Before tonight’s contest in Oakland even began, we learned that Gary Cohen and Ron Darling were broadcasting the game from a location other than the visitors’ booth because Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum’s resident possum had decided to wreak havoc in the booth. That tells you just about all you need to know about the vibes of the Mets’ 17-6 victory over the Athletics in the opening game of this West Coast roadtrip; the game was chaos personified.
A’s pitchers walked a staggering seventeen batters in the game and the Mets twice scored six runs in an inning with only one hit.