Max Scherzer was perfect over six innings on Monday night in Milwaukee, leading the Mets to a win that would clinch the franchise’s first postseason appearance since 2016, and the first of the Steve Cohen era while the Mets’ beloved owner sat in attendance at Miller Park. Scherzer was so dominant throughout his appearance on Monday that by the end of his outing, the...
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Max Scherzer gave the Mets everything he could on Monday evening in the Bronx, but it was not enough to keep him from being credited with his 100th career loss on a night the Mets’ bats were stymied by Yankees right-hander Domingo German. Scherzer’s night got off to a rough start when he plunked Yankees outfielder Andrew Benintendi with a 90 mph cutter to lead off the bottom of the...
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Not much went right for the Mets on Monday evening in Atlanta. Carlos Carrasco left the game with soreness in his side after giving up three runs in only two innings. The cavalcade of relievers that followed Carrasco–Joely Rodriguez, Adonis Medina and new acquisition Mychal Givens–did not fare any better, giving up 10 runs in just four innings of work, in the process turning the...
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Though Mets co-aces Jacob deGrom and Max Scherzer have garnered most of the headlines lately–and with good reason, after Scherzer and deGrom just dominated the second-place Atlanta Braves during a memorable weekend at Citi Field–it is the steady contributions of guys like Chris Bassitt, Carlos Carrasco and Taijuan Walker who have kept the Mets in first place for the majority of the...
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Moments after the Mets completed a 4-1 victory over the Braves to take the first game in a three-game set in Atlanta, manager Buck Showalter described Mets ace Max Scherzer simply and succinctly. “He’s a difference-maker,” Showalter said. Indeed, Scherzer made all the difference in the world on Monday. Battling Braves ace Max Fried, Scherzer was locked in from the get-go,...
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