After a dismal 0-6 homestand, the New York Mets got back in the win column with a 7-6 victory over the Reds in Cincinnati Monday night.
P.J. Conlon made his major league debut in the series opener vs. the Reds, allowing two runs on four hits, but was removed four outs shy of qualifying for his first career win.
The southpaw singled in the fourth inning for his first big league hit and scored a run.
According to the player game finder on baseball-reference.com, the only other starting pitcher to both get a hit and score a run in their MLB debut for the Mets was another lefty, David West, who doubled and scored in his first game back on September 24th, 1988 at St. Louis.
Conlon is the third Mets starting pitcher to make his major league debut against the Reds in Cincinnati:
5/7/18 NYM 7 at Cin 6 P.J. Conlon (ND) 3.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 SO
8/17/82 NYM 2 at Cin 9 Rick Ownbey (L) 5 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 1 SO
7/11/71 NYM 3 at Cin 5 Jon Matlack (ND) 7 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO
The Rockies completed a three-game sweep of the Mets with a 3-2 win Sunday afternoon.
It was the Mets first 0-6 homestand since September 7th - 12th, 2012, when they were swept in consecutive three-game series against the Btaves and Nationals.
The last time the Mets had a winless homestand of at least six games within the first two months of a season was back in 1999, when they went 0-6 vs. the Diamondbacks and Reds from May 28th through June 2nd.
It was the first time the Mets were swept by Colorado in New York since a four-game sweep back on August 20th - 23rd, 2012.
The Mets were shut out by the Rockies, 2-0, Saturday night at Citi Field, making it the third time New York failed to score a run in four games.
The last time the Mets were shut out three times in a four-game span was back in July of 2010, when they lost 3-0 to Atlanta on the Saturday prior to that season's All-Star Game, and were scoreless in their first two games at San Francisco after returning from the break.
It was the fifth time in club history the Mets were shut out by the Rockies in a home game:
5/5/18 Col 2 at NYM 0 Bettis, Ottavino and Davis 6-hitter
8/23/12 Col 1 at NYM 0 Chatwood, Ottavino, Brothers, Harris and Belisle 7-hitter
8/23/01 Col 10 at NYM 0 Jennings 5-hitter
4/30/98 Col 4 at NYM 0 Kile 4-hitter
8/6/97 Col 4 at NYM 0 Thomson 4-hitter
The Mets designated Matt Harvey for assignment Friday.
Here were Harvey's numbers through the 2015 season compared to his numbers since the start of the 2016 season:
2012-15: 65 games 25-18, 2.53 ERA, 427 IP, 449 SO, 94 BB
2016-18: 44 games 9-19, 5.93 ERA, 212.1 IP, 163 SO, 81 BB
Harvey's 3.66 career earned run average for the Mets was the same as Rick Reed's, tied for 24th among pitchers who threw at least 500 innings with the club:
21st Nolan Ryan 3.58
22nd Pat Zachry 3.63
23rd Rick Reed 3.66
23rd Matt Harvey 3.66
24th Craig Swan 3.72
His 34 career wins rank 34th in club history:
32nd 37 Rick Aguilera
33rd 36 Jim McAndrew
34th 34 Matt Harvey
35th 33 Roger McDowell
36th 32 Pedro Martinez
Harvey struck out 612 batters, the 14th-most in Mets history:
12th 671 Craig Swan
13th 618 Tug McGraw
14th 613 Matt Harvey
15th 607 Johan Santana
16th 592 John Franco
The Mets lost the series opener against the Rockies, 8-7, Friday night. Colorado scored five times in the first inning and held on for the win.
The Mets allowed 131 first inning runs last season, the most in the majors, and have given up the fifth-most first inning runs in the majors so far in 2018 (totals through 5/7):
Most runs allowed in first inning:
Orioles 40
Padres 33
Reds 33
Rockies 31
Mets 30
Fewest runs allowed in first inning:
Pirates 11
Astros 11
Tigers 12
Diamondbacks 12
Yankees 12
Happy Recap: Adrian Gonzalez. The Mets first baseman is 9-for-22 with three home runs and seven RBIs over his last six games, raising his batting average from .200 to .256.
Nine Miles of Rough Road: Hansel Robles. Mets reliever has now allowed four home runs in 10 innings pitched this season.
