With a chance to sweep a four-game series and add a game to their lead for the All-Star break, the Mets instead gave up two runs in the eighth inning and suffered a 3-2 loss Sunday afternoon in Chicago. Drew Smith surrendered the runs in the eighth and took the loss. Just as important, he [...]
So much was made of the results of the Mets’ starting pitchers at the beginning of the season and rightly so. In their first 14 games, Mets’ starters threw 77 innings and combined for a 2.10 ERA, which was terrific. The thing is, Mets’ SP has been even better the last two weeks. In their [...]
It was the opposite of pretty but the Mets won two games in extra innings on Saturday, sweeping a doubleheader from the Cubs in Chicago, a place where they haven’t fared particularly well the past half dozen years or so. Pete Alonso came up big in extra innings in both games. He hit a sacrifice [...]
