Paul Blackburn’s “bizarre” season took one other unusual flip late Tuesday night time when he was awoken by a messenger banging on his lodge room door after lacking a telephone name informing him the Mets had been planning to activate him the subsequent day from the injured checklist.
At that time Blackburn was set for a rehab begin for Triple-A Syracuse.
However the Mets had utilized Justin Hagenman for 4 innings in aid in their victory over the Braves and needed Blackburn to hitch the bullpen as Hagenman’s substitute.
“Positively stunned,” Blackburn stated Wednesday at Citi Area earlier than the Mets misplaced 11-6 to the Braves.
Blackburn was utilized on this night time, pitching the ultimate 5 innings and permitting two earned runs.
“He saved the bullpen,” supervisor Carlos Mendoza stated.
Even so, whether or not the veteran Blackburn will stick for lengthy is unclear.
The Mets will want a roster spot to name up Nolan McLean for his main league debut on Saturday.
Blackburn, who doesn’t have a minor league possibility remaining, is a chief DFA candidate.
Blackburn, who spent six weeks on the IL with a proper shoulder impingement, had final pitched for the Mets on June 28 in Pittsburgh.
It’s a season wherein he additionally missed two months rehabbing from knee irritation.
Blackburn additionally had a abdomen virus that contributed to resetting his rehab clock early within the season.
General, he’s pitched in 12 minor league video games as a part of rehab assignments this season.
There have been occasions he was getting ready to return solely to stay on a rehab task — with the Mets maybe making an attempt to maximise the roster.
In seven appearances (4 begins) for the Mets he’s pitched to a 6.85 ERA.
“I simply need to be in a spot and pitch, actually,” Blackburn stated. “I simply need to be someplace and pitch.”
The Mets, resulting from heavy rain, postponed a pregame ceremony to honor Pete Alonso on passing Darryl Strawberry because the franchise’s all-time dwelling run chief.
Alonso hit profession homer No. 253 on Tuesday to interrupt the document earlier than including No. 254.
The ceremony is now scheduled for pregame on Thursday.
The Mets set a franchise document for a season on Tuesday with a 3rd recreation wherein they hit a minimum of six dwelling runs.
The season excessive was seven in Philadelphia on June 21.
Getting into the day the Mets had been the one MLB staff this season with three video games wherein they hit a minimum of six homers.
All of Tuesday’s six homers occurred with two outs — solely the fifth time that has occurred in MLB within the growth period (post-1961).
