The Mets fell behind by three runs but put up two crooked run innings late to defeat the Pirates, 6-3, in the opener of a three-game set Monday night at City Field. The victory got the Mets to .500 at 8-8. Starling Marte and Francisco Lindor opened the bottom of the sixth inning with back-to-back [...]
Brian Yesterday at 7:07 pm OK, Houser, pitch like your job is on the line Wish we could compromise and allow everyone to wear 42, while having their own name on the bac good inning There you go, Lindor! Double to LF Looks like a Brewers chest protector that Alvarez is wearing back-to-back walks for [...]
On Sunday afternoon, Jose Butto took the mound and faced two challenging tasks: taking the mound on the day that the Mets retired Dwight Gooden’s No. 16, and facing a hot Kansas City Royals team. The 26-year-old right-hander rose to the occasion and then some – tossing 6.0 shutout innings while striking out a career-high [...]
After failing to score a run in four straight innings with at least two runners on base, the Mets scored twice in the eighth inning and held on for a 2-1 win over the Royals Sunday afternoon at Citi Field. It was the third straight series win for the Mets after starting out the year [...]
Brian Yesterday at 1:40 pm Let's go Butto! Brian Yesterday at 1:53 pm First pitch - 2:25 Brian Yesterday at 2:28 pm A strikeout for Butto to start the game Metsense Yesterday at 2:29 pm Butto and Hartwell replace Jay and Slusher. Brian Yesterday at 2:30 pm 2 K's Hey Metsense. I'm flipping between Mets [...]
Pete Alonso followed up on what Gary Cohen called an O-for-Cincinnati with an 0-4 in his first game in Atlanta. That brought his line down to .167/.222/.310 in 45 PA. But the four games since then, Alonso has been on fire. He has multi-hit games in his last four appearances, including a 3-3 with two [...]
The Mets’ offense came thru again, this time with three home runs. Unfortunately, the pitching did not and the result was an 11-7 loss to the Royals Saturday afternoon at Citi Field. Sean Manaea was staked to a 3-1 lead but was unable to hold it. Pete Alonso tied the game in the bottom of [...]
It’s been said that if one comes at an endeavor with a positive outlook, it makes whatever you’re up to that much easier. A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, right? Not that playing a baseball game is a drudgery or anything, but there is a school of thought out there – famously [...]
The Mets’ offensive explosion continues, as they banged out 14 hits and six runs en route to a 6-1 win over the Royals Friday night at Citi Field. It was their sixth win in their last eight games and brings them within a game of .500 at 6-7. Trailing by a run, the Mets tied [...]
The Mets started off 0-5, mostly due to a bad offense that looked like one of the worst in the entire league. Since then, they’ve gone 5-2, with three of those seven games coming in Atlanta versus a Braves team that had gone 16-4 against the Mets in the last 20 games between the two [...]
The Mets put up seven runs in the first three innings and cruised to a 16-4 win over the Braves Thursday afternoon in Atlanta. The victory gave the Mets the series win over the Braves and upped their record on the season to 5-7. Five Mets had multi-hit games as the team combined for 16 [...]