The weird thing about the Mets getting one-hit by the Dodgers on Friday night, as we recorded this podcast, was that it really didn’t feel like they were having a one-hitter thrown against them. After all, Brandon Nimmo had led off the game with a home run… except, it was a double… and then there just wasn’t another hit.
That the game was scoreless when we started talking is unusual for this year’s Mets, who continue to dig themselves into holes, both on a micro and macro level. Here’s a chart that doesn’t need numbers (each axis goes from .600 to .950, for the record): OPS allowed in the first inning, and by starting pitchers overall. Being all the way to the right means that you’re putting yourself behind the eight ball.
Or, you can just see the Mets on the opposite side of a graphic with Atlanta and know exactly how things are going, can’t you? At least the Mets giving up runs in this game gave us an excellent moment of the crowd going absolutely wild at the mention of a train along the Grand Central Parkway. Let’s go!
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