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The Mets playing against the Cincinnati Reds during an April 2001 away game at Cinergy Field.. The 2001 New York Mets season was the 40th regular season for the Mets. The 2001 Mets entered the season as defending National League champions, aiming to win the National League East from the Braves and return to a second consecutive World Series and win it.
April 1 – Nelson Burbrink, 79, catcher for the 1955 St. Louis Cardinals; later a scout for multiple clubs and scouting director for the New York Mets. April 1 – Jo-Jo Moore, 92, left fielder who played his entire 1,335-game career (1930–1941) with New York Giants; six-time National League All-Star and member of 1933 World Series champs ...
The 2001 Major League Baseball season finished with the Arizona Diamondbacks defeating the New York Yankees in seven games for the World Series championship. The September 11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, D.C. pushed the end of the regular season from September 30 to October 7.
The Mets loved their chances to win the game with starter Luis Severino, who was 7-2 with a 2.96 ERA at Citi Field this season. Yet, after pitching a 1-2-3 first inning, he struggled with his control.
The Mets' Game 1 victory took all the pressure off them and dropped a crushing, zero-margin burden on the shoulders of the Braves — as well as the Diamondbacks, who had to sweat in Arizona and ...
On the other side, Wheeler was dialed in early, working a 1-2-3 first inning with two strikeouts and all 11 of his pitches going for strikes. Mets announce NLDS Game 1 lineup NLDS Starters.
The Mets lost 120 games in their inaugural season, the second-most by an MLB team behind the 2024 Chicago White Sox. [3] After six more years in which their best league finish was ninth, the Mets won the World Series in 1969 , defeating the Baltimore Orioles in five games to earn what is widely considered one of the biggest upsets in baseball ...
Locally, the Arizona–St. Louis portion of the 2001 NLDS was called on KTAR-AM in Phoenix by Greg Schulte, Jeff Munn, Rod Allen (Games 4–5) and Jim Traber, and on KMOX-AM in St. Louis by Jack Buck (Games 3–4), Mike Shannon and Dan McLaughlin (Games 1–2, 5), while the Atlanta–Houston portion of the 2001 NLDS was called on WSB-AM in ...