Tuesday, July 20, 2021

#204---NYN @ WAS, 3/28/2019




The last two NL Cy Young winners squared off on opening day in 2019. The Mets big offseason splash was a trade with Seattle that netted Robinson Cano and Edwin Diaz. Cano stepped up with two outs in the first and homered off Scherzer. Scherzer struck out 12 through 7 2/3, leaving with a runner at first. After Pete Alonso (making his ML debut) got his first hit, Matt Grace was summoned to face Cano. He drove in the Mets second run with a bloop single to left.

deGrom struck out ten through six, and Seth Lugo and Jeurys Familia both shut out the Nats for single innings. That left it up to Diaz, who retired the Nats 1-2-3.

So to recap: the Mets won, with their two big offseason acquisitions driving in both of the runs and recording a 1-2-3 save. There was no need to watch the rest of the season. Everything would go just as smoothly for Cano, Diaz, and the Mets, and every game would be just as frustrating for the Nationals.

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