The New York Mets (22-18) were defeated by the Washington Nationals (24-16) by a score of 9-1 at Citi Field Thursday night. The Nationals took the rubber game of the three game set and now have a 2.5 game lead in the division. Pitching: Matt Harvey just didn’t have it tonight in what was billed as maybe the biggest game of the season so far. Harvey gave up nine runs (six earned), walked two,...
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Thursday, May 19, 2016 • 7:10 p.m. Citi Field • Flushing, N.Y. RHP Stephen Strasburg (6-0, 2.95) vs. RHP Matt Harvey (3-5, 4.93) SNY • MLBN • WOR 710 AM • ESPN 1050 AM Nationals’ ace Gio Gonzalez continued his dominance at Citi Field and completely shutdown the Mets offense on Wednesday night. Coupled with a wild Bartolo Colon, something we haven’t seen in a while, and an ineffective...
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Jacob deGrom has accomplished so much in the 58-games he’s started in his Major League career. When he debuted in 2014, he dazzled and sported a 2.69 earned run average while going 9-6 on the year. He received 26 out of 30 first place votes for Rookie of the Year, easily beating out Billy Hamilton and Kolten Wong in the process. Fans were hopeful that deGrom would blossom into an ace for this...
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Steven Matz cleared his final hurdle and threw a successful bullpen on Wednesday. The left-hander proclaimed himself ready to go and will rejoin the rotation on Friday for his start against the Milwaukee Brewers. Earlier in the week, the team announced that Matz had no structural damage in his elbow. Initially the plan was to have him pitch today against the Washington Nationals. But the team...
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Dominic Smith is currently the Mets number two prospect according to us here at MMO/MMN and is considered their top prospect by some including Keith Law. The knock by some, coming into 2016 in Smith was the lack of power he has shown since being draft by the Mets out of the first round in 2013. In his first two seasons he combined to hit four home runs in 177 games including only one in 461 at...
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