Gut Reaction: Phillies 7, Mets 2 (6/8/24)

The Phillies jumped the Mets for six runs in the fourth inning and cruised to a 7-2 win Saturday afternoon in the first of two games between the clubs played in a soccer stadium in London. The loss snapped a three-game winning streak for the Mets. Sean Manaea started for the Mets and looked good [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 9, Nationals 1 (6/5/24)

Luis Torrens blasted two homers to back an excellent outing by Luis Severino, lifting the Mets to a 9-1 victory and a three-game sweep of the Nationals Wednesday in Washington. The Mets pulled to within a half a game of the third-place Nats. Torrens opened the scoring with a homer to right center with two [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 8, Nationals 7 (6/3/24)

Tonight, Carlos Mendoza learned – hopefully – that pitching Adam Ottavino in back-to-back days is right up there with, “Never start a land war in Asia.” The Mets took an 8-5 lead into the ninth inning, tried Ottavino and pivoted to Jake Diekman. Somehow, against all odds, Diekman survived and the Mets came away with [...]

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Gut Reaction: D’Backs 5, Mets 4 (6/2/24)

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. A Mets’ starter couldn’t go deep in the game and the bullpen couldn’t hold a lead. A two-run homer in the ninth inning lifted the Diamondbacks to a 5-4 win over the Mets, meaning the teams split the four-game series. It marked the seventh straight home series [...]

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Gut Reaction: D’Backs 10, Mets 5 (6/1/24)

On the day that Darryl Strawberry had his uniform number retired, he turned into a jinx in the broadcast booth, as the Diamondbacks scored four times while Strawberry chatted with Gary Cohen and his two former teammates and wound up with a 10-5 win Saturday afternoon at Citi Field. Sean Manaea had two very quick [...]

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Gut Reaction: Dodgers 10, Mets 3 (5/29/24)

The bullpen blew another game, turning a 3-3 tie into a 10-3 loss Wednesday night against the Dodgers. The loss meant another sweep. But that ignominy paled to what else happened in the game. Pete Alonso was hit on the hand with a pitch in the first inning. When the trainer came out to check [...]

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Dodgers sweep twinbill (5/28/24)

The Mets’ Citi Field offense was on display in all of its hideousness Tuesday in a doubleheader loss to the Dodgers. They couldn’t hold a 2-0 lead and lost in extra innings in the opener, 5-2, and they got shut out in the nightcap, 3-0. Over 19 innings of baseball in the two games, the [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 4, Giants 3 (5/26/24)

Omar Narvaez picked a great time to post his first hit at Citi Field this year, as his RBI single in the bottom of the ninth capped a three-run inning and led to a 4-3 walk-off win against the Giants Sunday afternoon. The victory snapped a five-game losing streak for the Mets. Brandon Nimmo led [...]

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