The New York Mets, after seeing their opening series scheduled against the Washington Nationals postponed because of a COVID-19 group within the Nats squad, ended up starting the 2021 season on Monday night against the Philadelphia Phillies 3- 0.
For a while, things went well for Mets and new owner Steve Cohen. Early on, shortstop Francisco Lindor, whom the Mets traded in the low season last year and recently signed a $ 341 million extension, showed his rich wealth on the pitch with this key double game:
In addition to the cool 6-4-3 above, Lindor also scored a single and a hike on his debut. For Mets, the story for most of the night was Jacob deGrom’s domain:
DeGrom on related topics showed elite speed throughout the night, including the fastest pitch of the 2021 season so far (102 mph for Didi Gregorius in the second). By the way:
That 97.3 mph figure is an average of all of DeGrom’s 70 shots on Monday, not just his fastball. So, he was dominant and left the game with a 2-0 advantage. Miguel Castro scored a goalless seventh for the Mets, and after the addition of free agent Trevor May eliminated Adam Haseley for the first time in eighth position, the Mets had an 87.4 percent chance of winning the game. Then it all happened:
- Single
- To walk
- Single
- Change pitch, add free agent Aaron Loup
- Hit by pitch
- Single
- Two base shot error by third baseman Luis Guillorme (who was on the defensive substitute)
Timeout for some relevant action footage:
Okay, back to that.
At that point, the 2-0 advantage was a 5-2 disadvantage. The Mets scored a race in the ninth match against Jose Alvarado, but the Phillies won 5-3 in recovery and moved to 4-0 this season.
This brings us to this true fact of the Internet, of our man in the helicopter Mike Axisa:
DeGrom over the same period worked six or more goalless entries and did not receive a decision eight times, which leads the entire MLB (via Sarah Langs) And this, of course, generates this:
For the Mets, the first victory of the Cohen-Lindor era must wait at least another day. For the Phillies, they haven’t lost a regular season game in 191 days and counting.