Now after taking in part of his first series at his new home and seeing large crowds, Vogelbach prepares to experience the Subway Series for the first time in his career. It's pretty special and pretty cool to call it my home field now. "I don't know that I've played in an environment like that, at least being the home team. Vogelbach came to bat on Sunday, fittingly, to a song called "I Love My Homies", considering he gained more friends in the form of 39,395 fans sitting in the stands. Vogelbach said he enjoyed the energy felt during the first game he had played at Citi Field in his entire career, being embraced by the fans during a nationally televised primetime game. We have a left-hander on Tuesday after an off day and he needed to play and get into the flow of our team tonight and he responded well." "But I'm not going to let him sit around here five or six days not playing him after a trade. "I watched every at-bat he's ever had against him last night," said Showalter about Vogelbach's history. Showalter knew the history between the two, but also knew the importance of getting him at-bats after trading for him. Vogelbach had never gotten a hit off of Musgrove in seven at-bats entering Sunday with four of those battles resulting in a strikeout. It really speaks to Vogelbach's ability considering he had more history against Musgrove than most of the rest of the lineup. I'm just putting my head down and going."
"I feel like that's something that is in the back of my mind, being a good teammate trying to score for your team and for the guy at the plate to get an RBI. "To be honest, any time I am on second, my goal is to score," said Vogelbach. Reaction: How Daniel Vogelbach reacted to being traded to the Mets Reaching second base later in the inning, Vogelbach would chug around the bases and score from second base on a bloop single in shallow left field by Luis Guillorme. Vogelbach would reach base again after Alonso's home run, working a one out walk. Both runners would be stranded in the inning. Statistically seen as one of the slowest players in baseball, the 270-pound Vogelbach went first to third when Mark Canha doubled to left field. Vogelbach led off the fifth with an eight pitch at-bat, capped off by a base hit to put him on base for the first time in blue and orange. The Mets began the night struggling against Padres starter Joe Musgrove, who did not allow a hit for the first four innings. Trade: Mets acquire Daniel Vogelbach from Pirates for Colin Holderman "That's the most satisfying thing for me."
"I mean, most importantly was that we won," Vogelbach said after the game. Making his debut with the team after being acquired on Friday from Pittsburgh, Vogelbach reached base twice and seemed to spark the Mets during an 8-5 Sunday night win over San Diego. No, Daniel Vogelbach does not have a big white beard, but what he does have has seemed to bring back some of the spirit for the first-place Mets. A day before the celebration, the struggling Mets offense received a gift in the form of a big and jolly man. NEW YORK - Monday marks the unofficial holiday of Christmas in July.