How low can the Mets go?
Exactly this low. They can’t get fewer than zero hits in a game.
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Getting no-hit Tuesday night by the Giants’ Chris Heston — did they think getting hit by pitches counted? — prompted some “sky is falling” moans in Queens.
But here are five reasons not to despair over the Mets’ new infamous entry into the record books:
1. It only happens once every two decades.
Though it seems like something that might happen to the Mets on a regular basis, they hadn’t been no-hit since Sept. 1993 (RIP Darryl Kile) — which was good for the fourth-longest holdout in the majors behind the Cubs (1965), A’s (1991) and Red Sox (April 1993).
Darryl Kile after no-hitting the Mets in 1993.AP2. They’re still in first place!
The Nationals amassed six hits against a guy with half an elbow ligament in a 6-1 loss to the Yankees that kept them buried in second.
Nationals star Bryce HarperUPI3. Chris Heston may never be heard from again.
Some other “notables” from the list of no-hitters pitched by a rookie: Bud Smith, Jose Jimenez, Mike Warren, Bo Belinsky. And some old fogey named Christy Mathewson — how did he turn out, anyway?
That’s Albert Pujols on the right, and what’s his name on the left? Oh yeah, Bud Smith.AP4. At least a $138 million ace pitcher’s career wasn’t irrevocably damaged this time.
Johan Santana reacts after he finishes the first no-hitter in Mets history.Bill Kostroun5. Those three backwards Ks in the ninth inning? Hey, it could have been worse:
