Baseball Chris Heston’s No-Hitter From The Mets’ Perspective The Mets lineup had just one batter hitting above .272. by Staff Post June 10, 2015 San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Chris Heston, center, celebrates with teammates after he threw a no-hitter against the New York Mets Tuesday, June 9, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) The Mets had not been no-hit at home in 36 years before Chris Heston of the Giants did it with a 5-0 victory on Tuesday night. But if ever a team were ripe to be no-hit victims, against an unheralded and inconsistent rookie pitcher without blinding stuff, it was these Mets. They have not hit or scored with any consistency in weeks. They were playing their first home game after returning from a West Coast trip. And they sent a lineup into battle with just one batter hitting above .272 (unless you count pitcher Noah Syndergaard, who might be a better hitter than half the guys in this lineup), including Eric Campbell (.194) batting seventh and Anthony Recker (.149) batting eighth. Even before Tuesday night, the Mets had been striking out with alarming frequency for the last couple of weeks. What was even more notable was that, with a no-hitter on the line in the ninth inning, all three Met batters after Recker was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning, all three of them went down meekly surrendering on called third strikes. Pinch-hitter Danny Muno looked at a third strike, Curtis (“I am not a home run hitter”) Granderson watched strike three right down the middle, and then Ruben Tejada did the same. Where did this approach come from? The Mets have gone back to their passive method of letting strike three go by without offering at it–in much the same way the front office is not offering at any trade attempts that might bolster an offense that is, without David Wright, Daniel Murphy and (until now) Travis d’Arnaud, frankly pathetic. The Mets took over first place after beating Arizona on the road Sunday. Then, on Tuesday night, they should have come home to an enthusiastic reception with a chance to build on their first-place lead with the defending World Champs in town. Instead, the Mets looked like a last-place team in August playing out the string against a heretofore mediocre pitcher, and the only noise in the ballpark came from the throngs of Giants fans who now regularly take over Citi Field whenever San Francisco is in town. Oh, and by the way, the Washington Nationals were right across town in the Bronx, getting beaten again, and keeping the Mets in first place another day, no matter how little they seem to look the part. Post Views: 1,277 The following two tabs change content below.BioLatest Posts Staff Post Latest posts by Staff Post (see all) In The Zone Announces Initial Podcast Lineup - November 13, 2020 The Essential Resources You Need to Start Your Own Gym in 2020 - February 6, 2020 Wilder vs Fury II – How the second fight will be different to the first? - February 5, 2020 Early turnovers, defensive struggles plague the Scarlet Knights - January 26, 2020 Related TopicsBaseballChris HestonMetsMLBno hitterSan Francisco Giants Click to comment You must be logged in to post a comment Login Leave a Reply Cancel replyYou must be logged in to post a comment. Newsletter Subscription Can't Miss Posts! Women in Sports: NHL Network Host, Jackie Redmond by Nicholas Durst | posted on March 4, 2019 Lochte, Dressel and Ledecky all Chasing Gold at 2021 Tokyo Olympics by Anthony Paradiso | posted on April 18, 2021 You Know I’m Right, Episode 109: The Athletic’s Marc Carig (Audio/Video) by Nicholas Durst | posted on April 19, 2021 Michael Jordan Could Change the Future of Nascar for the Better by Inesh Chari | posted on March 30, 2021 You Know I’m Right, Episode 106: Newsday’s Neil Best (Audio/Video) by Nicholas Durst | posted on April 12, 2021 More in Baseball You Know I’m Right, Episode 112: New York Jets’ Insider Brian Costello (Audio/Video) On the 112th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... You Know I’m Right, Episode 109: The Athletic’s Marc Carig (Audio/Video) On the 109th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... You Know I’m Right, Episode 108: WFAN’s Sweeny Murti (Audio/Video) On the 108th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... You Know I’m Right, Episode 107: New York Post’s Columnist Mike Vaccaro (Audio/Video) On the 107th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... Giants Chris Heston No-Hits Mets at Citi Field San Francisco Giants’ Buster Posey Named Official Ambassador of Topps