Gut Reaction: Mets 4, Marlins 3 (Game One) Mets 5, Marlins 2 (Game Two) 9/13/18

It was a successful day for the New York Mets, as they swept the Miami Marlins in a double header,4-3 in the first game and 5-2 in the second game. The first game was one packed with power both on the mound and on the plate. The Mets starter for the game was Steven Matz, [...]

Gut Reaction: Phillies 4, Mets 3 (9/7/18)

Dominic Smith hit a heroic late-inning home run. Rhys Hoskins hit an even more heroic, later one to give the Phillies the first game of this series. The Mets took an early lead when Jay Bruce peppered Aaron Nola's first pitch of the second inning over the right centerfield wall. That didn't last long. Jorge [...]

Gut Reaction: Mets 4, Dodgers 2 (9/3/18)

The great Baltimore manager Earl Weaver once famously said "The secret to baseball is simple: starting pitching and three-run homers." The Mets employed that philosophy to a T on Labor Day, 2018. Jacob deGrom opened this series in Los Angeles historically, but inauspiciously. With one out in the bottom of the first, ol' pal Justin [...]