Ultimate Mets Database: Game of October 2, 1999

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October 1, 1999
Mets 3, Pirates 2 1999 Regular Season Game 161
October 2, 1999
Mets 7, Pirates 0 Next Game:
October 3, 1999
Mets 2, Pirates 1

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METS FANS SHARE THEIR MEMORIES OF THE OCTOBER 2, 1999 GAME:

Lee
August 8, 2004
This was a huge game because it was the second- to-last game of the season. It was the second game of a three game series against Pittsburgh and, at the beginning of the series, there was this whole thing about how either Cincinatti or another team (I forgot who)had to lose 2 of 3 and the Mets had to sweep. The Mets had won the first game of the series the night before and now Rick Reed was going to have to beat Pittsburgh. I was at this game and the whole game was Rick Reed. But before the game, we were all watching the scoreboard and we saw that Milwaukee had managed to beat Cincinnatti for the second loss in the series and a cheer rippled through the crowd as we all knew that we had control of our own destiny. Reed pitched the game of his life-- an incredible shutout and the Mets needed to win just one more game!

Joe Lanzisera
February 23, 2009
I was a groomsman at my friend's wedding that day and kept ducking inside his new mother-in-law's house to watch this one. The final score hides the fact that it was scoreless pretty late and the Mets scored 5, I think in the 8th, to put it away. It was a very tense night and I caught a lot of heat for hiding in the house watching.

DC
July 17, 2020
Rick Reed throws the best game of any Mets starter all season, facing just two batters above the minimum. The Mets tie the Reds, who get lit up by the Brewers.

Now it felt very real.

Dave VW
June 22, 2024
Like the other commenters before me, I'm here to heap praise upon Reed. In a must-win situation, Reed pitched the game of his life, tallying a career-high 12 strikeouts (7 looking).

He also contributed to that big 8th inning that Joe mentioned. With the Mets clinging to a 2-0 lead, Roger Cedeno singled and Rey Ordonez doubled to put runners on 2nd and 3rd with nobody out and Reed due up. With Reed having pitched 8 innings and racking up 101 pitches to that point, most managers would have elected for a pinch hitter in this spot, but Bobby V kept his pitcher in there as a huge sign of respect. And on the 3rd pitch of the AB, Reed slaps a single into left field to score 2 to all but put the game out of reach. It's so sad that these kind of moments will never happen in MLB anymore.

The Mets added 3 more on a John Olerud RBI single and a Mike Piazza 2-run homer, and then Reed finished out the shutout by inducing a double play grounder after the leadoff man got on in the 9th, and a strike out of Abraham Nunez (who Fran Healy kept calling "Nunoz" all night, much to my dismay) to end the game. Reed uncharacteristically let loose with a huge fist pump after that strikeout, then composed himself with his usually stoic straight face as the team celebrated around him.

Piazza's homer was his 40th, which was his second (and final) time reaching that mark, and made him the second in Mets history to reach 40, after Todd Hundley in 1996. Since then, Carlos Beltran and Pete Alonso have also reached 40 HRs in a season.

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