On a day that saw many Met fans crying that the teams winning streak had come to an end, the team started a brand new one. In typical 2018 Mets fashion, the team bounced back nicely from from a defeat to take the series from the Brewers. The game included some dominant pitching, a 3-5 night from a budding star, and late inning heroics from an old fashioned Mets folk hero.
The first half of the game was the Noah Syndergaard show. While Thor only made it through 5 1/3 innings, he was as dominant as ever in the showing. In those 5 1/3 innings, Syndergaard allowed just 1 hit and 1 run (0 earned) while striking out 11. At one point in the game, Syndergaard struck out 8 Brewers in a row. Syndergaard’s season seems to be rounding into form and I expect his dominance to continue.
Another impressive performance came from the hands of Brandon Nimmo. Nimmo completed 3/4 of the cycle by getting a base hit, a triple, and a home run. It seems harder and harder to ignore the fact that Nimmo deserves regular reps on a major league team. Nimmo ends the game sporting a .400 BA, .571 OBP, and a 1.371 OPS.
The real heroics of the night came in the bottom of the 9th. Up until that time, the game had been tied 2-2. Enter Wilmer Flores. Flores proceeded to add to his lure as a Mets folk hero by sending a ball deep into the freezing Queens air. In one swing, Flores wiped away the tears of crying Mets fans from the night before, and reminded everyone that there is no crying in baseball. The walk off homer ended the game and gave the Mets another victory, pushing them to a 12-2 record.
The Mets welcome in the Nationals tomorrow night by throwing Jacob Degrom at them (so much for welcoming). This series may very well be the most important series in April. If the Mets can take two out of three games from the Nats, they will have a 7 game lead on them in the division. However, if they can sweep them, the Mets will have a 9 GAME LEAD! As always, is you have something to say, Shea it in the comments below.
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