SNY's The Warm-Up: Mets win x2 + Non-Cole struggles + Jets, Giants mock drafts

Wednesday, April 14, 2021 · Get Today’s New York Sports Here The Tweet of the Day --------------------------------------------------------------- Good morning. 🌅 “I don’t know who that is” -- Timberwolves guard/legend Anthony Edwards [on]( Alex Rodriguez. --------------------------------------------------------------- 📅 Today's sports schedule - Yankees at Blue Jays, 1:07 p.m. ⚾ - Mets vs. Phillies, 7:10 p.m. on SNY ⚾ - Nets at 76ers, 7 p.m. 🏀 - Knicks at Pelicans, 8 p.m. 🏀 --------------------------------------------------------------- 📺 SNY originals - [Shea Anything]( Jerry Blevins reveals the Mets who most impressed him in spring training Today's word count: 703 The Mets' 2021 World Series plans: Back on @SNYtv/Twitter METS 4, PHILLIES 3 (8 inn.) METS 4, PHILLIES 0 (7 inn.) -- After as many postponements as games played to start the season, the Mets and their fans needed a day of overwhelmingly positive baseball. Yesterday was that day. Six plays from yesterday's doubleheader sweep, which moved the Mets to 4-3 and into a tie for first place in the NL East: - [Jonathan Villar's walk-off to win game one]( - [Pete Alonso's game-tying eighth-inning single in game one]( - [Dom Smith's game one two-run homer]( - [Tomas Nido's triple in game two]( - [Marcus Stroman's walk + bat flip]( - [One of Brandon Nimmo's three hits in game two]( Three more things: - Stroman pitched six scoreless innings for his second win of the season. His ERA is down to 0.75 in 11 innings pitched. - Taijuan Walker (4.1 IP, 1 ER, 8 K) pitched the first game. His line ended up OK, but he was [disappointed]( he wasn't able to work deeper into the game: "I'm frustrated at myself, my goal is to go out there and go as deep as possible." - Nimmo, who is slashing .435/.581/1.146, had [this]( to say on the doubleheader sweep: "That's how we drew it up. ... It's a great tell of things to come." Game one [takeaways]( | Game two [takeaways]( Today's probable starter: David Peterson On SNY.tv: - HARPER: [Alonso's game-tying single could be catalyst to regaining confidence]( - [Stroman shows off expanded repertoire in stellar start against Phillies]( - [Conforto's right wrist X-rays come back negative after hit-by-pitch]( Trivia time Who coached the Nets during their back-to-back NBA Finals appearances in the early 2000s? Answer at the bottom Game 11: The non-Cole brigade struggles again Nathan Ray Seebeck/USA TODAY Sports BLUE JAYS 7, YANKEES 3 -- New York (5-6) fell back below .500 with a loss against Toronto last night. Jameson Taillon (3.2 IP, 5 ER, 8 H) got roughed up for the Yankees, continuing the team's most concerning trend: mediocre starting pitching for anyone besides Gerrit Cole. The updated Cole vs. non-Cole starts: - Cole: 2-0, 18.1 IP, 29 K, 1.47 ERA, 0.81 WHIP. - All other Yankees starters: 1-4, 32.2 IP, 36 K, 6.06 ERA. Also: The Yankees pulled within three runs and had runners on first and second in the eighth inning with Aaron Hicks up, who entered the at-bat 2-for-3. But, Gary Sanchez got [thrown out]( on a passed ball during Hicks' AB, which ended the inning and New York's last good scoring chance. Yesterday's [takeaways]( Today's probable starter: Corey Kluber On SNY.tv: - MARTINO: [What to watch for when Kluber takes the mound today]( - [Aaron Hicks: 'I just felt like it wasn’t right for me to play that game']( - [Aaron Boone explained why he started Gio Urshela at shortstop yesterday]( SNY's latest Jets + Giants mock drafts In SNY's Ralph Vacchiano's latest Jets and Giants mock drafts, a Heisman Trophy winner goes to the Giants and a world-class [hurdler]( goes to the Jets. (You won't believe who he has the Jets taking at No. 2. JK, you will ... or will you? Now you have to click) - For the Jets, click [here]( - For the Giants, click [here]( Game 54: Steve Nash, Kevin Durant share thoughts on Daunte Wright Bruce Kluckhohn/USA TODAY Sports NETS 127, TIMBERWOLVES 97 -- The Nets beat the Karl-Anthony Towns-less Timberwolves in a noncompetitive game yesterday afternoon in Minneapolis. - The game was initially scheduled for Monday, but was pushed back in response to the nearby police shooting death of Daunte Wright on Sunday. That hung over the the game, which was fanless and somewhat devoid of energy. Here's what Steve Nash had to say about the death of Wright: “All of us are programmed to keep moving forward and it keeps happening. And so, you know, that's worrisome in a sense. We all want to play, we all want to do our job, we all love what we do, but it is worrisome that life just keeps moving forward but nothing really changes. So it's just a lot of conflict I think internally for everybody.” And Kevin Durant, who had the same tone: "Different stories every day of people's lives being altered because of police brutality," he said. "At this point, I really don't know what to say." On SNY.tv: - BEGLEY: [Despondent Steve Nash on Daunte Wright: 'It's unacceptable']( 04/14/1955: Elston Howard breaks the Yankees' color barrier David Boss/USA TODAY Sports historical archive On this day 66 years ago, the Yankees finally joined their crosstown National League rivals in breaking the color barrier, when former Negro League star Elston Howard appeared in an 8-4 loss against the Red Sox. - Howard didn't start that game, but he pinch-hit in the eighth inning and drove in Mickey Mantle on a single. Howard, of course, faced overt racism in New York (Casey Stengel [among]( the worst offenders), but went on to great stardom with the Yankees as a catcher, making six All-Star Games and winning the '63 MVP award. His number 32 was retired in 1984, though he died in 1980 due to heart problems. The New York Minute - [READ]( BEGLEY: Dennis Schroder among the guards on Knicks' radar in upcoming free agency - [READ]( Igor Shesterkin got his first NHL shutout last night for the Rangers against the Devils. - [READ]( Zac Jones is joining the Rangers fresh off his UMass title run. TRIVIA ANSWER: Byron Scott. That's the buzzer. Enjoy your Wednesday. (Have feedback for The Warm-Up? Click [here](. Copyright © 2021 SNY- Sportsnet, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: SNY- Sportsnet 150 Greenwich St Fl 50New York, NY 10007-2444 [Add us to your address book]( [update your preferences]( | [unsubscribe from this list]( [Mailchimp Email Marketing](