Game 31 of 162
Tigers 8- Mets 1 (Comerica Park, Detroit)
Mets record: 16-15
Mets streak: Lost 2
WP - Michael Lorenzen (1-1)
LP - Max Scherzer (2-2)
Seat on the Korner: Michael Lorenzen
We select the star of the game and virtually invite him to a Seat on the Korner, just as Ralph Kiner used to do for his studio postgame show on WOR-channel 9 broadcasts in the early decades of the Mets.
Michael Lorenzen faced the Mets for the 13th time in his career, this was his third start against the Mets. He improved his record to 2-1 record with one save, a 2.43 ERA (33.1IP/9ER) and 20 strikeouts. He pitched past the 5th inning for the first time this season keeping the Mets at bay over 7 innings,with the exception of Daniel Vogelbach's RBI double driving home Pete Alonso in the 4th.
Need to Know
The Mets played their second straight doubleheader after splitting a twinbill with Atlanta on Monday...In the last 25 years, the Mets have played two straight doubleheaders with no other games in between only once...The last time was on April 14, 2011 (vs. Colorado) and April 16 (at Atlanta).
With the Tigers sweep of the doubleheader,the Mets streak of getting at a least a split in all 25 of their twinbills over the last two years came to an end...Elias notes the team’s streak of 25 consecutive doubleheaders without being swept was the longest in Mets history... According to sportradar, the streak was the second-longest in the expansion era (since 1961)...Only the Yankees (30 in a row from 1996-2006) have had a longer streak.The last time the Mets were swept in a doubleheader was September 26, 2020 at Washington with Max Scherzer getting the win for the Nats.
Max Scherzer made his return from a 10- game suspension...Scherzer pitched for the Tigers from 2010-2014, going 82-35 with a 3.52 ERA and 1,081 strikeouts in 161 starts...He won the first of his three career Cy Young Awards with Detroit (2013) and was twice named to the AL All-Star team (2013, 2014)...Scherzer has made his third career start against his former club...In those starts against Detroit since leaving the Tigers, he has thrown 20.1 innings, allowed nine runs, struck out 37 and walked one...On May 11, 2016, he started against Detroit for the first time since he left the team and struck out 20 batters in a complete game victory for Washington...The last time he faced the Tigers was June 30, 2019, in his first start as a visitor at Comerica Park...He threw 8.0 innings of one-run ball and struck out 14 without walking a batter.
The new schedule format has New York playing a total of 43 Interleague games in 2023, more than double their previous high for a single season (20)...After getting swept in today's doubleheader the Mets are now 3-2 against the American League this year...Overall, New York owns a 238-227 record in Interleague play..
The Tigers had 3 extra base hits off of Max Scherzer including Eric Haase 2nd home run of the day and Matt Vierling's 2nd of the season.
Turning Point
The turning point for this game most likely occurred 2 weeks ago when Max Scherzer was ejected in the fourth inning of the Dodger game. Max subsequently was suspended for 10 games and returned to the rotation without a rehab start and it showed, Max could not make it out of the 4th inning, His ERA ballooned from 3.72 to 5.56 the highest of his Mets career.
3 Keys
Max Effort
Max Scherzer's return to Detroit could not have gone worse, as the Tigers had 8 hits, 1 walk and 6 runs against Max who was pulled with one out in the fourth inning.
Finding Nimmo
Brandon Nimmo who has been so consistent all season as a table setter continues to struggle as he went hitless in his first 8 at bats of the double header, until his 8th inning double.
Muckenhirn makes his Major League Debut.
Zach Muckenhire made his Major League debut going one and two thirds of an inning and was the only Met Pitcher not to give up a run in the night cap.
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