Remembering Mets History (2015) Mets Hit Franchise Record Eight HRs & Score Season High 16 Runs
Tonight, the Mets were in Philadelphia taking on Pete Mackanin's last place Phillies (50-75) who were 18.5 games behind the Mets.
Tonight's pitchers were Jacob deGrom (12-6) who was on a personal four game win streak, while winning nine of his last eleven decisions dating back to mid-May. His opponent was the Phillies' rookie Adam Morgan (4-4) in front of 23,744 fans.
It looked like a bad start for the Mets as Jacob deGrom gave up three early HRs. In the bottom of the 1st, Ryan Howard hit a three run HR. In the bottom of the 2nd, Cameron Rupp hit a solo shot & in the 3rd, Dominic Brown hit another three-run shot.
It was deGrom's shortest outing of the year as he was gone by the 3rd inning. He also gave up career highs in runs (7) & hits (8). His three HRs allowed, also tied a career worst.
The balls were flying out of Citizen's Bank Park on this night as the Mets would set a franchise record eight HRs on the night.
Return of David Wright: Tonight, marked the return of the Mets Captain, David Wright who had been out with back issues from April 15, four months prior. In heroic fashion Wright returned with hitting a HR in his first at bat, a solo shot his second of the year & the Mets first on this historic night.
In the 3rd inning, the Mets got a solo HR, this one from Juan Lagares, his 5th HR of the season. They were still down 4-1.
It was deGrom's shortest outing of the year as he was gone by the 3rd inning. He also gave up career highs in runs (7) & hits (8). His three HRs allowed, also tied a career worst.
The balls were flying out of Citizen's Bank Park on this night as the Mets would set a franchise record eight HRs on the night.
In the 3rd inning, the Mets got a solo HR, this one from Juan Lagares, his 5th HR of the season. They were still down 4-1.
In the top of the 4th, Wright singled to start the inning, then Wilmer Flores hit his first HR of the evening, a two-run shot bringing the Mets closer. Travis d'Arnaud added a solo shot off Morgan as well, his eighth HR of the year making it a 7-5 game.
Trivia: It was Flores only multi-HR game of the season.
Two batters later Michael Cuddyer blasted a solo HR to make it 9-7 Mets.
In the top of the 6th pitcher Sean Gilmartin led off with a base hit. With one out, Daniel Murphy added a two-run shot to right center field, his tenth HR of the year.After David Wright walked & Wilmer Flores doubles, Travis d'Arnaud hit a two run double giving the Mets a 13-7 lead.
In the top of the 9th, Daniel Murphy collected his third hit of the night, a double to center. Yoenis Cespedes capped off the night with his 24th HR of the year, the two run blast off Adam Lowen was the Mets franchise record, eighth HR of the game.
Wilmer Flores, Travis d'Arnaud, Daniel Murphy & Michael Cuddyer all had three hits on the evening.
With Cespedes, Wright & Lagares all collecting two hits each.Trivia: The 16 runs were a season high for the Mets. They would score 14 runs three different times that year as well.
Mets Trivia: As mentioned, the Mets eight HRs were a franchise record, as was their 14 extra base hits.
NL Record: The two teams combined for 11 HRs in the game which tied an NL record. It had been done five times in MLB history the last time was a 1979 Phillies-Cubs match up.