The Mets and Reds found themselves again in a close game Wednesday night, but extra frames were avoided when Jose Iglesias connected on a 1-1 pitch from Edwin Diaz with two outs in the ninth. Mets bats were unable to recapture the magic of the previous evening in the bottom of the inning despite having [...]
Luis Castillo - the electric young pitcher, not the retired second baseman - showed the Mets why he leads all Major League starters in ERA. With a mix of high riding fastballs and darting change ups, he kept the Mets lineup off balance for six innings. The Mets lone run against him at that point [...]
Jesse Winker jumped on a first pitch fastball from Edwin Diaz for a go-ahead solo home run in the top of the 9th, and the Reds’ bullpen was able to close the game out providing 5.1 scoreless innings. The Reds got off to an early start in this series opener with four runs in the [...]
The Mets hit the field on a cold and rainy Sunday afternoon, looking to salvage a game from a listless series against the Milwaukee Brewers and to avoid falling below .500 for the first time this season. Steven Matz was entrusted with that task and he was more than up to it and deserved a [...]
The underlying theme of the night for the Mets was errors and miscues, particularly on the defensive side of the ball. The game started out with a slow dribbler to J.D. Davis, who was unable to handle the ball against a speedy Lorenzo Cain. Cain later scored on a throwing error by Pete Alonso, in [...]
In a game that seemed poised for a slug fest, the Mets and Phillies saw their fifth starters engage in a surprising pitching duel. The Phillies managed just one run against Jason Vargas in 4.2 innings and the Mets couldn't do anything against Vincent Velasquez in five shutout innings. The bullpens did their jobs to [...]
This game will forever be known as "Zack Wheeler Night." The righty not only delivered the best pitching performance of the season, but he also hit his first career home run and a double. Wheeler never gave the Phillies a chance, striking out seven batters in a row at one point en route to a [...]
Steven Matz pitched six strong innings, Pete Alonso drove in two runs and Jeff McNeil hit his first home run of the year to lead the Mets to a 5-1 victory over the Phillies in the first of a three-game set at Citi Field Monday night. After getting lit up in his last start against [...]
The Mets entered the day looking to take the series against the Cardinals, as well as even their season record against .500 clubs. Instead they lost and are now own six wins and eight losses against such teams. Noah Syndergaard, who Mets needed to come through with a quality outing, instead faltered by giving up [...]
They barely needed to show up. This was the day that Jacob deGrom was to make his "recovery start," the start that would salve all the unease in Mets fans' minds, the start that would make everyone say, "Hey, Jake's back! Everything's going to be OK!" Of course, Jake is not back, having gone on [...]
The Mets jumped out to a 5-1 lead and held on for a 5-4 win to take the first of a three-game series in St. Louis Friday night. The visitors had a ton of baserunners early and while they scored four runs in the first four innings, it felt like they should have scored more. [...]
The Phillies rode the pitching of Jake Arrieta and the power of solo homers to earn a 3-2 win over the Mets Wednesday afternoon and take the rubber match of their three-game series. Arrieta was in complete command throughout, getting Mets players to continually beat the ball in the ground, including three GDPs to snuff [...]