METS FANS SHARE THEIR MEMORIES OF THE SEPTEMBER 3, 2019 GAME:
Scoey
September 8, 2019
This was the night the Mets gave up seven runs in the ninth inning and lost in Washington. When Pete Alonso homered in the top half to extend the lead to 10-4, Gary Cohen stated on the air that it was "icing on the cake." That cake was devoured by the Nationals immediately, with Kurt Suzuki slugging a three-run homer to eat up the icing and top off a miracle comeback. It was not one of the more memorable games for Mets fans, that's for sure!
Mike O
December 20, 2019
Looking back on this one a couple months later, this game SUCKED. It sucked when it happened, it sucked at the end of the season, and it's still a salty wound right now. This might've been the first time Washington has beaten the Mets in a crazy comeback fashion and not vice versa, the Mets are the ones who are supposed to do this to the Nats, but it did not happen that night. It was easily the most embarrassing loss of the season, it probably took the Mets out of the playoff race and it gave a huge boost of confidence to the Nationals. A 6-run lead in the 9th inning? Really?
The Washington Nationals are the 2019 World Champions, and that's a fact I hate but have to live with. This team somehow beat both the Dodgers and Astros in the playoffs and they didn't even win their division. Where do you think they got their comeback swagger from? I remember thinking that the two teams were exactly alike, maybe if the Mets had won this game they would be the ones with a World Series title and not the dumb Nationals. I thought the Nats were the famous chokers, but no, I guess.
It really shows you how bad the bullpen was. They had a ridiculous amount of blown games over the course of the year but this one was the most crushing defeat. You can't put up 6 in the top 9th and give up 7. That's worse than the 23-5 and 25-4 deficits from previous years, both against- you guessed it- the Washington Nationals.
Did I mention Edwin Diaz sucks and needs to leave Flushing ASAP? Because he does.
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