Ronny Mauricio’s first MLB homer helped lead Jose Butto to his first MLB win, as the Mets used the long ball to down the Diamondbacks, 7-4, Tuesday night at Citi Field. Mauricio hit a monster home run, deep into the Coca Cola corner, a two-run blast that made it 3-1 Mets in the fourth inning. [...]
On the 22nd year anniversary of the 9-11 tragedy here in New York, the Mets looked to get today's victory for the city. Pitching wise, the game had a familiar feel. Jose Quintana started and had another stellar outing. He pitched five innings and gave up two runs. In 10 starts this season, he has [...]
After being handcuffed by Pablo Lopez for eight innings, the Mets broke thru for two runs in the ninth versus the Twins’ pen, leading to a 2-0 win Sunday afternoon in Minnesota. The win kept the Mets from being swept in the series. Francisco Lindor led off the ninth inning with a bloop double to [...]
Which one is worse – listening to Steve Gelbs do play by play or watching the Mets’ bullpen? Neither one is a treat. While it’s difficult to put a measurement on Gelbs, the pen allowed 5 ER in 2 IP to turn a close game into a laugher, as the Twins emerged with an 8-4 [...]
It was an even game until the bullpen got involved. But Sean Reid-Foley and Grant Hartwig combined to give up three runs in the seventh inning and the end result was a 5-2 loss to the Twins in the opener of a three-game set in Minnesota Friday night. Kodai Senga started for the Mets and [...]
It’s tough to manage a bullpen. It’s even tougher when your bullpen, you know, stinks. It seems like one way to combat that would be to avoid going to your pen if humanly possible. However, that’s not the way that Buck Showalter manages. Jose Butto was really good thru six innings but ran into some [...]
Francisco Alvarez hit a 3-run homer in the first inning, one of five homers on the night, to back strong pitching from Jose Quintana to lead the Mets to an 11-5 win over the Nationals in a game that wasn’t that close. The Mets have now won four of their last five games and hold [...]
Pete Alonso broke out of a mini slump with two home runs to lead the Mets to a 6-3 win over the Mariners Sunday afternoon at Citi Field. The victory gave the Mets the series win over the first-place Mariners. Alonso’s day started with an RBI single in the first inning. It wasn’t a particularly [...]
The Mets had two big comebacks. Unfortunately, they needed three. One night after a pitcher’s duel, this one was a slugfest, with the Mariners emerging with an 8-7 win Saturday night in Citi Field. David Peterson was unable to match his fine outing from his last time out. Still, Buck Showalter was a little too [...]
Kodai Senga and Logan Gilbert engaged in a pitcher’s duel for seven innings, setting the stage for Francisco Lindor and Daniel Vogelbach to come thru in the eighth, leading the Mets to a 2-1 win over the Mariners Friday night at Citi Field. Senga was terrific. He started off with three hitless innings before serving [...]
In perhaps the most unlikely win of the season, the Mets’ bullpen was lousy but the defense bailed them out and the Mets won on a walkoff HBP to defeat the Rangers, 6-5, in 10 innings Wednesday night. Daniel Vogelbach and DJ Stewart hit back-to-back homers and Brandon Nimmo had an RBI triple to stake [...]
Jose Quintana was terrific but the Rangers started a LHP and then threw a bunch more lefties relievers and the final was a 2-1 loss Tuesday night at Citi Field. Quintana threw six shutout innings and was backed by some strong defense. But things fell apart after he left, with Drew Smith serving up a [...]