Morning Briefing: Mets Head to St. Louis for First Road Trip
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The Mets lost their first game of the season Sunday, 4-3, to the Pirates in 10 innings. A key play came in the bottom of the 10th when Francisco Lindor, the potential tying run, was thrown out at home on a Juan Soto double with nobody out.
Carlos Mendoza told reporters after the game that he was OK with third-base coach Tim Leiper‘s decision, the plan before the series was to be aggressive in these situations and the Pirates deserve credit for executing a good relay.
The Mets start their first road trip of the season Monday with a game in St. Louis at 7:45 p.m. ET. Clay Holmes opposes RHP Kyle Leahy. The game will air on SNY. The Mets will play three games against the Cardinals and then four in San Francisco before returning to New York.
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Bo Bichette was 1-for-14 with eight strikeouts in the series and was asked if the Citi Field boos surprised him. “If anything I thought it took too long, but I mean I get it, I thought my at-bats were terrible too, so.”
Mendoza said Devin Williams and Brooks Raley, who threw 19 and 11 pitches, respectively, on Saturday, were not available to pitch on Sunday.
Mendoza told reporters before the game that when Luis Robert Jr. gets a day off and the Mets are facing a right-handed pitcher, he will move Carson Benge to center field and put Brett Baty in right. Baty started at designated hitter in the first two games and at first base on Sunday.
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Jacob deGrom, who was scratched from his season debut with a stiff neck, is feeling better and hopes to pitch this week. Rangers manager Skip Schumaker said he could start Tuesday or Wednesday, but they are taking it a day at a time.
White Sox first baseman Munetaka Murakami has homered in his first three major-league games. He connected Sunday off of ex-Met Brandon Sproat, who gave up seven earned runs over three innings in his Brewers debut.
Blue Jays manager John Schneider found a handwritten letter from Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr on his desk at the Rogers Centre that had been sitting there all offseason. Kerr wrote that the Blue Jays’ World Series loss reminded him of the Warriors’ Game 7 finals loss to the Cavaliers in 2016 and he encouraged Schneider to not let the loss define him or the team.
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Johnluke Chaparro has more on the loss to the Pirates. Nolan McLean and Sean Manaea made their season debuts.
He worked Paul Skenes for a 10-pitch walk on Opening Day. He sent everyone home in Game 2. Alexis Farinacci wrote about Luis Robert Jr.’s strong start.
Jack Ramsey recaps Triple-A Syracuse’s first loss of the season. Joander Suarez struck out four.
On This Date in Mets History
2000: Benny Agbayani hits a tiebreaking, pinch-hit, grand slam in the top of the 11th inning at the Tokyo Dome in a 5-1 win over the Cubs. Rey Ordóñez commits an error, ending his MLB record streak of 101 error-free games at shortstop. Rickey Henderson steals a base to join Ted Williams as the only other player to steal a base in four decades. Tim Raines joins the club a year later.
2001: Dwight Gooden, the 1984 Rookie of the Year, the 1985 Cy Young winner, the 1986 champ, announces his retirement.
2015: Matt den Dekker is traded to Washington for reliever Jerry Blevins.
Born on This Date: Jake Marisnick (1991), Terry Bross (1966).
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