The Braves broke open a scoreless tie with a seven-run sixth inning and they sent the Mets to a 9-2 loss Wednesday afternoon. The win gave the Braves a split of the four-game series and marked the first time this year the Mets didn’t win a series. Tylor Megill started off throwing five scoreless innings [...]
Carlos Carrasco and Seth Lugo combined on a shutout in the nightcap, giving the Mets a sweep of the doubleheader versus the Braves on Tuesday. The Mets won the opener, 5-4 and took the second game by a 3-0 margin. With the wins, the Mets are 18-8 on the season. Carrasco seemingly had baserunners in [...]
Travis d’Arnaud continued to torment the Mets, getting three hits and three RBIs to lead the Braves to a 5-2 win over the Mets Monday night in Citi Field. Shortly before the game, it was announced that Buck Showalter was going to serve a one-game suspension for Yoan Lopez’ alleged throws at Kyle Schwarber. This [...]
Jeff McNeil and Dominic Smith each had four-hit games as the Mets set a season record for most hits (15) and tied for the most runs as they defeated the Phillies, 10-6, Sunday night in Citi Field. The Mets won their seventh straight series and are in first place with a 16-7 record. McNeil had [...]
It was a trip back to 2021, as the Mets put a ton of runners on base and couldn’t come up with a timely hit, as they fell to the Phillies, 4-1, Saturday night at Citi Field. The Mets left 13 runners on base and went 1-8 with RISP. And in another ode to ’21, [...]
Edwin Diaz faced the heart of the Phillies’ order in the ninth inning and struck out the side, preserving a 3-0 lead and giving the Mets their second no-hitter in franchise history. Johan Santana threw 134 pitches in the club’s first no-no. This one saw five pitchers combine to throw 159 pitches. The Phillies came [...]
After a terrific outing against the Giants last time out, Carlos Carrasco turned in a 2021-vintage performance for him, squandering a 4-1 lead and giving up 8 R in 3.2 IP, as the Mets lost the final game of the series to the Cardinals, 10-5 in St. Louis Wednesday afternoon. The Cardinals scored in the [...]
The visiting Mets prevailed over St. Louis Tuesday night 3-0, assuring the Mets of winning this series, and making the Mets 6-0 in winning series to start the season. The game was nowhere near as exciting as the barn-burner of an opener of the series, but it counts the same in the scorebook as they [...]
From the Game Chatter: Name - can Dom play hero? Me - C'mon Dom - don't make me list you with Cano in the recap Dominic Smith came up as a pinch-hitter with two runners in scoring position and two outs, with the Mets down a run in the ninth inning. Smith ripped a ball [...]
Tylor Megill out-battled Mets nemesis Madison Bumgarner and J.D. Davis reached base three times, leading the Mets to a 6-2 win over the Diamondbacks in Arizona Sunday afternoon. The win gave the Mets’ their fifth-straight series win to open the season. And they’re done with the Diamondbacks, going 4-2 against them this year. It’s the [...]
If you like crisp baseball and you missed this game, consider yourself fortunate. In a game where not much was expected because the Mets were throwing Trevor Williams into an impossible situation, the Mets failed to reach even those modest goals, as they fell to the Diamondbacks, 5-2, Saturday night in Arizona. Williams didn’t get [...]
The Mets’ speed proved more deadly than the Diamondbacks’ power, as they survived losing a 4-run lead before winning in extra innings, 6-5, in the opener Friday night in Arizona. Brandon Nimmo gave the speed boost early, as he reached base on a hustle double and scored on a bloop from Pete Alonso. Nimmo then [...]