MLB and the Washington Nationals sure made a mess of a lot of family’s Mother’s Day plans this afternoon. The Mets and Nationals were in a four hour rain delay yesterday, with the tarp being off of the field for at least two hours of the delay. After four hours of waiting, the field was determined to be unplayable and the game had to be suspended.
The situation was already handled poorly to this point, but the Nationals decided to make it worse by moving the Mother’s Day game today back three hours, to hold the suspended game first. On top of that, fans who waited through the suspended game, as of 8:30 this morning, are not getting a voucher for another game, rather they need to go to the 12:35 PM game today. Just a mess.
Of course, all of this was predicted. The rain showed up around when it was supposed to and cleared out yesterday around when it was supposed to. If the start of the game was just delayed until 7 PM none of this would have happened. Now the Mets and Nationals find themselves in a situation where they burned two starters yesterday and need to find starting solutions today. Further for the Nationals, whomever they put out first is going to enter a game with runners on 3rd and 2nd with one out in the inning.
The Mets are down 1-0, they have two runners on and only one out in the top of the third. Brandon Nimmo is at the plate. He has a chance to tie the game or give the Mets the lead. Lets play ball (again!)
Three Things To Watch For:
- Brett Baty Bounce Back: Brett Baty immediately made his bat known in the Mets lineup. He’s cooled off a bit over the last four games going 0-for-11 at the plate with two walks and two runs scored. He’s only struck out once though in this stretch, it’s not like he’s lost out there. The last time he faced Trevor Williams he went 3-for-3 with a homer.
- Michael Pérez gets a start. Pérez got a start yesterday and already made the most of hit, getting a hit in his first trip to the plate. He’s currently standing on second! With Nido down, and Sanchez making a lot of noise in the minors Pérez needed that hit.
- Brandon Nimmo broke his strikeout streak! Going into last night’s game, Brandon Nimmo had at least one strikeout in each of his last 12 games making for 16 strikeouts total. He went 2-for-4 at the plate last night with a walk and has now gone 6-for-12 in his last three games. He has a ridiculous .571 OBP in that stretch.
Let’s Go Mets!
