![]() Multiple Phillies coaches attempted to restrain the enraged Harper, who continued to shout at Bird, as other Phillies got into the faces of Rockies near the mouth of the home dugout. Rockies catcher Elias Diaz acted as Bird’s body-guard initially, getting between Harper and the pitcher when Harper charged. Rockies’ Charlie Blackman, out for at least two more weeks, itching to return ![]() Teh sux0rest play: Randal Grichuk’s leadoff single off Adam Ottavino in the ninth, -11.Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu Teh aw3s0mest play: Brandon Nimmo’s solo homer in the fourth, +14.2% WPA SB Nation GameThreadsīig Mets loser: Starling Marte, -8.5% WPA Tomorrow they will try to get a winning streak going with Tylor Megill taking the mound against Austin Gomber. It is the first 1-0 game the Mets have won all season. With this nail-biter, the Mets snapped three-game losing streak and in turn snapped the Rockies’ four-game winning streak. But, Ottavino bounced back to strike out the pinch hitter Mike Moustakas and Charlie Blackmon hit one on the nose, but Starling Marte came streaking in from right field to catch the sinking liner to end the game and secure the narrow victory. In the ninth, Randal Grichuk hit a leadoff single off Ottavino, stole second, and advanced to third on a perfect sacrifice bunt by Harold Castro. Robertson issued two walks in the eighth to put the go-ahead run on base and Ryan McMahon scorched a ball 108 mph off the bat that struck the pinch runner Brenton Doyle for the final out of the inning-Lady Luck smiling on the Mets to help them out of the inning. But, things got tense for David Robertson and Adam Ottavino in the eighth and ninth innings. Meanwhile, Drew Smith relieved Senga and worked around a one-out single to pitch a convincing, scoreless seventh. The Mets’ bats were quiet against the Rockies’ bullpen as well Nimmo and Brett Baty hit one-out doubles in the sixth and seventh innings respectively, but the Mets were unable to drive them in. ![]() Other than that, Anthony Senzatela matched Senga in his return from ACL surgery, giving up just three hits in five innings of work and striking out three. Nimmo got things done on both sides of the ball tonight, hitting a solo home run in the bottom of the fourth that represented the only run of the game for either side. Luckily, it did not come back to bite him either time and he was assisted by some good defense behind him, particularly by Brandon Nimmo, who made a nice diving catch in the top of the fifth to rob Ezequiel Tovar of a hit. In two different innings-the first and the third-he issued two consecutive walks with two outs. The only issue for Senga, who was pumping high octane fastballs all night to compliment his ghost fork, was walks. Senga pitched six scoreless innings in tonight’s victory, yielding just two hits and striking out four batters along the way. Pitching on eight days rest, Kodai Senga did just that, getting the win in the Mets’ 1-0 victory over the Rockies in the opening game of this three-game weekend series at Citi Field. To quote one of Gary Cohen’s most famous calls that was a topic of discussion in tonight’s broadcast: “The impossible has happened!” This time, instead of Bartolo Colón going deep, “the impossible” refers to a Mets pitcher throwing a quality start.
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