Dominic Smith and Kevin Pillar each hit solo homers and drove in two runs, as the Mets survived an early exit from Jacob deGrom to post a 6-3 win over the Cubs Wednesday night in Citi Field. It was the Mets’ fourth-straight win and pushed their record to 35-25. In last year’s 60-game season, the [...]
In a battle of division leaders, the Mets edged the Cubs 3-2 at Citi Field Tuesday night. The Mets have now taken the first 2 games of a four game set against the northsiders. The Cubbies grabbed the early lead on a third inning two run blast to right center by Javy Baez. The Mets [...]
David Peterson mocks those who were clamoring for him to be removed from the rotation, as he throws six shutout innings against a Cubs team that came in with a five-game winning streak, leading the Mets to a 5-2 win Monday night at Citi Field. In his previous two starts, Peterson allowed 11 H and [...]
Maybe the Mets were just destined to lose today. Still, one can’t but help to think that the pitching moves made by Luis Rojas played a big part in this defeat, a 7-3 setback to the Padres, who avoided getting swept with the victory. Joey Lucchesi, who they keep on a tighter leash than Jacob [...]
Marcus Stroman turned in another strong start and Francisco Lindor did it at the plate and in the field, leading the Mets to a 4-1 win over the Padres Saturday afternoon at Citi Field. The win put the Mets eight games over .500, a season high for the club. In the bottom of the first [...]
There’s an abbreviation that gets used online and when texting that goes “SMH.” While some might find a lascivious connotation to these three letters, it actually stands for “shake my head.” When hitters face Jacob deGrom, that’s all they can do. And sometimes, it’s all Mets fans can do when deGrom leaves a game. Why [...]
On the 48th anniversary of Secretariat's monster win at Belmont, the Mets payed homage. Taijuan Walker was excellent and the Mets put up their best offensive night of the season, leading the Mets to a 14-1 win over the Orioles and a split of their two-game series in Baltimore Walker struck out nine in seven [...]
David Peterson came into Tuesday night’s game struggling with walks and homers. The good news is that he allowed just one walk and did not serve up a gopher ball. The bad news is that he gave up eight hits and four runs without making it out of the third inning, as the Mets got [...]
Marcus Stroman gave up just an unearned run in 6.2 IP, while also contributing an RBI double, leading the Mets to a 6-2 win over the Padres Sunday afternoon and a split of the 4-game series. The Padres put runners on base in six of the seven innings against Stroman but were able to get [...]
Jacob deGrom continued to be the best pitcher in baseball and the Mets decided to score some runs for him and the result was a 4-0 win for the Mets Saturday night in San Diego. deGrom had one inning where he had trouble, as the Padres loaded the bases with one out in the fourth [...]
For the second straight night, the Mets did just enough to lose, getting shut out by the Padres, 2-0, Friday night in San Diego. The Mets were held without a hit until Francisco Lindor singled leading off the seventh. Lindor wound up on third base thanks to a fielding error and with nobody out, it [...]
The Mets fell behind 4-0, cut the deficit to one run, put the first two runners on in the ninth inning but couldn’t tie the game, falling to the Padres, 4-3, in the first game of a four-game set Thursday night in San Diego. This promised to be a pitcher’s duel, with two of the [...]