The Mets evened up their series with the Cubs thanks to a come-from-behind win, 5-4, Friday afternoon in Chicago. The Mets unveiled a new outfield designed to get offense into the game, that featured Dominic Smith, Michael Conforto and Jeff McNeil going from left to right. And Conforto and McNeil did their parts, as they [...]
Todd Frazier hit his 200th home run in the same ball park where the late Gary Carter hit his 300th. Pete Alonso hit his astounding 25th home run as he marches toward the Rookie of the Year Award. Jeff McNeil delivered yet another multi-hit game. Wilmer Font looked sharp in three scoreless relief innings. Unfortunately, [...]
The Braves used a three-run sixth inning to break a tie and went on to defeat the Mets, 7-2, on Wednesday night and take the rubber game of their three-game series. With the loss, combined with a doubleheader sweep by the Nationals, dropped the Mets to fourth place in the NL East. The Mets ran [...]
Jacob deGrom was humming along toward his first complete game shutout since 2016 before coughing up two solo home runs in the ninth inning. The shutout and complete game bids were spoiled, but the consolation was a rare blowout win for the Mets led by deGrom's sensational pitching performance and huge days at the plate [...]
The Mets opened up their big road trip with a humiliating 12-3 loss to the Braves Monday night in Atlanta. How bad was it? The highlight was recently-acquired Brooks Pounders coming on to get the final out of the eighth inning with a strikeout. The loss was a total team effort. The offense was nothing [...]
The Mets lost the afternoon matchup to close out the series against the St Louis Cardinals, falling to 34-37 in the process. A day game after a long, winded, night game featured an interesting lineup, including both J.D. Davis and Dominic Smith batting at the top of the order. Smith, who has quietly earned his [...]
It was looking like tonight’s game would have completed the hat trick of bullpen blown games this series. An 8-3 lead was closed to a single run, a run that was feet away from scoring, but a strong recovery from Michael Conforto led to a pinch-running Jack Flaherty being thrown out at the plate to [...]
When the Mets beat the Yankees in the second game of the doubleheader on Tuesday night, that gave them their fifth win for the month of June. That modest mark equaled their entire win output for June, 2018. Their 5-21 record that year completely scuttled any hope they may have had of contending. Now, barring [...]
The grounds crew was put to work in this one, fooling us in the ninth inning as Edwin Diaz prepared to take the mound. Pete Alonso, glove in shirt, wanted to finish the game and was able to convince the umpires to try to make it happen. While it will probably be raining in Flushing [...]
The Mets sent Jason Vargas to the mound, his mission twofold: 1 – to continue his month-long streak of quality pitching; and 2 – to wash away the bitter taste from game one of this day/night twin bill at Yankee Stadium. You could say they were successful on both counts. Vargas would be opposed by [...]
The Mets jumped out to a three-run lead but not only couldn’t hold it, they ended up on the wrong end of a blowout loss, dropping a 12-5 decision to the Yankees in the first game of a doubleheader Tuesday afternoon in the Bronx. Jeff McNeil, who was robbed of a hit his first time [...]
Noah Syndergaard had a near flawless day on the mound and led the Mets to an easy 6-1 win over the Rockies as the Mets captured the series on Sunday. Syndergaard clicked immediately with catcher Tomas Nido and seemingly threw the right pitches in the right locations all day long, making very quick work of [...]