After a poor outing Friday night by Jose Butto, where he allowed 4 ER in 5.2 IP, Adrian Houser had a golden chance to prove he belongs in the rotation when the injured starters returned. Instead, he was worse than Butto and was the main reason the Mets fell to the Cardinals, 6-4, Saturday afternoon [...]
The Mets got a bunch of baserunners but were unable to come up with the big hit, as they fell to the Cardinals, 4-2, in the opener of a three-game set at Citi Field Friday night. St. Louis came in as one of the worst HR-hitting teams in the majors but jumped out to a [...]
After taking two of three games from the Dodgers, the Mets had to salvage this closeout game against the Giants to avoid a losing road trip. And win they did. Sean Manaea appeared to be on life support several times but somehow managed to finagle is way out of all jams until he was pulled [...]
It was too much Logan Webb, as the Giants righty shut out the Mets for eight innings in a 5-1 victory for the Giants Tuesday night in San Francisco. The loss snaps the Mets’ streak of winning five straight series and puts them on a three-game losing streak. The Mets loaded up their lineup with [...]
Jose Quintana didn’t have it tonight and he put the Mets in an early hole from which they could not recover, as they lost the opener of a three-game series to the Giants, 5-2 Monday night in San Francisco. Quintana allowed seven hits and three walks in his five-plus innings, which the Giants turned into [...]
After a two-week run of terrific offense, the Mets ran into a buzz saw in the shape of Tyler Glasnow, who handcuffed them for eight innings en route to a 10-0 win over the Mets Sunday afternoon. While the loss kept the Mets from their first sweep in Los Angeles this century, it was still [...]
Starling Marte cracked a three-run homer in the sixth inning to break up a 2-2 tie and send the Mets on their way to a 6-4 win over the Dodgers Saturday afternoon in Los Angeles. It was the Mets’ sixth consecutive win and gives the Mets the series win, with a chance to sweep on [...]
Francisco Lindor broke up a 4-4 tie with a two-run homer, leading the Mets to a 9-4 win over the Dodgers Friday night in Los Angeles. It’s the fifth win in a row for the Mets and makes them 11-3 in their last 14 games. The Mets jumped out to a 4-0 lead against Yoshinobu [...]
Starling Marte and Harrison Bader each hit two-run homers to power the Mets to a 9-1 win over the Pirates and a sweep of the three-game series. The Mets have now won four in a row, six of the last seven and 10 of their last 13. Once again, the Mets fell behind only to [...]
The Mets forged another late-inning comeback, scoring all of their runs in the seventh inning en route to a 3-1 win over the Pirates Tuesday night at Citi Field. The win pushes the Mets over .500 for the first time this season, as they’re now 9-8 on the year, thanks to winning nine of their [...]
The Mets fell behind by three runs but put up two crooked run innings late to defeat the Pirates, 6-3, in the opener of a three-game set Monday night at City Field. The victory got the Mets to .500 at 8-8. Starling Marte and Francisco Lindor opened the bottom of the sixth inning with back-to-back [...]
After failing to score a run in four straight innings with at least two runners on base, the Mets scored twice in the eighth inning and held on for a 2-1 win over the Royals Sunday afternoon at Citi Field. It was the third straight series win for the Mets after starting out the year [...]