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7,686: Maine leaves after first batter, Mets win 10-7

Thursday, May 20th, 2010
Another rarity, but no no-no

In this week of rare Mets occurrences, could a Mets no-hitter be far behind?

In only the 13th time in New York Mets history, a New York Mets starter left the game with a no-hitter intact. This one wasn’t very dramatic though – John Maine was pulled for “precautionary reasons” after issuing a five-pitch walk to lead-off batter Nyjer Morgan in a game ending with the Mets winning 10-7.

And this in a week that featured a game with both an inside-the-park home run and a Mets triple play.

We chronicle most Mets rare occurrences (and premature starter pulls are no exception) on this website, so check out our Pulled during a no-hitter page, in case you’d like to see the other 12 – most are kind of interesting.

Anyway, Raul Valdes got the ball after Maine left, and he lost the no-hitter in the second inning on an Adam Dunn double, advancing our NoNoHitters.com count to 7,686 New York Mets games with no no-no.

Valdes, in his five-inning pseudo start, gave up three runs on seven hits and a walk, while striking out six.

David Wright was the offensive star with four RBIs, including a first-inning three-run double. Rod Barajas and Jeff Francoeur each went 2-for-5 with 2 RBIs, and Jason Bay and Ike Davis both had 3-for-5 nights.

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7,681: Mets drop 4th straight with 7-5 loss to Marlins

Saturday, May 15th, 2010
4 losses in a row. Not good.

The Mets dropped their fourth straight game Saturday with a 7-5 loss to the Florida Marlins.

Mets starter John Maine began the game by issuing three straight walks, then walked in the game’s first run after getting Jorge Cantu on a line-out to short. Out Number 2 came on a strike out, but a Cameron Maybin two-RBI single gave the Marlins a 3-0 and advanced our NoNoHitters.com count up to 7,681 New York Mets game without a no-hitter.

The Mets tied it up in the third on a Jason Bay two-RBI single and a David Wright sacrifice fly, but the Marlins got the three back in the fifth and another in the sixth.

Luis Castillo tripled home a run in the seventh and singled in run in ninth, but it was not enough.

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7,676: Comeback falls short, Mets lose 3-2

Monday, May 10th, 2010
Not enough

New York Mets’ hitters went 1-for-12 with runners in scoring position Monday, as the Washington Nationals topped the Mets 3-2 at Citi Field.

Mets starter John Maine lost his no-hitter on the opening batter, giving up a single to Nyjer Morgan for the 7,676th New York Mets game without a no-no.

It’s the 1,755th time a Mets pitcher has yielded a lead-off hit, and Morgan’s single moves Maine back into a second-place tie with Oliver Perez among active Mets pitchers for the most No-hitters killed by first at bat, each with 17. Pelfrey leads the club with 23.

Maine did a pretty good job working himself out of jams, save the third inning when he gave up back-to-back homers to Adam Kennedy and Ryan Zimmerman. He gave up just those two runs over six innings on seven hits and four walks.

The Mets got their first run in the seventh when Luis Castillo singled home Rod Barajas, but the Nationals strung together three hits against Pedro Feliciano in the bottom half of the inning to get that run back.

Angel Pagan hit a deep solo shot to center to cut the lead to 3-2 in the ninth.

Alex Cora, who subbed in for Jose Reyes after he was ejected for arguing a call third strike, reached base on a two-out single, but Jason Bay struck out swinging to end the game.

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7,671: Barajas blasts Mets to 5-4 victory over Reds

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010
There’s a win

Rod Barajas blasted a ninth-inning homer to left Tuesday night to break a tie and lead the New York Mets to a 5-4 win over the Cincinnati Reds.

Mets starter John Maine lost his no-hitter in the first inning when Brandon Phillips went yard, making it 7,671 New York Mets games without a no-hitter. Maine gave up just one earned run over six innings of work, yielding four hits and two walks while striking out six.

Barajas’ blast was his seventh of the season, making him the Mets’ home run leader on the season.

David Wright also homered for the Mets (his sixth of the season), and the other RBIs came on singles by Jose Reyes and Jeff Francoeur and a sacrifice fly by Jason Bay.

Maine was in position to get the win, but Fernando Nieve gave up two eighth-inning homers to Joey Votto and Scott Rolen, which tied the game at four. That made Pedro Feliciano, who got the last out in the eighth, the pitcher of record for his first victory of the season.

Fernando Rodriguez pitched a perfect night for the save (his fourth), helped by two nice plays by Reyes.

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7,666: Streak continues as Mets win 7-3 to sweep LA

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010
Lucky 7

John Maine struck out nine and Angel Pagan and Jeff Francoeur each drove in a pair of runs as the Mets won a seventh straight game Wednesday by completing a series sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers with a 7-3 victory at Citi Field.

