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The Mets got shut out for just the fourth time this season, dropping a 1-0 game to the Reds and ruining a terrific first start back by Max Scherzer Tuesday night in Cincinnati. It seemed odd that Buck Showalter opted for Tommy Hunter over Adam Ottavino in the eighth inning of a scoreless game. It [...]
We all knew the month of June was going to be a challenge, with the schedule being as tough as it was. For the month, Mets hitters had an OPS 100 points lower than they did in May. With the exception of Pete Alonso (.977) and Jeff McNeil (.867) – most Mets had a month [...]
Five of the Mets’ 12 hits went for extra-bases, including home runs by Brandon Nimmo and Francisco Lindor, as the Mets slugged their way to a 7-4 win over the Reds Monday night in Cincinnati. Nimmo got the Mets on board first with a 3-run homer in the second inning. Lindor hit a solo shot [...]
Happy 4th of July! Tomorrow marks the official halfway point in the season. A team on track for 100 wins at this point of the season has a lot to be happy about. What this means is that plenty is going right both between the lines and elsewhere. All the standard complaints that show up [...]
Eduardo Escobar homered for the third straight game and the Mets got good efforts from both their starter and their relievers, resulting in a 4-1 win over the Rangers on Sunday, giving the Mets the series win. Carlos Carrasco had been hit hard his previous four starts but he was very effective, if not efficient, [...]
On October 30th, 1974, Muhammed Ali and George Foreman engaged in a fight that was dubbed “The Rumble in the Jungle”. Ali was arguably the greatest heavyweight fighter of his era and Foreman was the heavyweight champion, having just pummeled Ali’s greatest rival at that time, Joe Frazier, knocking him down six times in two [...]
Trevor Williams got beat up by the long ball, the Mets couldn’t buy a hit with runners in scoring position and the end result was a 7-3 loss to the Rangers Saturday afternoon at Citi Field. It was the bottom of the order that did the damage for the Rangers, as the 7-8-9 hitters hit [...]