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All to bring you the help you need. This message brought to you by ASWB, supporting social work standards. Well, the Mets had a bit of a breakthrough Saturday, but Sunday for a while it was right back to zolching out the scoreboard. The festering funk continuing.
They look like they're on their way to a 1-5 road trip, but suddenly with a 4-1 ninth inning, a 5-3 comeback win. A flashback to the glory days of the Salt and Pepper Shakers, and that sixth-game lead on Washington. The Brad Boxberger ninth-inning meltdown keyed by a two-out bunt from Jose Reyes? You betcha.
Game review, Siri preview, Mickey Callaway Presser, all coming up on the DMP. It's your Daily Mets Podcast. It's your Daily Mets Podcast. It's where you're going to find out what the Mets are doing.
It's your Daily Mets Podcast. It's your Daily Mets Podcast. Oh, it's your Daily Mets Podcast. And here's your host, Josh Lewin.
So the Mets leave the desert southwest with some pep in their steps. For two weeks, the Mets couldn't score four runs in a game. Sunday, they got four off of a closer in the ninth inning. It was the ninth inning that started out with a strikeout and a strikeout.
And then Jose Reyes busted his way on, and it was all positive from there. Josh Lewin with you. We're going to recap this one rather quickly for you. The Mets, when they score four runs or more, they're now 23-7.
And when they don't get to that total, they are 7-31. They were going to need to get four to win this game. Arizona had three by the end of the eighth inning. 3-1, Arizona had the lead.
The Mets got a run on the top of the first off. Clay Buchholz, the guy who was introduced to his wife by Donald Trump. That is a true story. Personal matchmaker Donald Trump.
Who needs Tinder when he got Trump? And Buchholz, who had been very good against the Mets in his Diamondbacks debut back at Citi Field in May. Two hits allowed in five innings. Was okay.
And there's one good enough, anyway, for the Diamondbacks to eventually get him a 2-1 lead. Zach Wheeler, who had retired the first 10th that he faced in this game. Wilted it in the fourth. He walked Paul Goldschmidt.
Jake Lamb of a fifth. David Peralta, who also had a great catch in this game in left field. RBI double. Eventually, Cattell Marte with a fielder's choice RBI.
And the Mets would trail 2-1 all the way until the eighth inning when it became 3-1. And the Mets were shooting themselves in the feet again. They were taking a lot of called third strikes to end the innings. Jay Bruce did that a couple times.
Jay Bruce, though, with just 17 runs batted in. He was tied for 224th in the major leagues. Rough afternoon for Jay. But everybody else who was able to bat in that ninth inning.
Jay was the only one who didn't come up. Was able to make something very special happen. And we mentioned it all started with Dominic Smith striking out. Kevin Kloiecki striking out.
It looked very dire. But then Reyes, with a bunt to surprise the world. Alex Avila, the catcher, I don't think was surprised. He just made a poor decision.
Just like your mama told you. Be careful what you pick up off the ground. It was a bunt that looked like it was going to spin foul up the third baseline. But Avila, who's been having a miserable season at the plate, too, made a miserable decision.
He picked up the ball. Reyes was safe. And OK, then let's get the tying man to come to the plate. He didn't love that it was Jose Bautista, necessarily.
It's a tough right-hander on the mound in Bottsberger. And Bautista's not supposed to be able to hit right-handers anymore. Overall, over his last 14, one for his last 19. But with John Jay shaded towards right center, Bautista hit a slicing drive towards the right-field corner.
Jay got a glove on it. This is a guy that hasn't made an error in more than 280 games in the outfield. And he had a shot to make this catch, but he just didn't with a lunge. He back-handed the ball.
It fell out of his glove. And Bautista had himself an RBI double. Next up, Brandon Nimmo. Smiling Brandon Nimmo.
And he just tattooed one. A two-run home run, followed by a Cabrera home run. Cabrera had been just six out of 60 at that point. And Bottsberger, who had given up only three home runs all year, suddenly had given up two in a row.
So Zach Wheeler unable to hang around long enough for a win. Jarrett Samilia ended up with the victory. Robert Gatelman came on to close it in the ninth, his third save. And once again, rode the bullpen in the car, he meant to say.
He had much of the delight of his teammates. And he had said after the game yesterday, he gave the driver three out of five Uber stars. Because water was not offered. No music was played.
