Three Mets takeaways for opening series: Bats will warm up, vintage Edwin Diaz, electric Jose Siri
The Mets provided plenty to overreact to in Houston.
Sun, Apr 27
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Mets blow 7-1 lead as Nationals score five in seventh, walk off in ninth
Juan Soto lost a ball in the sun to begin the seventh and the inning snowballed from there.
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Mets' Clay Holmes grounds Nationals, Francisco Alvarez homers in shutout victory
Clay Holmes allowed four singles and did not walk a batter in five innings.
Sat, Apr 26
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Mets have figured out formula for pitching success
Entering Saturday, the Mets' 2.45 ERA was tops in the majors and their 246 strikeouts ranked third.
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Mets rally for four in eighth but Nationals earn walk-off win in ninth
The Mets had their seven-game winning streak snapped as Ryne Stanek was brought on to close in place of Edwin Diaz.
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Triple play or not, it's in the book against the Mets
The mistake is not fixable under MLB's replay rules because catch/not catch is not reviewable if the play happens in the infield.
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Mets' Francisco Alvarez, Jeff McNeil return to starting lineup
Alvarez started at catcher in the seventh spot in the order.
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Mets on wrong end of triple play as umpire blows call
The controversial play happened in the fourth inning with the Mets trailing 2-0.
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Thu, Apr 24
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How do Mets work Francisco Alvarez and Jeff McNeil into mix?
They are slated to return from injuries on Friday, creating a playing time dilemma with the fill-ins.
