Jose Quintana had a sparkling outing to continue both his recent hot pitching and his season-long dominance of the Nationals, leading the Mets to a 10-0 victory Wednesday night at Citi Field. The win upped the Mets’ record to 84-68 and they finish the year 11-2 against the Nats. Quintana had a rough first inning, [...]
Pete Alonso homered and drove in five runs to lift the Mets to a 10-1 win over the Nationals Tuesday night at Citi Field. Combined with a loss by the Braves, the Mets hold a two-game lead over Atlanta for the third Wild Card spot. Alonso’s first hit in his three-hit game was a bloop [...]
Starling Marte had a chance when he came up as a pinch-hitter in the eighth inning with a runner on third base but he grounded out. He had another chance in the 10th inning and delivered the game-winning hit, sending the Mets to a 2-1 victory over the Nationals. With the Braves’ loss – losing [...]
For the second straight day, the Mets couldn’t hold a late lead. After scoring the game’s first run in the top of the eighth inning, David Peterson allowed the tying run to score in the bottom of the eighth and Edwin Diaz surrendered the game winner in the ninth, as the Mets lost a heartbreaker [...]
The Mets have used 27 different relievers this year, down three from the 30 they used a season ago. It would be nice if they could cut that number even more in the years ahead. But, a huge number of relievers is simply par for the course these days. Some of it is due to [...]
This one hurt. The Mets jumped out to a 4-0 lead, went down 5-4, had a potential game-tying home run denied on a leaping catch and ended up on the wrong end of a 6-4 score against the Phillies. It was the first game all year when Francisco Lindor didn’t play and only the second [...]
After three contests where the Mets totaled just one extra-base hit, it’s been nice to see the power return to the lineup the past two games. On Wednesday, the team notched a double and two home runs – all in the ninth inning – and Friday it was two doubles and four homers. In the [...]
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. The Mets are getting no-hit and then break out with a six-run inning. They’ve now done that in back-to-back starts, although this time it came in the fifth inning rather than the ninth. The Mets opened up their series with the Phillies with a convincing 11-3 win [...]
The Mets have a great record here recently yet it doesn’t feel like they’ve been a particularly great team. Is that a good sign? The answer probably depends on whether you’re an optimist or a pessimist. But let’s look at how they’ve done over the past three weeks or so: Played three good teams in [...]
Welcome to the final Power Rankings of the season. Unfortunately, this only has two people collaborating on the list, with Gus Livaditis joining me. The numbers in parenthesis are where we each ranked the team individually. On to the list! 1. Philadelphia Phillies (B2, G2) – After a stretch where they didn’t play well, the [...]
After being no-hit for eight innings, the Mets broke out in a big way, scoring six runs in the ninth thanks to two home runs and they emerged with a 6-2 win over the Blue Jays in Toronto Wednesday afternoon. The victory gave the Mets the series win and sends them to a key series [...]
The David Peterson luck ran out Tuesday, as he didn’t pitch particularly well and the offense certainly didn’t perform for him like it has for most of his outings. The result was a 6-2 loss to the Blue Jays. Combined with a win for the Braves and the two teams are back tied for the [...]