Remembering Mets History (2016) Mets Score Franchise Inning Record 12 Runs As Yoenis Cespedes Sets Team Mark with Six RBIs in Same Inning
A crowd of 39,764 settled in to Citi Field on chilly rainy Spring evening.
The Mets were on a hot streak & tonight they would erupt with a historic third inning.
Steven Matz took the mound for New York & gave up to singles in the first inning but got Hunter Pence to ground to short to end the inning.
Tonight marked the first time in six games that Yoenis Cespedes returned to the Mets line up after bruising his right leg.
Historic 3rd Inning: In the bottom of the 3rd, the Mets got to Padre starter Jake Peavey with a historic third inning.
Curtis Granderson & David Wright started out the inning with a walks. Michael Conforto then hit his tenth double of the year bringing in Granderson with the Mets first run.
Yoenis Cespedes then drove a single to center field bringing in David Wright & Conforto, making it 3-0 Mets.
The Mets batted around, as Curtis Granderson, who had led off the inning came up & drove an RBI single to right field scoring Cabrera making it 7-0 Mets.
Mets RBI Inning Records: Yoenis Cespedes set a franchise record with six RBIs in a single inning.The 12 runs scored in an inning were also a franchise record passing the previous mark of eleven ten years earlier in 2006.
Quotes- Terry Collins: "You just get used to him doing something big. And he came through again."
Cespedes now had seven HRs with 23 RBIs & was batting .313.
In the top of the 7th, former Met Angel Pagan spoiled the bid for a shut out as he homered off Jerry Blevins for the Giants first run.
The Mets were on a hot streak & tonight they would erupt with a historic third inning.
cruised along with six scoreless innings striking out four scattering seven hits getting his record to 3-1.
Tonight marked the first time in six games that Yoenis Cespedes returned to the Mets line up after bruising his right leg.
Historic 3rd Inning: In the bottom of the 3rd, the Mets got to Padre starter Jake Peavey with a historic third inning.
Yoenis Cespedes then drove a single to center field bringing in David Wright & Conforto, making it 3-0 Mets.
After Lucas Duda drew a walk, Neil Walker doubled off the right field wall scoring Cespedes for a 4-0 lead.
Giants manager Bruce Bochy changed pitchers bringing Mike Broadway. Asdrubal Cabrera greeted him with a two run double to left field making it 6-0.
Kevin Plawecki then walked & Steven Matz went down on strikes for the first out of the inning.
David Wright then collected the sixth Mets hit of the inning with a single. Michael Conforto delivered again, with his second RBI hit of the inning scoring Plawecki making it an 8-0 lead.
Grand Slam HR: The inning wasn't over yet as the bases were loaded with just one out. Yoenis Cespedes, the thirteenth Met to bat in the inning came up & made Mets history. Cespedes blasted a grand slam HR into left field sending the Citi Field crowd into a frenzy. It was his first of two grand slam HRs this season. The Mets now led 12-0 making team history.
Mets RBI Inning Records: Yoenis Cespedes set a franchise record with six RBIs in a single inning.The 12 runs scored in an inning were also a franchise record passing the previous mark of eleven ten years earlier in 2006.Quotes- Terry Collins: "You just get used to him doing something big. And he came through again."
Cespedes now had seven HRs with 23 RBIs & was batting .313.
In the inning the Mets sent fifteen men to the plate scoring 12 runs on 13 hits while drawing four walks.
In the bottom frame, the Mets collected three straight singles off Steven Okert with Juan Lagares adding the final run.
In the top of the 8th, Logan Verrett continued his good pitching with a scoreless 8t inning, besting his ERA to 0.52. In the top of the 9th inning, Hansel Robles finished off the 13-1 victory.
Quotes- Yoenis Cespedes: " I said it during Spring Training, a lot of fans are expecting me to do what I did last year. But my focus is just on doing my job and continuing to help the team."
Quotes- Terry Collins: "That's pretty amazing, It was just one of those freaky things that you don't ever expect to have against a team as good as the Giants."
Quotes- Terry Collins: "That's pretty amazing, It was just one of those freaky things that you don't ever expect to have against a team as good as the Giants."