If you were to list the top 10 things that went right for the Mets this year, you would probably talk about R.A. Dickey, Jonathon Niese, Angel Pagan and Mike Pelfrey. After that you might have to think hard about what else to mention. But without a doubt one of the best things that has [...]
Much has been made recently about how the Mets have not won a game this season when trailing in the ninth inning. But the Mets have never been particularly good in this department. Here are the team wins in this category the last five times the club made the playoffs: 2006 – 3 2000 – [...]
The New York Mets (53-51) rebounded from Friday's loss with a 5-4 walk-off win in the ninth inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Jesus Feliciano led off the ninth with a long triple to right-center field. After Jose Reyes popped to right field, the Diamondbacks intentionally walked Angel Pagan and David Wright to load the bases. [...]
The New York Mets (50-48) dropped a 3-2 decision to the Los Angeles Dodgers at Chavez Ravine on a 13th inning walk off home run by James Loney off Oliver Perez (0-4, 6.15). It was the Mets 12th walk-off loss of the season. They are now 20-32 on the road and 2-8 on the road trip. The [...]
The New York Mets (49-44) played more like a they were the team 20 games under .500, not the Arizona Diamondbacks (35-58), who whacked the Mets 13-2 in Monday's series opener. With the Atlanta Braves (54-38) off Monday, the Mets dropped 5 1/2 back in the National League East. The Philadelphia Phillies (48-44) lost 8-4 to [...]
The All-Star break is upon us and it’s natural to look forward. The Mets at 48-40, four games back of the Atlanta Braves in the NL and one game behind in the wild card race. Below is a list of Mets players with a grade given to each hitter and pitcher on how they have [...]
Here's what happened on this day in New York Mets history: 1984: On the 50th anniversary of Carl Hubbell's legendary five consecutive strikeouts in the 1934 All-Star Game, N.L. pitchers Fernando Valenzuela and Dwight Gooden combine to fan six batters in a row for a new All-Star Game record in the N.L.'s 3-1 triumph. After [...]
The New York Mets (47-37), not strike that, Johan Santana beat the Cincinnati Reds 3-0 at Citi Field Tuesday night, pitching a three-hit complete game shutout. The Mets improve to 29-13 at home and trail the Atlanta Braves by three games in the National League East. The Braves beat the Phillies 6-3. Cincinnati Reds @ [...]
Here's what happened on this day in New York Mets history: 1978: New York Mets sold Butch Metzger to the Philadelphia Phillies. 1985: In a marathon game that borders on the surreal, the Mets endure two rain delays and six hours and ten minutes of playing time to beat the Braves 16-13 in 19 innings. [...]
The New York Mets (44-34) salvaged their three-game series in San Juan, holding off the Florida Marlins 6-5. The Mets are now 16-22 on the road this season and 1-6 against the Marlins away from Citi Field. The win pushes the Mets two games ahead of the Philadelphia Phillies (41-35), who lost 4-3 to the Cincinnati Reds, [...]
The New York Mets (42-31) defeated the Minnesota Twins, 5-2, in the opening game of a three-game series at Citi Field. The win improves the Mets to 27-11 at home, 15-5 in the month of June and 12-4 in interleague play. Minnesota Twins @ New York Mets ... recap and boxscore ### Post Game Notes: Mike [...]
Here's what happened on this day in New York Mets history: 1976: New York Mets traded Jack Heidemann to the Milwaukee Brewers for Tom Deidel. 1984: The New York Mets release Mike Torrez. 1984 - New York Mets purchased Ed Glynn from the Cleveland Indians. 1987: Tom Seaver abandons his comeback attempt with the injury-riddled [...]