Monday, September 24, 2012 • 7:10 PM Citi Field • Flushing, NY RHP Kyle McPherson (0-1, 2.25) vs. RHP Jenrry Mejia (0-1, 9.00) Starting Lineup Fred Lewis, rf Daniel Murphy, 2b David Wright, 3b Ike Davis, 1b Scott Hairston, cf Lucas Duda, lf Ruben Tejada, ss Josh Thole, c Jenrry Mejia, rhp The Mets start their final home series of the season tonight as they host the Pirates. Jenry Mejia gets the...
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After the game ended, I quickly switched over from WPIX to SNY to catch the post game. Bobby Ojeda was in the middle of raving over Ruben Tejada which was cool, but then he started saying some things that sounded a bit over the top… “Ruben Tejada is an exceptional two-strike hitter, it’s one of the things you have to love about him.” “I think Ruben is batting over...
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Ruben Tejada delivered the knock-out blow with a bases loaded walk-off single in the ninth inning to give the Mets a 3-2 victory at Citi Field this afternoon over the Marlins. With the win the Mets complete their first sweep at home in over three months. Game Highlights David Wright went 1-for-4 and got the Mets on the board with his 19th home run of the season: a two-run blast in the first. He...
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Jon Heyman of CBS Sports, spoke with an American League executive who gave him his predictions on what the top ten free agents could get this winter. 1. Josh Hamilton, Rangers OF (Prediction: $150 million, five years) That $30-million-a-year guarantee would represent a record, eclipsing Alex Rodriguez’s $275 million, 10-year contract (though A-Rod also has $30 million in historic homer...
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R.A. Dickey. Gio Gonzalez. Both pitchers are gunning for the Cy Young Award. Only one will get it (assuming we don’t have a tie a la the 1979 NL MVP vote that got Keith Hernandez a co-MVP Award). You can go to any site and find comparisons between the two. Anyone will tell you that Gonzalez leads Dickey by one win and that Dickey leads Gonzalez in innings pitched, strikeouts, ERA,...
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