Jacob deGrom tossed a quality start on Friday night thought it was not enough for his team to muster a win as their loss streak moved to six games in a 6-2 loss to the Atlanta Braves. Jake may not have had his dominant stuff going but still was able to keep his team in the game. DeGrom, 31, pitched six innings against Atlanta while allowing three runs on six hits, walking two and striking out...
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Zack Wheeler took his turn on the mound Thursday afternoon against the Philadelphia Phillies in what turned to be the latest debilitating loss for the New York Metropolitans who dropped the game in demoralizing fashion by a score of 6-3. Wheeler, 29, though did his part, giving his team six innings of quality work while allowing just one run on two hits before exiting the game. He would walk two...
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Fresh off some clubhouse controversy, Jason Vargas made his first start since the unfortunate events that occurred at Wrigley Field on Sunday. The elder statesman of the starting rotation showed no signs of letting the behind the scenes issues get to him as he continues his strong string of starts for the Metropolitans before the bullpen gave it all away, yet again. Vargas, 36, put forth...
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In a season full of few ups and many downs, one bright spot for the New York Mets has been Dom Smith. Similar to Brandon Nimmo last year, injuries have paved the way for Smith since the beginning of the season. With everyone’s focus after spring training being on Pete Alonso, fairly so, Dom Smith was also hitting well, with a slash line of .321/.367/.464/.831. The question of whether or...
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Philadelphia has been an albatross of sorts for Steven Matz as yet again the Phillies tortured the southpaw in the home stadium, Citizens Bank Park on Monday night. His last start in Philadelphia was one to forget as he was unable to record an out, allowing eight runs prior to exiting in the first inning. Matz was able to record some outs in the team’s 13-7 loss though it was not pretty....
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