Morning News: Grand Slam, Reyes, Niese update

by Vinny Cartiglia on June 29th, 2011 at 7:57 am

The Mets trounced the Detroit Tigers last night which you can read about here. They will continue their three game series against the Tigers in Comerica Park tonight at 7:10 pm, with Chris Capuano (6-7, 3.99 ERA) taking on Phil Coke (1-7, 4.32 ERA).

In case you missed it, Jason Bay hit a grand slam in the top of the fourth inning during the Mets 14-3 victory last night ending the clubs drought of 299 games without a grand slam. The drought was the longest since the Marlins went 363 games without a grand slam from 2002-2004. To learn more, check out ESPN New York.

With the win, the Mets are now over .500 for the first time since April 6 (3-2). To read more about last night’s win, check out post-game write ups from fans at 213 Miles from Shea, Blogging Mets, Mets Fever, and Mets Report, as well as beat reports from MLB.com, the New York Post, Newsday, the Daily News, Bergen Record, the Star-Ledger, and New York Times.

Last night, Jose Reyes played in his 1,000th major league game, in which he was 4-for-4 with a walk, a stolen base and a home run shy of hitting for the cycle.

Jose now has 98 triples and 360 steals to his credit, and according to Elias Sports Bureau the only other player with that many triples and stolen bases in his first 1,000 games is Ty Cobb, who had 106 triples and 391 stolen bases.

Yesterday, Jon Niese underwent an exam on his rapid heartbeat at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, and the results were normal. Niese will wear a heart monitor for the next 24 hours, and is expected to make his next start.  To read more about Niese, check out the Star-Ledger, the New York Post, Newsday, the Daily News, New York Times, and MLB.com.

Prior to last night’s game, Terry Collins told reporters that David Wright will begin hitting off a tee this afternoon.

Meanwhile, Johan Santana was scheduled to throw off a mound for the first time since experiencing soreness in his shoulder yesterday, but was PPD due to heavy rains.

Carlos Beltran told the New York Post he is willing to waive his no-trade clause should GM Sandy Alderson decide to trade him to a contender.

Lastly, with the win, the Mets are 9 1/2 games behind the Phillies for the Division lead and 5 games behind the NL Wild Card leader:

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