I've done the Shea Stadium trip on the verge of chicken pox, so to make the trek to Flushing on Wednesday night given my current malady (let's just say day-to-day with an "undisclosed non-life threatening injury" and the possibility of a DL stint for now) was a little more difficult than usual, but the view from Loge 2 Row H Seat 2 wasn't so bad by game's end (despite the many fans walking the aisles who got in the way...my dad had Seat 1, a much better alternative). I'm going to be brief in summarizing walk-off #338 as the hour is late and my injury is bothersome enough that I'll be finishing the AB (ala Carlos Beltran) but may be in need of a little rest.
* The 8th walk-off win of the season capped the most eventful walk-off month in team history (Was it the Most Metmorable Regular-Season Month in Team History???). The Mets had 7 walk-off wins in May, winning on both the first and last day in walk-off fashion.
* To answer a query from the comments section, the most walk-offs in a season is 14, set in 1971, so we're on pace to catch that. The last season with double-digits in the regular season was 1997, which had 10
* The 8 walk-offs matches the total from all of last season. The Mets also had 8 in all of 2004. The last year they had more was in 1999 when they had 10, including postseason.
* The Mets entered the season with 2 walk-off wins against Arizona. They've matched that total from the work of the last 3 days.
* This was the 22nd 1-0 Mets walk-off win and the first since, well, last season (April 13, 2005 vs HOU).
* This was the 2nd walk-off win for the Mets that ended in the 13th inning. Click below to read about the other (April 23, 1992 vs Cardinals, a personal favorite of SNY announcer Gary Cohen)
http://metswalkoffs.blogspot.com/2005/07/boston-bean-party.html
* The longest 1-0 Mets walk-off win went 17 innings...September 29, 1993 vs STL, best known as Kenny Greer's only MLB win.
* 2-for-2 is a rare line for a batter who gets a walk-off hit. Endy Chavez is the 4th Met to go 2-for-2 and get a walk-off hit in the same game, joining Tommie Reynolds, Rey Ordonez, and Esix Snead, with Snead's (September 21, 2002 vs Expos) being most recent.
* Jason Grimsley, who has been around long enough to have pitched against the Mets in 1989, is 1-5 for his career against the Mets, but this is his first walk-off loss. He's the first Grimsley to lose a walk-off against the Mets (Ross Grimsley never did).
* The 6 walk-offs prior to this all took place in series openers. This was the first that didn't since the April 9 win earlier this year against the Marlins.
* The Mets have also had May 31 walk-off wins in 1970, 1988 and 1995.
Those truly Metsmerized know...This is the first time in team history that the Mets got a walk-off win on both the first and last day of a calendar month.
* The 8th walk-off win of the season capped the most eventful walk-off month in team history (Was it the Most Metmorable Regular-Season Month in Team History???). The Mets had 7 walk-off wins in May, winning on both the first and last day in walk-off fashion.
* To answer a query from the comments section, the most walk-offs in a season is 14, set in 1971, so we're on pace to catch that. The last season with double-digits in the regular season was 1997, which had 10
* The 8 walk-offs matches the total from all of last season. The Mets also had 8 in all of 2004. The last year they had more was in 1999 when they had 10, including postseason.
* The Mets entered the season with 2 walk-off wins against Arizona. They've matched that total from the work of the last 3 days.
* This was the 22nd 1-0 Mets walk-off win and the first since, well, last season (April 13, 2005 vs HOU).
* This was the 2nd walk-off win for the Mets that ended in the 13th inning. Click below to read about the other (April 23, 1992 vs Cardinals, a personal favorite of SNY announcer Gary Cohen)
http://metswalkoffs.blogspot.com/2005/07/boston-bean-party.html
* The longest 1-0 Mets walk-off win went 17 innings...September 29, 1993 vs STL, best known as Kenny Greer's only MLB win.
* 2-for-2 is a rare line for a batter who gets a walk-off hit. Endy Chavez is the 4th Met to go 2-for-2 and get a walk-off hit in the same game, joining Tommie Reynolds, Rey Ordonez, and Esix Snead, with Snead's (September 21, 2002 vs Expos) being most recent.
* Jason Grimsley, who has been around long enough to have pitched against the Mets in 1989, is 1-5 for his career against the Mets, but this is his first walk-off loss. He's the first Grimsley to lose a walk-off against the Mets (Ross Grimsley never did).
* The 6 walk-offs prior to this all took place in series openers. This was the first that didn't since the April 9 win earlier this year against the Marlins.
* The Mets have also had May 31 walk-off wins in 1970, 1988 and 1995.
Those truly Metsmerized know...This is the first time in team history that the Mets got a walk-off win on both the first and last day of a calendar month.
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