There was no offer to walk the glove out to the mound there for him. So tongue-in-cheek offered his helmet, passenger, with that review. The review of this one by Mickey Calloway, I would have to think, is glorious. We're going to hear from Mickey in just a little bit here.
And the Mets, obviously, with a win, they feel like they did not have. They figured out a way to actually get the win. And that is a beautiful, beautiful thing. Mickey Calloway is standing by.
Mickey Calloway is brought to you always by our friends at Ridgewood Community Savings Bank. I know it's so soon after, but can you quantify just how significant that home run was for you guys? Yeah, it was really big, both of them. Not just for the team, but for our fans.
I think that it was really great to come back and get a win like that. That's something we were doing early on, which feels like three years ago. But that was a really good win for us. What has Brandon Nimmo and his emergence really meant to this team this year?
It's big. We want our young guys to come up here and blossom. And he's done a tremendous job. I think that he's a player that has many, many strengths.
And he always gives himself a chance because his last resort is just to draw a walk. And the pitchers know that. So they end up having a groove of pitch and he does some damage. Given what you saw either in spring training or doing your research before coming here, are you surprised by the power that he's shown already?
Twice as many home runs in, I think, 10 fewer games than he had last year. No, in talking to everybody, I think that people thought the power would come. I'm surprised that the approach allows him to hit homers. Most guys that are so selective like that aren't able to do a lot of damage at the plate as well.
It's more of the guys just trying to get on base and slap the ball the other way. But for him to have an eye like he does and then to put a charge in the ball, it's pretty impressive. Yeah, that's one thing we've been missing are those little blue pits. They got one in the eighth when familiar was pitching that helped them score a run.
And I think that if we continue to grind it out, things will even themselves out. And we're not sitting back waiting for things to even themselves out. But if we continue to grind it out, continue a good approach, the numbers will even themselves out. What about the race, how they can play?
That was big. Jose Reyes played a heck of a game tonight. Some great plays in the field. That bunt was heads up and that's what we needed to do.
We needed a base runner right there to give us a chance to hit a two-run homer. And he knew it and he did it. You know, I think it's a good win. But I'm proud of the way the guys played and they didn't give up.
And the way we won is probably more significant than just getting a back-to-back win. Was it Wheeler? Wheeler was excellent. You know, he was really, I thought he was probably the best he'd thrown all year the first few innings.
You know, and then he got a strikeout and then ended up walking Goldsmith. And, you know, they hit a couple of blue pits, of course, and, you know, cost him a couple of runs. But he settled back in and I thought he was tremendous. You know, he's been a guy that goes out there and he's attacking.
You can tell, you know, how many times did he strike one and then execute a nice breaking ball or change up for strike two? He was 0-2 a lot today. So he's definitely attacking and has a lot of aggressiveness right now. Was Wheeler maybe getting squeezed there in the fourth?
Yeah. I didn't know he got kicked out. That's what I wanted to ask. He's like, who'd you kick out?
I know it doesn't end up burning you, but what do you say to Dom after that play in the ninth inning? Yeah, you know what? I think he was really trying to transfer it. I think it looked a little funny because he tried to do it between his legs.
And I don't think Dom Smith will try to transfer the ball in between his legs anymore. All right, so that's Mickey Calloway. And now it's time to fold up the tent and get out of Phoenix, Arizona and say goodbye to the very interesting hotel. More of a resort out on the very fringes of Phoenix.
Way, way out there. And in fact, if you like cactus, if you're afraid of scorpions, I would highly recommend it. It's certainly not Manhattan. Nothing like the Upper East Side.
Nothing like Alphabet City. Nothing like you've ever seen before if you're from New York. If you remember the movie Three Amigos, when all those guys were camping, when Steve Martin and Jimmy Chase and Martin Short were kind of marooned way out in the desert, and they sang that little song to Martin Short just to make sure they wouldn't freak out, kind of needed those guys to come outside my window and just kind of check up on me and say goodnight, Ned. The one thing that's a saving grace about Phoenix, if you ever do need a Slurpee for what passes for a Slurpee, once you get into, I guess, Phoenix proper, they got a thing called Circle K, which sounds like a 7-Eleven.
