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The Mets came into their first big series of the season, hosting the rival Philadelphia Phillies for three games. They Mets had just come off a four-game sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals. They were 14-7 two game up on the Phillies. Monday April 21: In the series opener the Mets Tylor Megill went up against a struggling Aaron Nola who was still looking for his first victory. In the bottom of the 1st, Francisco Lindor led off with his third lead off HR of the season, the second in as many games.  Trivia: On April 8th, Lindor led off the bottom of the 1st with a HR off the Marlins Connor Gillispie. On April 20th, he led off the home 1st with a HR off the Cardinals Sonny Gray. In the bottom of the 2nd, Jesse Winker led off with his first HR of the season, giving the Mets a 2-0 lead.  In the top of the 3rd, Tylor Megill got into a two-out jam, loading the bases with a base hit & issuing a pair of walks. Megill then struck out Kyle Schwarber to get out of the inning. In the top...

 Wednesday April 25th, 1984:  On this date, Mets rookie Dwight Gooden was making his fourth career start. The 19-year-old Gooden was 1-1 with 16 strike outs in 13.1 innings of work having been used sparingly over his first three games. In this matinee, Gooden would have the first of what was to be many highlights over the next few seasons in a magical time in Mets history.  The young Dr. K as he would become known would provide the Mets fans with many record-breaking events & magical moments during this era. The Mets were in Montreal taking on Jim Fanning's Expos. The 1984 Expos featured three future Hall of Famers in Gary Carter, Andre Dawson & Pete Rose. After a 1st inning retiring the side in order with no strike outs, Gooden got Tim Wallach to go do swinging to end the 2nd inning. In the bottom of the 3rd, he set the side down in order for the third straight inning, striking out pitcher David Palmer to end the inning. In the bottom of the 4th, Gooden issued hi...

  Tyler Wesley Naquin was born April 24th, 1991, in Spring, Texas in the greater Houston area. He grew up an Astros fan. The six-foot two left-handed hitting outfielder was originally drafted out of high school by the Baltimore Orioles but did not sign.  College Career: He chose to attend Texas A & M. There he lettered in baseball for three years, was a two time All State.  In his sophomore year he led the Big 12 with a .381 batting average leading the Aggies to the College World Series.  In his junior year he batted .380 & was rated the best pure hitter by Baseball America. That year he was selected as a first-round pick of the Cleveland Indians, the 15th pick overall.  After an All-Star season at AA Akron in 2013, he broke his hand missing most of the 2014 season. In 2015 he was promoted to AAA Columbus & although he missed another 50 games, he still had batted .300 with 7 HRs 27 RBIs in 84 games. MLB Career: In 2016 he made the Cleveland India...

Sunday April 12th, 2015:  On this night Terry Collins New York Mets beat the Atlanta Braves 4-3 at Turner Field. The win put them at .500 (3-3) on the new season. It was a good night, and no one knew it at the time, but the start of some good things that would take the Mets all the way to the World Series. Bart- Big Sexy: The legend of Folk Hero Bartolo Colon also known as "Big Sexy" began to grow. Bartolo Colon won his second game of the season to get to 2-0 with a 2.77 ERA, on his way to another 14-game winning season.  Also, at bat Bartolo collected a 4th inning RBI base hit off Alex Wood scoring Wilmer Flores, breaking a 2-2 tie. It was Colon's first RBI in ten years, his last coming in 2005 with the Angels. On this night, Jeurys Familia notched his first save of the season. It was the start Familia becoming one of the league's top closers in 2015, as he would save 43 games tying a then Mets record. This victory was the start of the Mets 11 game win st...