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Nolan McLean’s perfect game bid history is Mets’ only saving grace right now
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On Tuesday evening, the New York Mets lost a mind-numbing 12th straight game with a home defeat at the hands of the Minnesota Twins . It was an ugly scene at Citi Field, which did not provide the home cooking the Mets were hoping would finally be able to get them out of the loss column for the first time in two weeks.
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One rare positive for the Mets in this game was the strong start by pitcher Nolan McLean , who had a perfect game going through five innings before things started to fall apart on him.
In fact, McLean has made some history with his strong start to the season.
“Nolan McLean is the third pitcher in at least the expansion era (1961) with two perfect bids of 5+ innings in his first 5 starts of a season,” reported Sarah Langs of the MLB on X, formerly Twitter, noting that McLean joins Kelly Downs in 1988 and Juan Marichal in 1966, citing a report from the Elias Sports Bureau.
Nolan has also etched his name into the Mets’ record books with his hot start.
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“Nolan McLean is the third Mets pitcher with two perfect bids of 5+ innings in a season, joining 2002 Steve Trachseland 1998 Rick Reed,” noted Langs on X.
McLean ended up giving up three runs on the evening, before Devin Williams surrendered two more, dropping New York to 7-16 on the season, already somehow 8.5 games out of first in the NL East race.
While injuries, including most notably to Juan Soto , have certainly played a role in the brutal start, that’s hardly an excuse that Mets fans will be accepting at the current moment amid a second straight disastrous season.
The Mets will look to break the ugly losing skid on Wednesday for a rematch against the Twins.
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