I swear to you, about every 35 feet, there is a Circle K, once you get back to civilization. It's incredible. You think Starbucks in Seattle is a thing? Circle K is real like moss.
I will miss Circle K. Okay, now, Mets are moving on. They're going to Denver, and what's brewing for today, that's brought to you by the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, making a big-time comeback later this year, returning to your neighborhood under new ownership, but still, as always, serving the finest premium coffees from around the world. They're no Circle K, but whatever your pleasure, they've got it.
Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, you are going to love them. And the Mets love the fact that Jacob DeGrom is back out there on the mound, or do they? I mean, the guy does have the best ERA in the major leagues at 1.55, but the Mets are somehow 5-9 when he starts. He's got four wins all year.
There are guys with ERAs in the 6s and 7s that have 5 wins, 6 wins, 7 wins, and here's DeGrom at 155. The guy's got freaking 4. It'll be a four-game series, and the Mets come home. Just a quick little reminder for you that Friday, it's a 7-10 start against the Dodgers.
The Mets continuing this run against the top three teams in the NL West, Arizona and Colorado, and then L.A. It's an Ahmed Rosario pre-shirt Friday on Friday. Home on Apple, figurines on Saturday. The first 25,000 fans and Mets caps for the first 15,000 on Sunday to 24th, just to let you know what's going on.
But as of the next four days now, the Mets are at Cape Canaveral. They're in the zero gravity of Denver, Colorado. And it can't be coincidence. In 24 years of existence, 10 different Rockies have won National League batting titles, and that's by 8 different players, too.
Fly balls go 9% farther. Curve balls curve 10% less. It's just science. And subtle things.
Cut off men get airmailed. Their throws go 10% farther. The Mets would do very well, especially the younger guys or AL veteran types like Jose Bautista. I think they'd do very well just to reacquaint themselves with Coors Field.
And they try to get in your head at Coors Field. The Nuggets do that in the NBA. For years, they would put an oxygen tank at the end of the visitor's bench, just in case they forget they're supposed to be short of breath and sucking wind at all times. Don Baylor's first week as manager, back in the Rockies' expansion season of 93, told the ground crew to paint elevation 5,280 feet right on the right center field wall, just as a friendly reminder back at the place they used to play.
So, trying to make sense of all that, that's what the Mets have to do. The Rockies swept the Mets at Citi Field back in early May. But lately, these guys have actually lost 7 of 9. They are 4-11 in their last 15, 13-21 since May the 9th.
Tyler Anderson's going to get the start of left-handed, 28 years old. The Rockies and the Houston Astros, the only two teams in the big leagues that have used the same starting 5 in the rotation all year. Anderson has been one of those 5, and he's 4-1, 4.48 ERA. Beats Philly at Citizens Bank Park most recently, 7 innings of 6-1 run ball, didn't walk anybody.
Trevor Story's gotten hot for the Rockies, leads the National League with 52 runs batted in. He's tied for the number 5 spots in the National League with 14 home runs. So, that's a quick little preview of those Colorado Rockies. Bud Black, I think, a very good manager, and somebody that Mickey Callaway can aspire to be.
A guy who was a pitching coach, of course, was a big league pitcher back in his day. Not a lot of pitchers, except for maybe Tommy was sort of. Ever get to really hit the heights as a pitcher-turned-manager. Catchers in second basement tend to be the best managers.
Every once in a while, a pitcher can bring through. Bud Black is a great example of that. So, the Mets at Colorado for 4. If you're coming in, just a quick reminder, if you don't have a hotel yet, Hotel Tonight can hook you up.
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And like they say, they only work with places where they would stay as well. Hotel Tonight, the app that you've got to have. Thank you very much for listening in on the podcast, and we'll have some fun in Denver. Not too much fun.
I know there are 420 friendly out there, so I hear. You can get it in dummy form. You can get it in a little M&M form now. It's all the buzz.
That's not the kind of buzz your friendly broadcaster will be having. I will simply be tripping on Mets baseball, says the broadcast nerd. You guys like that? A little pot talk from the broadcaster just from out of nowhere.
I don't know why I went there. There's Denver, and there's like pot shops on every corner. It's like the Circle K now of Denver. So, anyway, weird way to close out, but don't do drugs, kids.
Talk to you later. This is Josh.