When the Mets played the Red Sox earlier in the season, they gave up three runs in two games and lost both of them. They decided this series was going to be different. They allowed six runs in the first game this time and lost, 6-3, Tuesday night in Boston. The Mets jumped on top [...]
Talk about the planets aligning! These are things that happened Sunday night – Jeff McNeil hit a home run! The Mets won a one-run game! For the second straight Sunday, the Mets emerged victorious on an ESPN game! If you had that as your three-way parlay, it’s time for Gambler’s Anonymous. Regardless, the Mets broke [...]
Jonathan Villar, Francisco Lindor and Michael Conforto went 0-12 with 5 Ks. In a related story, the Mets lost, again. Hey, at least it wasn't one run this time around, as they dropped a 5-3 decision to the Phillies, their fifth-straight setback. Brandon Nimmo had a triple and a homer. Jeurys Familia didn't give up [...]
The Mets knocked out Zack Wheeler in the sixth inning, they went 3-10 with RISP and it didn’t matter. They ended up with another one-run loss, this one a 4-3 setback to the Phillies. We’ve gotten so used to the pen coming up with big efforts that we’re shocked when they give up two runs [...]
What’s more depressing – missing two 3-run homers by a total of four feet or knowing that if you got both of them that you would still lose the game? That was the Mets’ fate Wednesday night, as they lost, 11-4, and got swept at home by the Cardinals. The Mets fell behind, 5-0, before [...]
Stop me if you’ve heard this before – The Mets lost a one-run game Stop me if you’ve heard this before – Luis Rojas tried to win a game with his bullpen and it didn’t happen Stop me if you’ve heard this before – Jeurys Familia failed in a key spot Stop me if you’ve [...]
Mets with RISP: 0-7 Cards with RISP: 7-18 Mets HR: 0 Cards HR: 1 You're not going to win any games with these types of numbers.
Francisco Lindor hit three home runs to power the Mets to a 7-6 win over the Yankees. It snapped a streak of five-straight, one-run losses and gave the Mets both a series win and year-long win in the Subway Series. On Lindor’s second homer, he ran around the bases and seemed to mock the Yankees [...]
In the end, the curse of the primetime Fox game was just too much. The Mets fell behind, 5-0, yet rallied to take a 7-5 lead. But Trevor May allowed three runs in the eighth inning and the Mets lost another one-run game, this one an 8-7 setback to the Yankees Saturday night. May gave [...]
The Yankees certainly didn’t look like the team on the field that was 16 games above .500, as they committed numerous errors and unmade plays that led to a 10-3 Mets win Friday night at Citi Field. The first Mets run came about when the Yankee catcher did an ole play at the plate and [...]
Luis Rojas opted to use Jeurys Familia for the fourth time in five days. And in a high-leverage situation, to boot. Familia gave up a homer in a tie game, the difference in a 3-2 setback in Miami Thursday night. Maybe it’s not fair to focus on Rojas and Familia. But that’s the point that [...]
Luis Rojas played matchups straight down the line in the 10th inning and it didn’t work on offense and it didn’t work on defense. The end result was a 2-1 loss to the Marlins in Miami. With a righty on the mound, Rojas used Luis Guillorme to pinch hit for Kevin Pillar, who’s been a [...]