After sweeping the cross town Yankees, the Mets welcomed the hottest team in baseball to Citi Field, the Astros, who had strung together seven straight wins to get themselves back to .500. Jose Quintana muddled his way through four innings throwing 93 pitches with only 54 strikes. He was touched for a Jose Altuve HR [...]
Brian Yesterday at 7:11 pm May the Quintana-Alvarez pairing pay off again A first-pitch HR for Altuve Brian Yesterday at 7:21 pm Mets get a gift strike call there What an ugly inning for Quintana Mets incredibly fortunate to only give up the one run. Lindor with the leadoff walk Nimmo walks and we have [...]
Much has been made at this site about how Citi Field has suppressed offense thru the first couple of months. That had the dual effect of making the pitchers look better than they were, while making the hitters look worse than they were. Those who ignored that reality made foolish proclamations about how what was [...]