Pete Alonso blasted two homers in the nightcap, powering the Mets to a 6-1 win over the Phillies and a split of the doubleheader Sunday in Philadelphia. The home team claimed a 3-2 win in the opener. The split gave the Mets another series victory, their eighth in nine series to open the season. The [...]
The Mets scored seven runs in the top of the ninth inning to get an unbelievably unlikely 8-7 win over the Phillies Thursday night in Philadelphia. Gary Cohen said it was the biggest ninth-inning comeback for the Mets in 25 years. Ron Darling marveled over seven runs and eight hits in just 29 pitches, saying [...]
The Braves broke open a scoreless tie with a seven-run sixth inning and they sent the Mets to a 9-2 loss Wednesday afternoon. The win gave the Braves a split of the four-game series and marked the first time this year the Mets didn’t win a series. Tylor Megill started off throwing five scoreless innings [...]
Carlos Carrasco and Seth Lugo combined on a shutout in the nightcap, giving the Mets a sweep of the doubleheader versus the Braves on Tuesday. The Mets won the opener, 5-4 and took the second game by a 3-0 margin. With the wins, the Mets are 18-8 on the season. Carrasco seemingly had baserunners in [...]
Travis d’Arnaud continued to torment the Mets, getting three hits and three RBIs to lead the Braves to a 5-2 win over the Mets Monday night in Citi Field. Shortly before the game, it was announced that Buck Showalter was going to serve a one-game suspension for Yoan Lopez’ alleged throws at Kyle Schwarber. This [...]
Jeff McNeil and Dominic Smith each had four-hit games as the Mets set a season record for most hits (15) and tied for the most runs as they defeated the Phillies, 10-6, Sunday night in Citi Field. The Mets won their seventh straight series and are in first place with a 16-7 record. McNeil had [...]
It was a trip back to 2021, as the Mets put a ton of runners on base and couldn’t come up with a timely hit, as they fell to the Phillies, 4-1, Saturday night at Citi Field. The Mets left 13 runners on base and went 1-8 with RISP. And in another ode to ’21, [...]
Edwin Diaz faced the heart of the Phillies’ order in the ninth inning and struck out the side, preserving a 3-0 lead and giving the Mets their second no-hitter in franchise history. Johan Santana threw 134 pitches in the club’s first no-no. This one saw five pitchers combine to throw 159 pitches. The Phillies came [...]
After a terrific outing against the Giants last time out, Carlos Carrasco turned in a 2021-vintage performance for him, squandering a 4-1 lead and giving up 8 R in 3.2 IP, as the Mets lost the final game of the series to the Cardinals, 10-5 in St. Louis Wednesday afternoon. The Cardinals scored in the [...]
The visiting Mets prevailed over St. Louis Tuesday night 3-0, assuring the Mets of winning this series, and making the Mets 6-0 in winning series to start the season. The game was nowhere near as exciting as the barn-burner of an opener of the series, but it counts the same in the scorebook as they [...]
From the Game Chatter: Name - can Dom play hero? Me - C'mon Dom - don't make me list you with Cano in the recap Dominic Smith came up as a pinch-hitter with two runners in scoring position and two outs, with the Mets down a run in the ninth inning. Smith ripped a ball [...]
Tylor Megill out-battled Mets nemesis Madison Bumgarner and J.D. Davis reached base three times, leading the Mets to a 6-2 win over the Diamondbacks in Arizona Sunday afternoon. The win gave the Mets’ their fifth-straight series win to open the season. And they’re done with the Diamondbacks, going 4-2 against them this year. It’s the [...]