Before I even go any further please excuse the extremely corny post title. Anyway, last night was the Mets first game of four visiting the Miami Marlins. Zack Wheeler was on the mound and let me say, it was impressive. He pitched a complete game, three-hit SHUTOUT. The first of his career and also his first win since May 29th. He only faced 28 batters, one above the minimum. The final score was 1-0 Mets and the only run by the Metsies was thanks to David Wright's home run (his sixth so far this season) on a two out 2-2 pitch in the first inning despite having six hits throughout the ball game. It was hit to left center and reached the base of "whatever you call that goofy looking sculpture" as said by Howie Rose of 710 WOR.
The Marlins remained scoreless throughout nine innings and Zack Wheeler only allowed three hits and one walk. He struck out eight batters and threw 111 pitches. This was actually only his third win of the season despite pitching 10 games and all three wins have come away from home. Added to that, this was his first win against the Marlins. With all this news about Wheeler, I think that it may be noteworthy to mention that the Marlins pitcher Andrew Heany made his first Major League debut last night. Unfortunately, he came away with the loss and one earned run to the David Wright homer and currently his record stands at 0-1.
The Mets were also able to turn three double plays in one night. The first coming in the bottom of the second which was lined to Eric Campbell for an unassisted double play on first base to throw out the runner at the plate and he stepped on the bag before the runner made it back to first. The next came in the fifth with a 6-4-3 double play from Tejada to Murphy to Campbell. Finally, in the bottom of the sixth was a routine 4-6-3 double play ball.
Clearly, this game was all about the amazing pitching done by Zach Wheeler. We really haven't seen this in a while and as a true Mets fan, I say, IT'S ABOUT TIME. This is the kind of performance that the team needs in order to make their way to more wins. It is possible. These guys just have to continuously turn out great plays in these games and get the outs. Three more games are left in this series and let's hope that the Mets can give their fans something to cheer for.
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Aside from the Mets news, some other history in the world of baseball has been made this week. Wednesday night, Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers threw his first career no-hitter. I'm no Dodgers fan but believe me when I say that I certainly appreciate any achievements from players of opposing teams. And I'm not gonna lie, it was pretty exciting to see my first no-hitter. Yes, sadly, I missed Johan Santana's in 2012. What kinda Mets fan am I?! Kershaw ended the game striking out 15 batters with zero hits and no walks. He threw 107 pitches with 79 being strikes.
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