Ultimate Mets Database: Game of April 30, 1991

Michael
March 19, 2016
This game ended with the fog too much to continue. They waited until after midnight from what I remember but it just wasn't getting any better. I believe this is one of only two games in Mets history to be called due to fog. A nice, shortened Mets win.

Dave VW
August 31, 2022
Foggiest game I can remember there being at Shea. It was delayed for an hour and 36 minutes in the bottom of the sixth (why Gooden was taken out after just 75 pitches), then again in the bottom of the seventh when the game was finally called. You literally couldn't see second base from home plate.

The Mets were about the worst hitting team in baseball to begin the year, hitting just .223 in April, but showed signs of heating up with 12 hits over six innings here. Rick Cerone stayed hot by going 3-for-3 with a pair of doubles. He hit safely in each of his first 10 games of the season, which is tied for fourth longest in Mets history. David Wright holds the record at 14 set in 2007. I wasn't sure why the Mets signed Cerone in 1991 considering they already had Sasser and O'Brien with Hundley waiting in the wings, but he proved to be one of the team's most capable hitters during the year, and even threw out 45% of baserunners trying to steal!

For the Padres, their pitching was not very impressive. It was Lilliquist's first start of the year, and he'd only get one more before spending most of the rest of his career coming out of the bullpen. I also threw up a little in my mouth seeing Rich Rodriguez. He was only in his second big league season here and actually had some decent years relieving for San Diego, but he absolutely stunk by the time he got to the Mets in 2000. Mark me down as not a big fan.

Hot Foot
March 15, 2023
You know something is horribly wrong when Vince Coleman and Tommy Herr are at the top of the lineup for the Mets.

Maybe the baseball Gods were angry, which is why they ordered the fog to stop this game.

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