Starling Marte hit two home runs and made a nice running catch to end the game with the tying run at the plate, as the Mets held on for a 9-7 win against the Braves Wednesday night in Atlanta, snapping their eight-game winning streak. Marte put the Mets up in the first inning with a [...]
For the second straight night, the Mets’ starting pitcher left the game with an injury after the second inning. And while the results weren’t as ugly as Monday’s, let’s not pretend that a 5-0 loss was a close game. The Mets offense has been non-existent these two games in Atlanta. In 18 innings, they’ve scored [...]
If you’re honest with yourself, you realize you hold a lot of beliefs about the Mets that turn out not to be true. And put me at the front of the line. Each year I have a preseason predictions column and at no point has there ever been more right than wrong. And there are [...]
If you bailed on this one after the early rain delay, pat yourself on the back, you made the right call. On a night where nearly everything went wrong, the Braves trounced the Mets, 13-1, Monday night in Atlanta. The biggest news is that Carlos Carrasco left the game with tightness in his left side. [...]
The Mets jumped on top early then used their Spencer Strider “lucky” offense to open a big lead against Zack Wheeler and cruise to a 6-0 win over the Phillies Sunday afternoon at Citi Field. It was their 16th shutout of the season and they limited the powerful Phillies offense to just two runs, one [...]
It was turn back the clock day at Citi Field with outstanding performances from Jacob deGrom and Aaron Nola, who both finished in the top three of the Cy Young Award race in 2018. The two combined for 1 run in 14 innings. And it turned out to be enough for the Mets, who emerged [...]
Friday night’s game was interesting on many levels, not the least of which was two relievers who factored into the decision. Both relievers were on the Cubs and dealt to contenders at the trade deadline. David Robertson went to the Phillies and Mychal Givens went to the Mets. Robertson got the save and Givens got [...]
The game came down to the ability to make a throw from the outfield to the plate on a fly. The Phillies did in the ninth inning and the Mets did not in the 10th, leading to a 2-1 loss for the Mets Friday night at Citi Field. The Mets were mostly impotent offensively in [...]
Many people were upset that the Mets didn’t do more at the trade deadline. We’ve already seen that the hitters they imported have been much better than expected. Everyone thought the Padres won the deadline and they brought in Juan Soto, Josh Bell and Brandon Drury. Those three have combined (thru Wednesday’s games) for a [...]
The Mets have won 15 of their last 17 games and you don’t go on a streak like that without having great performances all around. One area for the Mets that’s done particularly well is the starting pitching, which outside of the game where Taijuan Walker got his spike caught on a pitch and then [...]
The Mets scored in five of their first six innings, beating the Reds, 10-2, and sweeping the three-game series. The Mets are now 15-2 in their last 17 games and head into an off day Thursday with a 73-39 record. For the game, the Mets pounded out 13 hits and added four walks and two [...]
