming in a Giants uniform.
He strikeouts five and walks one. He has been a SF Giants starter for 10 seasons. His best season came in 2020 when he finished 5th in Walter Johnson voting when he went 15-6 3.10era 209ip 132k 1.30whip.
[4.16.27] – Dodgers 8, Mets 4 – Valdes (0-1) 2.2ip 7h 3er 3bb 1k gets hammered, imagine that.
[4.17.27] – Mets 10, Dodgers 7 – Smith (5,6) hits a pair of home runs and drives in five as the Mets get booed at home for the first time in a long time. After another starter, Gardner 3.2ip 3h 6r 2er 7bb 3k, implodes and the Mets 3-1 lead evaporates. The Dodgers score five in the top of the fourth on just two hits, four walks and an error. The Mets leave the field to a chorus of boos as the Dodgers lead 6-3 heading into the bottom of the fourth. In the fifth, the Mets score four times, two more in the 6th and their 10th run in the seventh. Monje (1-0) picks up the win by striking out four in 1.1ip. Rushton (6) gets the save.
The Mets are 8-10 and tied for last in the NL East, 5 games behind the Braves.
[4.18.27] – Mets 2, Reds 0 – Big Day for Williamson – The 16-year Met, who made team history with his last victory (moving out of a tie with Tom Seaver for most wins ever by a Mets starter), made history again with his second win of the season. Williamson (2-1) 8ip 4h 0r 0bb 6k won the 200th game of his career, all in a Mets uniform. Hayes drives in both runs with singles in the second and fourth. Rushton pitched his first perfect inning of the season by getting the Reds on just six pitches for his 7th save.
In his career, Williamson has fanned 2963 batters and walked 889 in 2923 innings. His lifetime win-loss record is 200 and 133 with a 3.72 era and opposing hitters have compiled a 238 average against him. He won the 2014 Walter Johnson Award, finished second in 2022, has two World Series rings, WS MVP honors, two strikeout titles (3 second place finishes), a 20-win season, an era title and has been an All-Star 6 times.
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| Zach Wheat got all the ladies |
38-year old Andrew 'Mr Dodger' Lambo collected his 2500th hit. With the Dodgers since 2009, he was their starting left fielder for 15 years. Six time All-Star (2012,14,15,16,19,21) three gold gloves (2015,18,22), three WS rings, two batting tiles and a 313 lifetime batting average. Still popular nationally, but beloved in LA.
He is the Dodgers All-Time leader in games played, runs, doubles, walks and is second in hits and total bases, trailing Zack Wheat in both categories. Should be a HOFer.
Ralph Smith is awarded Player of the Week. He went 13-23, 2hr 5rbi. This is the 16th time Smith has been player of the Week in his career.
[4.19.27] – Reds 8, Mets 5 – Another meltdown by a starter, this time it's Fisher, 4ip 5h 4er 3bb 1k 1hr. The bullpen cannot save the Mets this time as Sheppard (1-1) 0ip 2h 3er 1bb 2hr allows home runs to 2 of the 3 batters he sees. Smith (7) and Brooks (4) hit homers for the Mets, who have yet to win consecutive games on the road.
[4.20.27] – Mets 9, Reds 2 – The Mets win their first road series and bring their road record up to 3-9. Short (3) hits a first inning grand slam, as the Mets put up five before the Reds ever get to bat. Fulton (2-1) takes it from there. He goes 7ip 8h 2er 2bb 7k for the win. The Mets don't allow a home run for the first time this season.
The Mets are 10-11 and are still 5 games behind the Braves, fourth in the NL East.
[4.21.27] – Padres 4, Mets 2 – Valdes (0-2) goes the distance, 9ip 10h 4r 2er 3bb 4k, but the Mets are unable to get anything more than a single off of Juan Bravo.
[4.22.27] – Mets 3, Padres 0 – Gardner (1-3) finally gets it together and throws a complete game shutout allowing seven hits, walking four and striking out seven. Hayes delivers the big blow again, a two run single in the bottom of the 7th to extend the lead to 3-0 and give Gardner some breathing room.
Smith's streak began with his first day in the majors and has continued since. The 1500 consecutive games from the start of a career is a record, and has been for over six years when he passed Hideki Matsui, who held the old record at 518.
Matsui has a 1768 consecutive game streak -if you count Japan and MLB- which would be third all-time, if it counted.
Dennis Taylor hits for the cycle as a Cincinnati Red. The 10-year pro is on his third team and ends up being traded later in the season.
[4.23.27] – Mets 8, Padres 1 – Williamson (3-1) makes it three straight complete games as the Mets are up 7-0 before the Padres get their first base runner in the 5th, a walk. The Mets score three times in the first and four more in the fourth with Smith (8) hitting a 3-run shot in the latter.
The home run by Smith was his 2000th hit in 1501 games, all consecutive. It was the 441st home run of his career and he has a lifetime average of 346.The Mets make it back to 500 (12-12) and trail the Braves by just three games, who were recently swept by the Giants.
[4.25.27] – Diamondbacks 5, Mets 1 – Fisher (1-3) gets his era under 10 with this stat line 6ip 6h 5er 4bb 3k 3hr and he is cold as hell. As is Scalfaro, whose average has slipped to 155 and is on a 0-19 streak. The All-Star catcher has just three hits in his last nine starts. Benes promises changes and sends Fisher to the pen and puts Marquez back in the rotation.
