{"id":935734,"date":"2019-08-17T22:09:13","date_gmt":"2019-08-18T03:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=935734"},"modified":"2019-08-17T22:09:13","modified_gmt":"2019-08-18T03:09:13","slug":"three-jakes-a-loogy-and-a-luis-sojo-mets-bounce-back-beat-royals-m1d1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/three-jakes-a-loogy-and-a-luis-sojo-mets-bounce-back-beat-royals-m1d1\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Jakes, A Loogy, And A Luis Sojo"},"content":{"rendered":"
The latest “biggest game of the year” saw Jacob Junis (I guess he wants to be called “Jake” now) match the stellar Jacob deGrom inning for inning through six. deGrom was lights out for the first six innings, and he wasn’t fooling around with the top of the order, and Jorge Soler in particular. Didn’t matter who the Royals sent up … deGrom was mowing them down as he gave up just one run in the fourth on an error by Pete Alonso. (Don’t worry, there’s a happy ending for him.) deGrom was mixing in a 90 mph changeup that was wasn’t perfect, but deadly at its worst.<\/p>\n
The Mets took control in the 7th. After Juan Lagares singled for his second hit of the night, Aaron Altherr got dinged in the head with a curve ball. Junis was pulled, then Amed Rosario walked against Jake Newberry (any more Jakes or Jacobs you want to throw at me?) to load the bases. The Royals then brought in side winding lefty Tim Hill to face Joe Panik, but Handsome Art How deployed J.D. Davis, who was taking a breather due to his tweaked calf. Davis struck out, but Hill still had to get by Pete Alonso. Alonso hit a long foul ball close to the right field foul pole which was reviewed, but review concluded that because Alonso hit the ball so damn far and because the 7 Line Army threw up their hands simply to be on television and not in celebration, the ball remained foul.<\/p>\n