Where's the pizza?
Mets 10, Giants 3
In his day job, Christian Koss is a backup second baseman. At night he moonlights as the Giants best pitcher.
Koss plowed through the middle of the Mets lineup with the game out of reach, needing only nine lobs to get the job done. He has more innings pitched this season (1) than at-bats (0).
Susan Slusser writes that he’s the team’s first position player to throw at least five scoreless innings since High Pockets Kelly in 1917.
It’s hard to decide between that nugget and the pizza-eating seagulls as the highlight of the last 48 hours.
Otherwise there’s the Gold Glove third baseman, last seen telling his teammate to “catch the f—ing ball,” making a two-run error. There’s the 1-4 hitters going 2-for-30 across the last two nights. And there’s the power-hitting backup first baseman/outfielder batting ... ninth?
Yeah, I’ll take the pizza seagulls.
Up next: We’ve got a dandy on tap Sunday afternoon. It’ll be Logan Webb against Kodai Senga as the Giants try to split the series. I’ll see you at the yard.
High Pocket Kelly is the story.