National League Standings, July 1, 1997
METS FANS SHARE THEIR MEMORIES OF THE JULY 1, 1997 GAME:
Dave VW
October 5, 2023
Though Bobby Jones had his best season of his career in 1997, earning his only trip to the All-Star Game, he was still prone to getting beat up quite often. After getting annihilated by the Braves his previous start, now Jones gets rocked by the Tigers, surrendering a career-high-tying 4 home runs while allowing 7 runs over 4 innings. It's his 3rd loss in his last 4 starts. This came on the heels of a 14-0 loss to Detroit, as the Tigers blasted 11 home runs over the first 2 games of the series. They said during the Tigers' broadcast that Bobby Higginson had homered in 4 straight at-bats with his 1st inning longball, but that wasn't exactly true, as he had also walked twice in between home runs the previous day. I know walks don't officially count as at-bats, but it wasn't truly 4 straight plate appearances.
It was a laugher up until the 8th inning when the Mets decided they'd finally show up. After looking like chumps over the last 16 innings, they then scored 4 in the 8th and 2 in the 9th, actually bringing the go-ahead run up twice with 2 outs. Carl Everett walked to load the bases, but Bernard Gilkey flew out to RF to end the game. The Mets stranded 10 runners on base, the Tigers just 1. The Tigers also scored all of their runs on homers, making old-time Tiger Stadium look like a little league park.
I keep waiting for this team to look as good as their 45-36 record indicated, but I've yet to really see it.
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