The Mets wasted a rare solid outing from Jason Vargas as the bullpen coughed up two long balls and the middle of the order failed to come through with any hits. Vargas held the Orioles to one run through five innings and entered the sixth inning with a 2-1 lead, courtesy of RBI singles by [...]
The Mets broke out the long ball and combined with the pitching of Jacob deGrom earned an 8-5 win over the Yankees Monday night and a split of the Subway Series. The Mets jumped on top early, as Amed Rosario hit the first leadoff homer of his career. It was one of five homers for [...]
Noah Syndergaard threw his quintessential 2018 start: terrific, but not dominant and just effective enough to come away with a win. Of course, some Mets power, some of it unlikely, helped him out a little on this rainy day in Miami. The Mets got their first tally without benefit of a base hit. Wei-Yin Chen [...]
The Mets' young bullpen arms held the Marlins in check long enough to give the Mets a chance, but the offense never came through. Instead after Bobby Wahl, Paul Sewald, and Tyler Bashlor combined to put four zeros on the board, Jacob Rhame entered the game and needed just seven pitches to give the game away in the [...]
The opening salvo of the Battle to Escape the Basement of the NL East was fired tonight down in Miami, and the New York Mets came out victorious over the Marlins 6-2. The victory charge was led by starting pitcher Zack Wheeler, who was once again fantastic. This outing, Wheeler sliced his way through the [...]
The Mets put three crooked numbers on the board and Jacob deGrom continued his excellent string of pitching both here in 2018 and in day games in general, leading the Mets to an 8-0 win over the Reds Wednesday afternoon. Coming into this game with three consecutive losses, deGrom allowed two weak hits in the [...]
The New York Mets, most likely thrown off by a nearly two hour long weather delay, fell to the Cincinnati Reds 6-1. Black storm clouds surrounded Citi Field as Jason Vargas took the mound in the first inning of the game. Some may have seen this as an ominous sign, and others see black storm [...]
Things became too close for comfort at one point, but the New York Mets and Noah Syndergaard held on to beat the Cincinnati Reds 6-4. A lot of the excitement in this series was based around the press conference before the game, as it marked the return of former Met Matt Harvey to Citi Field. [...]
Well, I guess it's safe to assume the Mets will lose, but you can't say they won't surprise you along the way. In a game that looked like the Mets' 2018 season in microcosm -- an early lead, a managerial gaffe, some over-aggressive base running and a late loss of that lead -- a ninth [...]
The Mets snapped a four-game losing streak behind the strong pitching of Zack Wheeler, as they edged the Braves, 3-0, Saturday night. Wheeler threw seven strong innings. He came to the plate in the bottom of the sixth in a spot where he would have been pinch hit for earlier in the year. There were [...]
Stop me if you've heard this one before. Jacob deGrom pitched masterfully but came out on the short end of the stick, as the Braves emerged with a 2-1 win Friday night. At this point, no one would blame deGrom if he walked into the clubhouse and told his teammates that they were to hang [...]
Another day, another Mets loss. Our band of hasbeens and non-prospects were bested by a Braves team that is younger, faster and hungrier. Jason Vargas took his turn in the rotation and got off to a bad start, surrendering four early runs before settling down. The veteran lefty lasted five innings and struck out seven, [...]