Good morning, Mets fans! Best two words in sports: Game 7.
Addison Barger homered and drove in three runs and rookie Trey Yesavage induced three inning-ending double plays in Toronto’s 6-2 victory over the Mariners in Game 6 of the ALCS. The home team has won 11 of 13 games this postseason when facing elimination.
Game 7 is Monday at 8:08 p.m. ET on FOX and FS1.
The Mariners will be trying to advance to the World Series for the first time in the franchise’s 48-year history. Seattle is the only team in MLB that has never been to the Fall Classic. The Blue Jays, who joined the American League as an expansion team the same year as Seattle, were last in the World Series when they won it in 1993.
The Dodgers await the winner. Game 1 of the World Series will be Friday.
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Outfield prospects Nick Morabito and D’Andre Smith both had big nights for the Scottsdale Scorpions in Arizona Fall League action. (Box score)
Morabito was 2-for-4 with a walk, two stolen bases and two runs scored. Smith was 2-for-4 with two doubles, an RBI and two runs scored. Smith also threw out a runner at second from left field. The Scorpions scored 12 runs in the second inning and held a 15-4 lead over the Surprise Saguaros in the eighth inning when the game was called after a fire alarm went off in the stadium.
RHP Austin Troesser, who pitched to a 4.80 ERA in 15 innings with High-A Brooklyn this year, was on the mound when the alarm sounded. He had recorded one out and given up a hit and a walk.
Morabito is 9-for-23 with a 1.039 OPS and six steals in seven tries in six AFL games. Smith is 4-for-22 with a .581 OPS and five steals in six games.
The Scorpions (7-3) are off Monday. They resume play Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. ET against the Peoria Javelinas (5-5).
Owner Steve Cohen and his wife Alex donated $1.3 million to New York City public school teachers after a New York Post article revealed that nearly 3,000 teachers use an online fundraising platform to secure money for classroom supplies.
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Jesús Montero, a catcher and first baseman who played five seasons with the Yankees and Mariners from 2011-2015, has died at the age of 35 two weeks after he was hospitalized following a motorcycle accident in his native Venezuela. Major League Baseball issued a statement mourning his passing.
Latest on MMO
There will be many free agent profiles on MMO in the coming weeks. James Villani writes up one on reliever Shawn Armstrong.
James Villani has the final grade on Griffin Canning.
James Villani has more details on Morabito’s hot start in the AFL. Chris Suero is also playing well.
On This Date in Mets History
1973: Catfish Hunter outduels Tom Seaver in a 3-1 Oakland win in Game 6 of the World Series. Félix Millán drives in the Mets’ run.
2015: Daniel Murphy homers, David Wright and Yoenis Céspedes each get three hits and Jacob deGrom throws seven innings of two-run ball in a 5-2 win over the Cubs that gives the Mets a 3-0 lead in the NLCS.
2024: Mark Vientos hits his fifth postseason home run, but the Mets’ season ends with a 10-5 loss to the Dodgers in Game 6 of the NLCS.
Born on This Date: Jonathan Hurst (1966), Rick Ownbey (1957), Keith Hernandez (1953), Bobby Floyd (1943), Wid Matthews (1896)
Bonus related birthday fact: The Mets traded Ownbey (and Neil Allen) to the Cardinals for Hernandez in 1983.
