In every baseball season, there are games that will test a team's resilience. After a rough loss, how will you bounce back? The 2019 Mets responded to that question in their own way: flat. A day after an epic meltdown by arguably the best pitcher on their staff, they received a wonderful performance by arguably [...]
In a game the Mets absolutely should have won, they allowed four runs in the bottom of the ninth to fall to the Dodgers, 9-8. It was an outrageously poor use of bullpen personnel. Up five runs in the seventh inning, Mickey Callaway used his three best relievers, each one of them who had been [...]
Mets' General Manager Brodie van Waganen's vision came through. The Mets beat the Dodgers with a combination of great starting pitching, small-ball, power and a non-imploding bullpen. Just like he drew it up. Both starting pitchers -- Steven Matz for the Mets and Rich Hill for Los Angeles -- spent the first two innings feeling [...]
The Mets lost the first game of a four game series against the Dodgers in a matchup that was meant to be low scoring with two Cy Young caliber aces on the mound. Jacob deGrom matched up against Clayton Kershaw, with both pitchers battling at times. The Mets got on the board early and did [...]
The Mets fell behind by three runs but rallied back for a 4-3 win over the Tigers Sunday afternoon in Citi Field. The victory gave the Mets the win in the rubber game of the series, the first time in six tries the Mets accomplished that feat this year. The Tigers’ lineup did not feature [...]
The short-handed Mets pulled off a resourceful extra-inning win over the Tigers thanks to Wilson Ramos' bat, a rag tag bullpen and a walk-off home run by an unlikely hero. Jason Vargas returned from the I.L. to make the start and delivered with five strong innings. The veteran lefty scattered five hits and three walks [...]
The Detroit Tigers coming into town for the first time since 2013 took the first game of the weekend series in a slugfest at Citi Field. Jumping out to a four-run lead in the first two innings off Noah Syndergaard, the lowly Tigers surprised many Mets fans who were expecting a low scoring affair. The [...]
It looked like the Mets were going to drop a game they had no business losing. But then the Nationals’ pen struck again. Carlos Gomez delivered a three-run homer in the eighth inning to lift the Mets to a 6-4 win over the Nats Thursday afternoon in Citi Field and a sweep of the four-game [...]
We can all get used to these comeback wins against he Nats. Entering the 8th inning down 1-0, the Mets offense came alive led by some unlikely heroes. Adeiny Hechavarria, Juan Lagares, and Rajai Davis all had big hits as the Mets stormed for six runs to beat the Nationals, improving to 7-5 on the [...]
The Mets staged three different comebacks, the final one completed in the bottom of the ninth inning, to eke out a 6-5 win over the Nationals Tuesday night. It was the first time this year the Mets won a game where they trailed after the seventh. With runners on the corners and two outs in [...]
Dominic Smith provided an insurance RBI in the 8th, and Edwin Diaz and the Mets held on to beat the Nationals to end their losing streak at five. Running into some trouble in the ninth, Diaz held on for his 11th save and the Mets despite missing some big names in their lineup sealed an [...]
The Mets came into this Sunday afternoon contest trying desperately to avoid the ignominy of being swept by the worst team in baseball, the Miami Marlins. Oh, and there was the added bonus of manager Mickey Callaway's job possibly hinging on the outcome. While the players themselves had no say about the latter situation, Noah [...]