National League Standings, September 10, 1995
METS FANS SHARE THEIR MEMORIES OF THE SEPTEMBER 10, 1995 GAME:
Dave VW
June 7, 2023
In a battle of two of the top rookie pitchers in 1995, Jason Isringhausen bests Carlos Perez as the Mets win in Montreal for the third straight day. As he was apt to doing during his rookie year, Izzy allowed a pair of 1st-inning runs as Montreal tallied 4 singles in the opening frame. But he buckled down and kept getting stronger as the game went on, finishing his outing with 6 shutout innings, no walks and 6 strikeouts to win his 4th straight start -- a streak that would eventually reach 7. As a matter of fact, Izzy held a 6.43 ERA during the 1st inning as a rookie; it was 2.16 from innings 2 through 8 (he didn't pitch into the 9th inning at all as a rookie). That's really something, considering how he'd develop into a stud closer who would pretty much exclusively need to excel in his first inning of work in order to get his job done.
This was my first time seeing Perez in a while. What a character this guy was, with his huge wad of chewing tobacco protruding from his cheek and his over-the-top histrionics when on the mound -- especially his little jig he'd do after recording a strikeout, most notably when he caught a batter looking. Amazing he never got beaned over the course of his career. You'd think there would have been at least one pitcher who took umbrage with his antics and tried to let his feelings be known by throwing one a little too high and tight.
The Mets scored all their runs with 2 outs, with the big barrage occurring in the 3rd. With 2 down and Kelly Stinnett on 2nd after a double, Damon Buford and Jose Vizcaino hit back-to-back singles, and then Carl Everett and Jeff Kent hit back-to-back homers. Everett actually had a chance to hit for the cycle, needing a triple when he batted in the 9th, but he instead struck out. The Mets did little else on offense in the game, but on a day when Izzy was in control and Jerry DiPoto and Blas Minor each worked scoreless innings, that was all that was necessary.
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