Maine lost his no-hitter in the second inning on a Casey Blake single, advancing our NoNoHitters.com count to 7,666 New York Mets games without a no-no. Maine gave up three runs (two of them earned) over six innings on four hits and three walks. The one big blow was a Russell Martin two-run homer in the fifth.

David Wright (2-for-4) led off the second inning with his 226th career double, surpassing Ed Kranepool to become the all-time Mets leader in that category.

And rookie Ike Davis continued his meteoric rise with a 2-for-4 day that included an RBI single in the seventh.

Fernando Nieve (1 1/3 innings) and Pedro Feliciano (2/3 inning) kept the Dodgers from adding to the “H” and “R” columns through the eighth,and Francisco Rodriguez struck out the side in the ninth despite allowing a couple of runners to reach scoring position.

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7,661: Davis’ homer, triples from Reyes and Bay lift Mets

Friday, April 23rd, 2010
4 out of 5!

Ike Davis hit his first Major League homer and Jose Reyes and Jason Bay hit back-to-back triples Friday night to lead the New York Mets to a 5-2 win over the Atlanta Braves at Citi Field.

Davis’ fifth-inning blast traveled 450 feet through right-center field onto Shea Bridge, the same general direction where Reyes’ and Bay’s triples helped give the Mets a 3-2 lead in the sixth.

The Mets added a couple of runs in the seventh, and one of them was quite bizarre.

Reyes hit a short pop fly with one out and runners on first and second, and the infield fly rule handed resulted in the automatic out. But Chipper Jones dropped the ball and it rolled to catcher Brian McCann, who ran toward first base to tag out Reyes even though it was unnecessary.

That left home plate unoccupied, and third base coach Chip Hale alertly sent Angel Pagan sliding home for the Mets’ fourth run. Wright hit a run-scoring single for the Mets fifth run and his second RBI of the night.

Mets’ starter John Maine threw just 3 2/3 innings, leaving the game with elbow pain. He gave up an earned run on four hits and two walks while striking out three. He lost his no-hitter in the second inning on a Eric Hinske bunt single, advancing our NoNoHitters.com count to 7,661 New York Mets games without a no-no.

Hisanori Takahashi got the win with three solid innings of relief.

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7,656: Mets lose 5-3 on Cards’ homers

Sunday, April 18th, 2010
Another lost series

Ryan Ludwick tagged Ryota Igarashi for an eight-inning two-run homer Sunday night to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-3 win over the New York Mets at Busch Stadium.

That and Colby Rasmus’ three-run homer in the fifth marked all the Cardinals five runs, and New York also got its runs on a single swing of the bat.

Angel Pagan in the second hit a bases-loaded single to score Frank Catalanotto and Jeff Francoeur, and Gary Matthews Jr. also scored after pitcher Adam Wainwright fielded a wide throw home and sent it soaring past first base.

Mets starter John Maine lost his no-hitter in the first inning on Ludwick’s double, driving our NoNoHitters.com count up to 7,656 games.

The Mets needed him to put in some innings after Saturday’s 20-inning marathon, but he gave just five, yielding three runs on six hits and four walks.

Wainwright, on the other hand, threw a complete game.

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7,651: Maine pounded in Colorado

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
A pounding in Denver

The Colorado Rockies jumped on John Maine for two first-inning runs, then added six in the third Tuesday en route to an 11-3 win over the Mets at Coors Field.

Maine lost his no-hitter on a first-inning Todd Helton single, advancing the NoNoHitters.com count to 7,651 New York Mets games without a no-hitter. He lasted just three innings, giving up eight earned runs on seven hits and three walks.

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7,646: Mets stage 5-run comeback but lose in 10th,

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010
So close

Ronny Paulino hit a 10th inning single Wednesday to break a 6-6 deadlock and lead the Florida Marlins to a 7-6 win over the New York Mets.

The Mets had fought back from a 6-1 deficit, scoring 2 in the seventh and 3 in the eighth, despite getting just six hits in the game. The Marlins had 17 hits.

Starter John Maine lost his no-hitter in the first inning on a Cameron Maybin double, advancing our NoNoHitters.com count to 7,646 New York Mets games without a no-hitter.

Maine gave up four runs on eight hits in five innings of work, walking one and striking out three.

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7,642: Maine pitches Mets past ‘stros

Friday, October 2nd, 2009
A rare W

John Maine threw seven innings of five-hit ball Friday as the New York Mets topped the Houston Astros 7-1 at Citi Field.

Maine lost his no-no right away when leadoff batter Michael Bourne doubled to left center, advancing our NoNoHitters.com count to 7,642 Mets games without a no-hitter. That moves Maine in sole position of second place of active Mets with 16 no-nos lost on the opening batter, trailing only Mike Pelfrey’s 21. (Visit No-hitters killed by first at bat for all your opening hit nonsense.)

Jeff Francoeur led the Mets offense with a 3-for-4 night with a two-run homer, and Daniel Murphy hit a two-run homer in the eighth.

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