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Remembering Mets History (2015) The Mets Win Eleventh Straight Tying a Franchise Record

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Sunday April 12th, 2015:  On this night Terry Collins New York Mets beat the Atlanta Braves 4-3 at Turner Field. The win put them at .500 (3-3) on the new season. It was a good night, and no one knew it at the time, but it was the start of some good things that would take the Mets all the way to the World Series. Bart- Big Sexy: The legend of Folk Hero Bartolo Colon also known as "Big Sexy" began to grow. Bartolo Colon won his second game of the season to get to 2-0 with a 2.77 ERA, on his way to another 14-game winning season.  Also, at bat Bartolo collected a 4th inning RBI base hit off Alex Wood scoring Wilmer Flores, breaking the 2-2 tie.  Bart Trivia: It was Colon's first RBI in ten years, his last coming in 2005 while with the  L.A. Angels. On this night, Jeurys Familia notched his first save of the season. It was the start Familia becoming one of the league's top closers that year as saved 43 games tying a then Mets record. This victory wa...
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Remembering Mets History (2025) Mets Sweep Series with Another Walk-Off Win on a Perfect Home Stand

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Thursday April 17th 2025: Although the Mets had just dropped two games in a three game set in Minnesota, they were 11-7 one game up on top of the NL East. Carlos Mendoza's Mets (11-7) opened up a four game series with Oliver Marmol's St. Louis Cardinals (9-9) In the bottom of the 2nd, Mark Vientos led off with a HR off Andre Pallante. It was his first HR of the year for the struggling Vientos who was hitting just .145. With two outs & Starling Marte on second, the Mets hit three straight base hits. First Bret Baty singled to left scoring Marte with the second run. Tyrone Taylor singled then Francisco Lindor delivered a two run single but was thrown out at third to end the inning. It was 4-0 New York. On the mound, Griffin Canning who had won a spot in the Mets rotation & turned out to be a pleasant surprise had another fine night as he allowed just one run in six innings while striking out his season best eight batters earning his second win (2-1). Reed Garrett, A.J Min...
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