Gut Reaction: Mets 6, Padres 2 (6/6/21)

Marcus Stroman gave up just an unearned run in 6.2 IP, while also contributing an RBI double, leading the Mets to a 6-2 win over the Padres Sunday afternoon and a split of the 4-game series. The Padres put runners on base in six of the seven innings against Stroman but were able to get [...]

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Looking at bullpen usage through the lens of a five-man rotation turn

In the last five games, the Mets have used their five best available starting pitchers, something which hasn’t happened very much this year. But because of a lousy start from David Peterson, the bullpen needed to provide 19 innings. And this despite three road losses that only required eight innings from the staff. In an [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 4, Padres 0 (6/5/21)

Jacob deGrom continued to be the best pitcher in baseball and the Mets decided to score some runs for him and the result was a 4-0 win for the Mets Saturday night in San Diego. deGrom had one inning where he had trouble, as the Padres loaded the bases with one out in the fourth [...]

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