Gut Reaction: Braves 4, Mets 1 (5/11/24)

The Mets were held without a hit until two outs in the ninth inning and while they avoided that ignominy, they fell to the Braves, 4-1, Saturday afternoon in Citi Field. They wore their ugly City Connect uniforms and remain winless wearing those tourist-trap jerseys. Christian Scott got his second start and was not nearly [...]

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Gut Reaction: Braves 4, Mets 2 (5/10/24)

The Braves put together four hits in the third inning, with three of them being home runs, to down the Mets, 4-2, in a game delayed by rain and played in the rain drops for most of the contest. The loss drops the Mets below .500, at 18-19. Jose Quintana set down the side in [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 7, Cardinals 5 (5/7/24)

Brandon Nimmo and Pete Alonso both homered and drove in three runs to power the Mets to a 7-5 win over the Cardinals Tuesday night in St. Louis. The Mets clinched the series win and won back-to-back games for the first time since they won their sixth straight game on April 20. The Mets exploded [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 4, Cardinals 3 (5/6/24)

Brandon Nimmo broke a 3-3 tie with a solo homer in the top of the seventh to lift the Mets to a 4-3 win over the Cardinals in the opener of a three-game series Monday night in St. Louis. The victory snapped a three-game losing streak for New York. The Mets jumped on top early [...]

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Gut Reaction: Rays 7, Mets 6 (10 INN) 5/5/24

Edwin Diaz blew the save in the ninth inning and Jake Diekman couldn’t hold the lead in the 10th, as the Mets fell to the Rays, 7-6, Sunday afternoon. The Rays swept the three-game series and the Mets have now lost eight straight games in Tampa. For the third straight game, the Mets scored first, [...]

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Gut Reaction: Rays 3, Mets 1 (5/4/24)

Christian Scott was terrific in his MLB debut but the Mets’ offense was MIA in Tampa, resulting in a no-decision for Scott and a 3-1 loss to the Rays Saturday night. The loss drops the Mets under .500 for the first time since April 14. The Mets staked Scott to a 1-0 lead two batters [...]

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Gut Reaction: Rays 10, Mets 8 (5/3/24)

All it took was a road trip to revive the Mets’ struggling bats. Unfortunately, the move away from Citi Field wasn’t as kind to the pitchers and the result was a 10-8 loss to the Rays Friday night in Tampa. The Mets jumped on top early, to the surprise of everyone, on a 3-run homer [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 7, Cubs 6 (11 INN) 5/2/24

Francisco Lindor didn’t start the game yet ended up with four RBIS, including two in the 1th inning, leading the Mets to a 7-6 win over the Cubs Thursday afternoon. The victory gave the Mets a split of the four-game series and put the club back over .500 at 16-15. The Cubs scored the go-ahead [...]

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Gut Reaction: Cubs 1, Mets 0 (5/1/24)

Pete Alonso was called out on a controversial play at the plate in the bottom of the ninth inning, sending the Mets to a 1-0 loss to the Cubs Wednesday night at Citi Field. The loss drops the Mets back to .500 for the season. Alonso reached on a HBP and moved to third base [...]

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Gut Reaction: Cubs 3, Mets 1 (4/29/24)

It’s hard to imagine a game getting off to a better start or having a more disappointing finish than this one. Brandon Nimmo staked the Mets to a 1-0 lead with a leadoff homer while Luis Severino took a no-hitter into the eighth inning. But it was all bad news from there, as the Mets [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 4, Cardinals 2 (11 INN) 4/28/24

Mark Vientos hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the 11th to send the Mets to a 4-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals Sunday afternoon at Citi Field. The win salvaged the final game of the series and kept the Mets over .500, as their record stands at 14-13. The Mets trailed by [...]

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