The Citi Field crowd might have started in a good mood after the ceremony honoring David Wright before the game.

July 19, 2025 will be a day long-remembered in Mets history for the number retirement and team Hall of Fame induction ceremony honoring David Wright. It will not be remembered for what transpired afterwards, which was a second frustrating loss to the Reds, going down 5-2 and losing the first two games of the series.

The Mets had a memorable pregame ceremony at Citi Field on Saturday, retiring David Wright’s uniform No. 5 and inducting him into the Mets Hall of Fame because of a fabulous 14-year career in orange and blue.

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It was the 39th time in the modern era (since 1901) that a hitter got nailed three times in one game. It’s happened to 34 different players — the only previous Reds batter was Derek Dietrich at Milwaukee on June 21,

Kicking off Wright’s big weekend at Citi Field, where the captain’s No. 5 will be retired and he’ll be inducted into the Mets’ Hall of Fame, Collins spoke to reporters on Friday. There, he revealed why he named Wright captain ahead of the 2013 season.

The Mets felt comfortable sending Francisco Alvarez to Triple-A Syracuse for a reset because, in part, they trusted Luis Torrens to handle the regular catching assignments in the present.