The Mets clubbed three home runs en route to opening up a seven-run lead and coming away with a 7-4 win over the Red Sox Monday night in Boston. Michael Conforto, Pete Alonso and Dominic Smith all went deep with the first two hitting two-run homers and Smith with a three-run blast. After watching the [...]
Rick Porcello had a New York debut to forget, as he allowed 7 R in 2+ IP, digging the Mets a hole they could not get out of, as the Braves took the series with a 14-1 win Sunday night. We can hope that it was just a fluke outing for Porcello but neither his [...]
Edwin Diaz made a winner out of those who had "Game 2" in the pool predicting when he would blow his first save of the season, as he failed to close out a lead. The Braves tacked on more with the dreadful new extra inning rules and emerged with a 5-3 win Saturday. After a [...]
The weirdest, most unpredictable MLB season to date got underway in what has become a traditional way, with the Mets starting the year with a win, as they shut out the Braves, 1-0, Friday afternoon in Citi Field. The Mets are now 39-12 in their last 51 Opening Day games. It was a day game [...]
In his first PA since July 26, Dominic Smith belted a 3-run homer to lift the Mets to a 7-6 win in extra innings against the Braves. The win gave the Mets a sweep of the series and allowed them to finish the year 10 games above .500 at 86-76. The Braves took the lead [...]
In what is likely his last start of the year, Jacob deGrom pitched seven more shutout innings and his teammates had an offensive explosion, giving him a nine-run lead after three innings, en route to a 10-3 win over the Marlins Wednesday night. However, the Mets were eliminated from the postseason with the Brewers win. [...]
Michael Conforto hit two home runs and Brandon Nimmo delivered a walk-off walk to lift the Mets to a 5-4 victory over the Marlins Tuesday night. With the win, the Mets tied the Cubs in the Wild Card standings. Too bad the Brewers won for the 16th time in their last 18 games and the [...]
With the Mets needing to run the table the keep their slim playoff hopes alive, Steven Matz gave up two homers to Jorge Alfaro, putting the Mets in a hole from which they could not recover, as they lost to the Marlins, 8-4, Monday night at Citi Field. Matz gave up a solo homer to [...]
The Mets jumped out to an early lead and took the rubber game of the series versus the Reds, 6-3, Sunday afternoon in Cincinnati. Combined with the Cubs' sixth-straight loss, New York moved within half a game of Chicago in the Wild Card Standings. They're 4.5 games behind the Nats and Brewers, who hold the [...]
Jacob deGrom added to his Cy Young candidacy with seven shutout innings and three different Mets homered, including Pete Alonso who cracked his 50th of the season, as the Mets opened up their series with the Reds with an 8-1 victory Friday night in Cincinnati. The victory put the Mets seven games over .500, which [...]
After sleepwalking through most of the game, the Mets put up five runs in the final two innings to pull out an improbable 7-4 win over the Rockies in Denver. The win gave the Mets the series and kept their scant playoff hopes alive. The Mets are now 39-23 in the second half, a 102-win [...]
The Mets clubbed three home runs to back the strong pitching of Marcus Stroman, which resulted in a 6-1 win Tuesday night in Denver. The victory tied the series 1-1, and they'll play the rubber game Wednesday afternoon. The game was scoreless through five innings before the Mets broke out in the sixth. Amed Rosario [...]