It was a pleasant surprise to come home last night and find the Mets game on in the top of the 18th inning. It was even more fun to watch them score the go-ahead run. My mWAR was going up! But the bottom of the inning was not fun. The Mets had little choice but [...]
The game looked all but over when the Mets punchless offense came to plate in the top of the ninth down one. Brewer’s righty Junior Guerra had just shut down the Mets in the previous frame, and with only three hits thus far it didn’t seem like much magic could happen. Nevertheless, it was the [...]
On Wednesday night, Brandon Nimmo struggled as he ran back to track down a fly ball in center field against the Reds. As he trailed back, his head began to bounce, causing him to lose sight of the ball. He ended up dropping the ball in the outfield, adding to the total errors that the [...]
The Mets started a short but multi-mile road trip with a return entanglement with the Milwaukee Brewers. When we last saw the Brew Crew, Steven Matz held them almost completely in check and tonight, the Mets were hoping for a repeat performance. Brandon Woodruff would provide the loyal opposition, coming off a middling performance in [...]
Noah Syndergaard's Thursday gem capped off a great week for Mets starting pitchers. His rare complete game shutout was the exclamation point on a turn through the rotation that also included a 7-inning scoreless start from Jacob deGrom, an effective start by Jason Vargas, a gutsy performance where Zack Wheeler hung in there after one [...]
On a day where the Mets desperately needed length from the starting pitcher, Noah Syndergaard went above and beyond, as he both pitched and hit the Mets to a 1-0 win over the Reds Thursday afternoon at Citi Field in a game that lasted just 2:12. Syndergaard pitched a complete game shutout, becoming the first [...]
On Tuesday the Mets won on a walk-off sac fly from Pete Alonso, but the true hero of the game was a different rookie. Entering the game in the ninth inning with the bases loaded and the Reds’ three-hole hitter up, Drew Gagnon struck out Eugenio Suarez to tip the scale back in the Mets [...]
Jacob deGrom has made six starts this year. In half of those the game started on time and in the other half the contest was delayed by rain. Here are his numbers in this split: Normal - 20 IP, 11 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 30 Ks, 0.00 ERA Delays - 13 IP, 18 H, [...]
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 [...]