Call it the James McCann revenge game.
The ex-Met and current Baltimore Oriole catcher, playing in his first game against his old team, had three hits and a walk with five RBIs and even a stolen base in the Amazin’s ugly 10-3 loss to the Orioles on Friday night at Camden Yards.
McCann had signed a $40.6 million contract before the 2021 season in what was one of the first major moves after Steve Cohen took over the club.
But the backstop slashed .220/.282/.328 with an OPS+ of 70 (30 points below league average) over two seasons as he formed one of the worst offensive catching duos with Tomas Nido.
McCann looked like a completely different player on Friday night, however.
Hitting eighth in the order, McCann, 33, drew a walk against David Peterson in the second but did some real damage two innings later against right-hander John Curtiss.
On the first pitch of the at-bat, McCann smacked a 107-mph single up the middle to drive in two runs.
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McCann followed that up in the sixth with a booming shot high off the left field wall, just missing a three-run homer, settling for a two-RBI double.
But his adventure on the bases didn’t end there, as he stole third base before scoring on Adley Rutschman’s sacrifice fly.
McCann stole four bases over two seasons combined with the Mets.
He added an RBI single for his fifth run driven in on the night.
Before his monster night, he only just 10 RBIs all season.
With the Mets, McCann recorded 28 RBIs over two years and never recorded more than four in a game in orange and blue.
