Gut Reaction: Mets 5, Braves 3 (6/12/15)

Once again Bartolo Colon took care of business, as he went six innings and only allowed two runs. The Mets ended up beating their division rivals 5-3. The Mets offense had a good showing against Alex Wood, as they scored five runs, and took advantage of an errant pickoff throw from Wood. Wilmer Flores started [...]

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A plea for Sandy Alderson to bring in reinforcements

Two weeks ago this writer warned about the importance of June. So far, the Mets are 4 and 6 this month.  This follows up a weak May in which the team went a pedestrian 13 and 15. In fact, since their remarkable 11-game win streak in April, the Mets are a paltry 19 and 26. [...]

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Darryl Kile: The last man to no-hit the Mets

When Chris Heston no-hit the Mets Tuesday night, it was the first time that the Mets lineup didn’t record a hit since September 8, 1993.  The streak was the fifth-longest streak in Major League baseball, with only the Cubs, Athletics, Reds, and Red Sox having gone longer without a goose egg in the hit column. [...]

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