chance meeting

Billy Wagner made his first comeback appearance for the New York Mets on Thursday night. And wouldn’t you know it … the first batter the former Jackson Generals star faced was former Mississippi Brave Reid Gorecki, now up with Atlanta. Wagner, showing flashes of his pre-Tommy John surgery self, struck out Gorecki with a 95 mph heater up in the zone. Wagner pitched a 1-2-3 eighth in the Mets’ 3-2 loss to the Braves.
P.S. Julio Borbon, the Starkville native who played at Tennessee, hit his first big league homer for Texas on Thursday. Borbon is up for the second time this season and likely will stay this time. He was hitting .385 through his first 10 games. He could be a factor in the Rangers’ drive for a playoff berth in the American League.