Ok, I apologize for the horribly tacky reference of a headline, but this game felt good. The Amazins increased their record to a dazzling 11-1 today with a 6-5 victory of the Milwaukee Brewers. It is April 13th and the Mets are already sporting a record that is 10 games over .500. That being said, no I’m not sorry for the headline, I lied, this is awesome.
Up until this point, we really had not seen any of the power that we had heard about from Frazier at all. We have seen some clutch hitting, some excellent defense, amazing leadership, and an invisible salt and pepper grinder from Frazier, but not much of the power that got him 35 homers in 2015 and 40 more in 2016. But that changed quickly in the victory today which seemed to be Frazier’s coming-out party to Mets faithful.
In a game that saw a so so performance from Steven Matz, 5.1 IP, 3 H’s, 4 R’s, 3 ER’s, 2 BB’s, 5 K’s, Todd Frazier was the star. Frazier hit 2 home runs, one in the 2nd inning and one in the 4th. He also did not record an out, going 3 for 3 with a walk. Combine that with a wild pitch and RBI’s from Cespedes, Gonzalez, and Bruce, the Mets were able to fight off a Brewers team that scored 5 runs of their own.
So here’s to your 11-1 Mets and many more atrocious references from yours truly. As always, if you agree, disagree, or like to add to the conversation, Shea Something in the comments section.
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