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Wednesday August 12th, 2015: Terry Collins first place Mets (61-52) were riding high nine games over .500 with 2.5 game lead over the second place Washington Nationals. After a seven-game win streak that put them in first place, New York had dropped a pair to the Rays in Tampa. On the first game of this homestand, they won the opener with the Rockies behind Matt Harvey (eight innings) & Eric O'Flaherty's (one inning) 4-0 five hit combined shut out.  Tonight, they hosted Walt Weiss' fifth place struggling Colorado Rockies (47-65) in the second game of the series. The Mets sent Jacob deGrom to the mound against Jorge De La Rosa in front of 37,175 at Citi Field. deGrom had come off three straight no-decisions where he had given up two runs or less. He had not given up more than two runs in his last six starts. In the top of the 1st inning with one out former Met Jose Reyes reached on an infield single to second base.   Jose Reyes Trivia: At this point in his caree...

Tuesday August 12th, 2025: The Mets came off a disastrous three game road trip in Milwaukee where they were swept. They had lost seven straight games falling to six games out of first place. On June 12th they had been riding high 21 games over .500 since then they had gone 19-30. Tonight they hosted the fifth place Atlanta Braves (51-67) in front of 39,748 fans who came out to see Pete Alonso go for a Mets all time record. Prior to this nights game ther Mets All Time HR list had Pete Alonso & Darryl Strawberry first with 252. David Wright was next with 242. Mike Piazza 220 & Howard Johnson 192. In the bottom of the 2nd Pete Alonso led off with his 30th double of the year. It was the third time on his career Alonso reached the thirty doubles mark. Cedrick Mullins then singled to centerfield scoring Alonso.  Francisco Alvarez followed with a two run HR, his fifth HR of the season making it 3-0 Mets. In the bottom of the 3rd inning, Brandon Nimmo singled to left field. Pete A...

Saturday August 12th , 2000 :   Bobby Valentine's New York Mets were playing great baseball, at this point in time they had won three straight games, as well as  14 of their last 16 games putting them just 2.5 games behind the Atlanta Braves.  They were in 2.5 games ahead of the Diamondbacks in that year's  top wild card spot. On this night,   the Mets hosted Dusty Baker's San Francisco Giants (64-50) who were atop the NL West.  The Giants featured sluggers Barry Bonds & Jeff Kent. This was to be a preview of that years NLDS in which the Mets would win in five games. Bobby V sent Mike Hampton (11-7) to the mound against former Met Sean Estes (10-3).  In the top of the 1st although the Giants put on two base runners Ellis Burks lined out to end the inning. In the bottom of the 3rd inning  t he Mets went on the board by a solo HR from the recently acquired  Mike Bordick. Bordick a veteran short stop, was brought over from Baltimore in a ...

In 1988 Gary Carter was 34 years old, he was a 15-veteran catcher, who's body had been beaten up behind the plate & he was starting to show age. Carter's numbers were starting to fall off, the next season would be his last in New York. At this pint he was still an All-Star catcher & a very popular player. On May 16th, Carter hit his 299th career HR, a two-run shot off the Padres' Greg Booker. He drove in four runs that game leading the Mets to a 7-4 win in San Diego. At the time, he was batting .284. the Mets were in first place, with a two-game lead over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Hitting the milestone #300 HR, loomed over Carter as he went into a HR drought. Carter did not hit another HR  for 65 games, 225 at bats & five days shy of three months since his last longball.  By now his average had fallen to .251. The Mets were still in first place, with a five-game lead over the Pirates. In this matinee at Wrigley Field, Davey Johnson'...

August 1998: In 1997   John Olerud came to New York via free agency. Olerud was an established hitter having won the 1993 AL batting title. In his first season with the Mets, he hit .294 just getting adjusted in New York. In 1998  Olerud displayed just how good of a hitter he was, setting a franchise record for best single season batting average hitting .354, passing Cleon Jones .340 average recorded 29 years earlier in the Mets 1969 Championship season.  One of John Olerud's hitting highlights that season was setting a Mets franchise record for left hand hitters, with a 23 consecutive game hit streak. Sunday July 19th, 1998: Olerud came into an extra inning loss to the Phillies at Shea Stadium, entering the game in the 4th inning, replacing Todd Pratt at first base. In the bottom of the 5th inning Olerud hit his 11th HR of the year.  The next night he collected another hit in another loss to the Phillies.  The Mets went on a six-game win streak ...