Also, new lineup with the struggling Scalfaro dropped to 7th, a position he hasn't batted in since his cup of coffee in 2014.
cf-Brooks
ss-Pruitt
3b-Caraballo
1b-Smith
2b-Short
lf-Gomez
c-Scalfaro
rf-Bailey
This is one of the great things about the sim, no media. I can drop a guy to 7th in the lineup and there's no story. No reaction story, no segment on PTI.
This allows me to ride a guy who's hot (in this case Caraballo was having a great start to the season) and stick a struggling guy deep in the order, Scalfaro, with no stupid questions from the media. It's obvious why a 10-time All Star is now hitting seventh, he blows right now. No manager in real life could ever say that, even though its the truth.
I don't have to deal with NY media and for that I am grateful, although I would be one of those loudmouth GMs. I know I would have been fined by now.
[4.26.27] – Mets 5, Diamondbacks 3 – Fulton (3-1) 8ip 6h 3er 1bb 8k, pitches well and Scalfaro hits just his third home run of the season in the fourth to give the Mets a 4-1 lead. Rushton (8) picks up the save.
[4.27.27] – Mets 9, Diamondbacks 2 – Marquez (2-0) pitches into the ninth, 8.1ip 6h 2er 1bb 11k 1hr, and hits a bases-clearing double in the Mets 8-run third inning. The Mets have a season best 16 hits and six starters get at least two each, including Scalfaro who had the Mets first four hit game of the season.
When asked about whether this meant Scalfaro would move back to his customary cleanup spot, Benes responded 'Ask me when he's above the Mendoza line.' Even with the four hits, his season average stands at 198.
The Mets get a game above 500 for the first time since they were 3-2, at 14-13 they sit in third place in the NL East three games behind the Phillies, who took over first from the Braves.
[4.28.27] – Mets 4, Pirates 0 – Gardner (2-3) throws 1-hit ball for 8 innings and Pruitt (3) drives in three runs. Gardner had 9 strikeouts and walked six, he had thrown 130 pitches when he was pinch hit for. Scalfaro did get a hit and is now at 202.
Pitch counts have gone up in the past 20 seasons. I want more complete games and I've been slowly increasing pitchers' stamina over the seasons, the next step is to return to the four-man rotation.
I want someone to win 30 games again. I want a game similar to the 20-30s, lots of triples, guys hitting 400, pitchers throwing 25 complete games, etc.
[4.29.27] – Mets 7, Pirates 4 – Williamson (4-1) 7ip 9h 4er 1bb 2k, allows two early runs, but keeps it close allowing the Mets to score seven times in the 6th & 7th innings. Smith (10) drives in four, Gomez and Pruitt each have three hits. Rushton pitches a perfect 9th for his ninth save. The four game winning streak and three games above 500 are season highs for the Mets.
After the game, Williamson signed a 1-year extension with the Mets for $2.31 million. It was definitely the hometown discount, but he has said all along that he wants to retire as a Met.
[4.30.27] – Mets 6, Pirates 3 – Spence (2-0) picks up the win in relief of Valdes who didn't make the 5th inning. Pruitt (4) hits a 2-run shot in the 4th to put the Mets up 5-2, they added another run that inning and didn't look back. Scalfaro went 0-5 and dropped back to 192.
The winning streak reaches 5 games and it's the first road sweep of the season, they are 6-9 on the road. The Mets (17-13) are 2 games behind the Braves and Phillies, who are tied for first.
Qian-gui Shuang went 6-6 with two home runs, a triple and three singles. He had 14 total bases. He scored four times and drove in six.
The 32yo Taiwanese first baseman is a 6-time All-Star has 2145h in 1709g. He's got 380hr and 1306rbi in his career and has led the AL the past three seasons, with a career high 158 in 2026. Six top 10 MVP finishes and a career average of 321. He is the Indians career leader in g, ab, r, h, tb, hr, rbi.
He was part of the Indians team that won the World Series in 2016 as a rookie, but his team hasn't gotten past the second round since, including first round exits in four of their last five trips to the playoffs.
Heading into May the Mets are trending in the right direction, the starting pitching has come back around. It was the hitting that gave the Mets a chance, although they are still leaving too many men on base. First in batting average and obp, yet 9th in runs scored.
Ralph Smith leads the offense and he was the Mets leader in hits, runs, home runs, rbis, total bases, average, on base and slugging in the month of April. Chris Short, John Brooks, Braeden Pruitt and Carlos Caraballo all hit over 328 for the month.
Those sucking so far this season, Montes Scalfaro is hitting 192 with just 6 extra base hits in the first month of the season. Anibal Gonzalez is also off to a slow start (hitting 179) and has started to see his playing time disappear to the other outfielders on the bench, Gene Hayes and Ramiro Gomez.
The starters have been bad with an ERA of 5.42 in the first part of the season, but the relievers helped them out with a 3.04 era in the month, third best in the NL.
Closer Payton Rushton has 10 saves with a 1.54 era in 11 games. Michael Dyer has allowed 1 run in 7.2 innings pitched and rookie Antonio Monje has allowed just 1 hit in 4.2 innings.
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