Mets break obscure MLB record after getting hit by three pitches Wednesday

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A Mets batter was hit by a pitch for the 106th time this season Wednesday afternoon, breaking the modern record for most times plunked in a season.

Last year's Cincinnati Reds set the record with 105, narrowly beating out the Los Angeles Dodgers, who were hit by 104 pitches in 2021. Both teams surpassed Cleveland from 2008, whose players were beaned 103 times.

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The New York Mets' Mark Canha is hit by a pitch during the fifth inning of a game against the Milwaukee Brewers Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

The Mets entered the day tied with that Cleveland team, but Mark Canha apparently really wanted to make history. He was hit by two pitches Wednesday to tie the record. In the ninth inning, Luis Guillorme was hit by a slider in the foot, breaking the record.

It was the eighth time the Mets have been hit by at least three pitches in a game this season, and Mets manager Buck Showalter asked a ball boy to keep the now notorious ball that set the new record.

Canha now leads all MLB players by getting hit by 24 pitches this year. That also broke the franchise record by teammate Brandon Nimmo, who was hit 22 times in 2018.

Mark Canha of the New York Mets gets out of the way of a pitch during the fourth inning against the Miami Marlins at loanDepot park Sept. 9, 2022, in Miami, Fla. (Eric Espada/Getty Images)

The Mets have had their fair share of hit-by-pitch incidents. On April 8, the Mets' second game of the season, they cleared the benches with the Washington