Gut Reaction: Marlins 4, Mets 3 (5/29/15)

The Marlins came in having lost 14 of their last 17 games but defeated Matt Harvey and the Mets, 4-3, Friday night. Harvey came out with no-hit stuff, striking out six of the first nine batters he faced in three perfect innings. But a bunt, a SB, a walk and one bad pitch and it [...]

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Black, d’Arnaud and Parnell back for key stretch

Reinforcements are on the way, and just in time. June is a critical month in a baseball season. With the exception of the three or four best and worst teams – categories the Mets do not fit into – most teams are hovering too close to .500 to determine if they’ll be contenders or pretenders, [...]

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Power finally showing up in the bats of Lucas Duda, others

After a slow start to the season in the power department, Mets hitting coach Kevin Long said that he wasn't worried, and the home runs would come. And come they have. Over the past seven days, Mets hitters have clobbered 10 home runs, tied for fifth-most in baseball in that time.  Lucas Duda has five [...]

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