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Monday-Fourth of July 2022: Buck Schowalter's Mets were comfortably 19 games over .500 atop the NL East with a three-game lead.  After a short homestand where they lost three of five, they were in Cincinnati for the Independance Day Holiday.  David Bell's Reds were struggling at 27-51. On this afternoon 19,533 came out to Great American Ballpark as the Mets Taijuan Walker took on Hunter Green. In the top of the 1st, the Mets Brandon Nimmo led off with a base hit but was thrown out trying to steal second. They would load the bases, but Eduardo Escobar popped up to end the inning. In the top of the 2nd, Mark Canha was hit by a pitch to start the inning. Tomas Nido dropped a one out base hit to right field. Brandon Nimmo then hit a three run HR, to give them a 3-0 lead. For Nimmo it was his sixth HR of the season. In the bottom of the 3rd inning, Taijuan Walker started the inning hitting Matt Reynolds with a pitch. Aramis Garcia followed with an infield single.  Former Met...

Thursday July 4th 1985 : At this point in time, Davey Johnson's New York Mets were tied for third place with the Chicago Cubs with a 41-35 record. They were 4.5 games behind the first St. Louis Cardinals & three games behind the second place Montreal Expos.  The Mets were in Atlanta on this Independence Day, facing Eddie Haas' fifth place Braves (34-42). The Braves were eleven games behind the first place (reigning N.L. Champion) San Diego Padres. The game began at 7:30 PM in front of 44,947 fans with Dwight Gooden going to the mound against the Braves; Rick Mahler. Neither starter would be around for too long. Along the way, there would also be two rain delays, which added to the time of the long evening's events that were about to unfold. In the 1st inning, the Mets Wally Backman singled but was picked off first. Keith Hernandez then doubled & scored on a Gary Carter RBI single.  In the bottom frame, the Braves answered as Claudell Washington tripled ...

Tuesday July 4, 1972: On this Fourth of July, Navy Day at Shea, it was an old-fashioned twin bill Holiday matinee followed by some fireworks at night. Yogi Berra's second place Mets (43-28) were just one game behind the first-place reigning World Champion Pittsburgh Pirates. Today the Mets hosted Don Zimmer's last place; San Diego Padres (25-47).  The Padres were playing in the franchise's fourth season, t hey would finish last in the NL West from 1969-1974, losing 100 games or more four times in that stretch. In 1972, the Padres best hitter was Nate Colbert who would hit 38 HRs & drive in 111 runs. Today for the Mets, Tom Seaver (10-4) would pitch on five days rest. an extra day than his usual four days between starts. Tom was going up against the friars' Clay Kirby (5-7). The Mets had won five of their last seven rebounding from a stretch where they had lost six of eight. They were suffering thru injuries with Rusty Staub, Tommie Agee & Cleon Jones all out of...

Sunday July 3rd, 2016: The Mets had returned home after being swept in Washington D.C. The reigning NL Champs continued to struggle, losing eight of their last twelve games. Terry Collins Mets (40-37) were hosting Joe Maddon's first place Cubs (51-27) in front of 36,137 fans at Citi Field.  The previous October, the Mets swept the Cubs in the 2015 NLCS to advance to the World Series.  The Mets picked up where they left off with the Cubs, taking the first three games of the four-game set. On this Sunday they went for the sweep. The starting pitchers were two of the best, as Noah Syndergaard (8-3) went up against Jon Lester (9-3).     In the top of the 1st, Jason Heyward doubled & scored on Anthony Rizzo's base hit. In the bottom of the 1st, Curtis Granderson returning after four games with an injured calf, hit a solo HR to tie the game. In the bottom of the 2nd Wilmer Flores started the inning with a solo HR off Jon Lester. It was his second HR of th...