Behind terrific pitching and a barrage of long balls, the Mets clobbered the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. Logan Verrett pitched six beautiful, scoreless innings, artfully mixing sliders and changeups to keep hitters off balance and off base. Had the game not been a blowout, Verrett easily could have gone another inning, if not two. [...]
One of the feel-good stories of the early 2016 season has been the performance of Phillies starting pitcher Vincent Velasquez, who has come on to pitch two great games here in the early going for a Philadelphia team that is a few years away from competing for the playoffs. After two starts, Velasquez' line reads: [...]
Although the Mets offense ranks in the bottom half of the National League, the Mets have been scoring more efficiently throughout the past couple of games. Over the past four games, the Mets have scored 5 or more runs, and have gone 3-1 during those games. Terry Collins decided to move Michael Conforto to the [...]
This one was just like Sandy Alderson and Terry Collins drew it up: power hitting and power arms. The Mets stroked four home runs -- two of them by David Wright, his first home runs and RBIs of the year -- in support of another masterful start by Noah Syndergaard. The one they call "Thor" [...]
The first real note on David Thompson is that back in 2012 the Yankees aimed to snatch him in the 38th round of the amateur draft. As all scouts predicted, Thompson went to college instead. Part of the issue with his draftability was the fact that he was a two sport player. He wound up [...]
The Mets took on the Indians in Cleveland this afternoon in the rubber game of the series and came away the with shut out the win, 6-0. It was the first series win for the Mets this young season. Steven Matz was looking to bounce back after his horrid season debut, and he was phenomenal. [...]
Lucinda Williams went to Slidell to look for her joy, meaning that the Mets going to Cleveland to look for their offense is not the unlikeliest road trip ever. The good news for Mets fans is that it appears to have happened, as the club has hit seven homers in two games, after delivering just [...]
The Mets hit three more homers but the pitching didn't hold up its end of the bargain, as the Mets fell to the Indians, 7-5, Saturday afternoon. The game started off great, with Curtis Granderson hitting a leadoff homer. And it got better in the bottom of the frame, as Matt Harvey struck out the [...]