Brian Yesterday at 7:55 pm Tuesday night versus the Pirates Weird play, 2 outs runners on the corners runner on first takes off, batter hits ball to SS Lindor tries to get force at 2B but runner beats the throw But runner comes off the bag. McNeil doesn't tag the runner but throws to first [...]
In all professional sports leagues, the conventional wisdom is to play .500 versus the good teams and then clean up against the bad teams. But does it work? Here are the MLB teams that essentially played .500 versus teams who were .500 and above last year and how they fared overall: Teamvs. .500+PCTOverallPlayoffs Rays48-44.52299-63Yes Phillies47-43.52290-72Yes [...]
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 [...]
