The New York Mets, after seeing their scheduled season opener against the Washington Nationals postponed due to a COVID-19 squad in the Nats series, ended the start of the 2021 season Monday night against the 3-0 Philadelphia Phillies.
For the Mets and new owner Steve Cohen, it went swimming for a while. Early on, shortstop Francisco Lindor, who traded the Mets for last season and recently colored in a $ 341 million extension, showed his soft riches with this important double play:
In addition to the handy 6-4-3 above, Lindor also carved a single cut and a step into his debut. For the Mets, the story was dominated by Jacob deGrom for most of the night:
DeGrom in related matters flashed the elite speed during the night, including the fastest pitch of the 2021 season so far (102 km / h to Didi Gregorius in the second). Speaking of:
That 97.3 km / h is an average of all 70 laps on Monday, not just his fast ball. He was therefore dominant and he led the match 2-0. Miguel Castro worked a pointless seventh-place finish for the Mets, and after free agent Trevor May scored for Adam Haseley for the first out of eighth place, the Mets have an 87.4 percent chance of winning the game. Then it all happened:
- Single
- Go
- Single
- Pitching change, free agent addition Aaron Loup
- Hit by pitch
- Single
- Throwing error on two bases by third baseman Luis Guillorme (who was a defensive substitute)
Take time for relevant action footage:
Okay, back to that.
At that point, the 2-0 lead was a 5-2 deficit. The Mets took a run in the ninth position from Jose Alvarado, but the Phillies won 5-3 to move the season to 4-0.
This brings us to this true internet fact of our husband in the helicopter Mike Axisa:
DeGrom worked over the same team six or more pointless innings and got no decision eight times, leading the entire MLB (via Sarah Langs). And that, of course, starts it off:
For the Mets, the first victory of the Cohen-Lindor era must wait at least another day. For the Phillies, they did not play a regular season in 191 days.