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The Mets hosted the Miami Marlins in split-squad action on Sunday afternoon, coming away with a walk-off 7-6 victory.
Here are a few key takeaways...
Manager Carlos Mendoza said before the game that he expected Jose Quintana to go about five innings or 75 pitches on Sunday afternoon, but the lefty had a rocky outing.
The second inning was a struggle for Quintana. The Marlins had four hits in the inning, including a pop-up that Francisco Lindor lost in the sun, and pushed across two runs. Quintana had to throw 21 pitches in the inning, giving him an early high count of 34 through two frames.
Quintana allowed a solo homer to Dane Myers in the third and another hard-hit RBI double a few batters later, and his day ended a bit earlier than expected when he was pulled after 4.1 innings. Quintana allowed six runs (four earned) on eight hits while striking out three and walking one.
The Mets are obviously hopeful that Mark VIentos can be a force against lefties this season, and he was exactly that in the bottom of the second, crushing a sun-aided double to deep center field off of lefty Luis Palacios. Starling Marte was out by a considerable amount trying to score, but Vientos moved up to third on the throw and scored on a Ji Man Choi single to right.
And he wasn't done there.
In the bottom of the sixth, Vientos hit an absolute bomb of a three-run homer off another lefty, Devin Smeltzer. The no-doubter got the Mets back in the game, but it was also a tantalizing look at his raw power. A bounce-back game for Vientos after he struck out four times on Saturday.
Not to be outdone, Harrison Bader had himself a day at the plate. After doubling earlier in the afternoon, Bader hit a line-drive rocket for a solo home run in the bottom of the seventh, tying the game at 6-6.
Edwin Diaz entered the game to pitch the top of the seventh inning, and while it wasn't necessarily the strike-out-the-side performance he had in his spring debut, he was still just as effective.
Diaz retired the side in order, needing just 10 pitches to record a flyout and two groundouts.
With the game tied in the bottom of the ninth, Jose Iglesias had no intentions of the game ending in a tie. The veteran infielder crushed an opposite-field homer, giving the Mets a 7-6 win.
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Upcoming Schedule
The Mets are off on Monday and will host the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night at 6:10 p.m. on SNY.
The Mets have not announced their pitching plans.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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