"As an aside, sacrifice flies don't count as a turn at bat and therefore don't negatively affect a hitter's batting average, but they're almost always just regular fly outs with the singular and fortunate (from the batter's perspective) distinction that a runner happened to be on third base (or second!) at the time. Occasionally a [...]
When David Wright took Florida Marlins closer Leo Nunez deep in the ninth inning on Wednesday night, it marked the Mets' 95th home run of the season. Why is that number significant? With 36 games left to play, the Mets already have equaled their homer total from last year. When home run number is 96 [...]
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 – [...]
David Wright discusses the Mets' three-error sixth inning in loss to the Atlanta Braves ...
The New York Mets (54-54) dropped the rubber game of the series with the Atlanta Braves 8-3 at Turner Field Wednesday night. The loss drops the Mets 7 1/2 games behind the Braves in the National League East and 21-35 on the road this season. New York Mets @ Atlanta Braves ... recap and boxscore [...]
The New York Mets (52-51) dropped the series opener to the Arizona Diamondbacks, 9-6 at Citi Field. The D-Backs are 4-11 in their last 15 games, all four wins coming against the Mets. The Mets are 32-18 at Citi Field and 0-39 when they trail after eight innings. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Cincinnati Reds [...]
Behind a wonderful performance by Johan Santana, the New York Mets (50-47) bounced back to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers, 6-1, in the second game of a four-game series at Chavez Ravine. The Mets improved to an ugly 20-31 on the road and 2-7 on the road trip. The Atlanta Braves lost a 7-6 decision [...]
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 [...]
As we head toward the All-Star break, David Wright is making a push to be in the discussion for National League Most Valuable Player. In a renaissance year of sorts, Wright is hitting .317 with 14 HR’s and a league leading 65 RBI’s. Two years ago the idea of Wright winning an MVP would have been [...]
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 (46-37) rallied from a 7-1 deficit, responding to the Cincinnati Reds six-run fifth inning with five runs of their own, but the rally fell short as the Reds held off the Mets 8-6. Mets manager Jerry Manuel was thrown out of the game in the fifth inning, after the umpiring crew [...]