Luis Rojas opted to use Jeurys Familia for the fourth time in five days. And in a high-leverage situation, to boot. Familia gave up a homer in a tie game, the difference in a 3-2 setback in Miami Thursday night. Maybe it’s not fair to focus on Rojas and Familia. But that’s the point that [...]
Luis Rojas played matchups straight down the line in the 10th inning and it didn’t work on offense and it didn’t work on defense. The end result was a 2-1 loss to the Marlins in Miami. With a righty on the mound, Rojas used Luis Guillorme to pinch hit for Kevin Pillar, who’s been a [...]
Pete Alonso hit bookend homers in the first and ninth innings, powering the Mets to a 9-4 win over the Marlins Tuesday night in Miami. Alonso belted a two-run homer in the top of the first inning, his 100th lifetime homer. He added a solo shot in the ninth, giving him 32 HR for the [...]
Driving my son back to college, I ask him to check the Mets score for me. He tells me it's 3-2 Mets. I ask him if it's a final and he says eight innings. Mentally put the game in the win column. Turns out this is what they mean when they talk about a distracted [...]
The Mets scored four runs in the first inning but the Nationals tied it up by the fifth. The Mets’ bullpen was brilliant, pitching 4.2 hitless innings and the offense sprung back to life in the ninth, plating six runs en route to a 13-6-win Sunday afternoon in Washington D.C. The Mets banged out 16 [...]
The first game went from a laugher to a disaster before a big sigh of relief. In the middle was some bad news and the nightcap was a seesaw affair that ended with the tying run on second base. The end result was a split of the doubleheader with the Nationals Saturday in Washington D.C. [...]
After losing a two-run lead in the ninth inning, the Mets came back with a four-spot in the 10th, highlighted by a two-run double by Kevin Pillar, to down the Nats, 6-2, Friday night in Washington. Pete Alonso poked an RBI single leading off the 10th inning to put the Mets ahead. Javier Baez followed [...]
After the Mets rallied with five runs in the bottom of the ninth inning for a 6-5 win in the opener, they jumped on top in the fourth inning and held on for a 3-1 win in the nightcap, giving them an emotional sweep of the two games against the Marlins in Citi Field on [...]
No, the site is not down. Just a weekend away in the mountains with crappy internet. Anyway, here's what happened: Friday - Nationals 2, Mets 1 - Another one-run loss that extended their rotten play to 2-12 in their last 14 games. Saturday - Mets 5, Nationals 3 - Kevin Pillar hits two homers and [...]
The Mets entered this two-week stretch against the Dodgers and Giants not exactly firing on all cylinders. And they lost seven one-run games. It’s hard to wrap your head around it. But they consistently fall behind, they can’t buy a hit with RISP and the manager makes sub-optimal decisions. It’s not a winning formula. Thursday [...]
One of the fundamental questions you have to ask yourself as an MLB manager is: How do I want to win the game? Tonight, Luis Rojas answered that question with: Bullpen. Reminiscent of the scene in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade," when they had to pick which cup was the holy grail, the bad [...]
Some losses are tougher than others. The Giants were playing without Kris Bryant and Evan Longoria and were starting a pitcher with a 5.72 ERA. Meanwhile, the Mets were coming off a day off and were getting Francisco Lindor back in the lineup. So, what happened? An 8-0 loss. Tylor Megill clearly didn’t have it [...]