Month: July 2012

Gee Pitches Gem, Long Ball Carries Mets To 3-1 Win Against Cubs

Dillon Gee had an excellent outing today, and Ike Davis and Jordany Valdespin continued on their hot streaks as the Mets won 3-1 against the Cubs. Game Recap Dillon Gee had his longest and most effective outing of the season, going eight innings allowing one run on seven hits while striking out four. Gee had control of all of his pitches, and relied on the aggressive Cubs approach to walk zero...

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Dillon Gee Looks To Solve Pesky Cubs, Murphy and Ike Back In The Lineup

Starting Lineup  Ruben Tejada – SS Daniel Murphy – 2B David Wright – 3B Ike Davis – 1B Lucas Duda – RF Jordany Valdespin – LF Josh Thole – C Kirk Nieuwenhuis – CF Dillon Gee – RHP The Mets tried but just fell short of a comeback last night, but hope to take that energy in to today’s scorcher of a game as the Mets take on the Cubs for game two. If you were following yesterday’s game,...

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Tejada Proving To Be A Core Player For The Mets

I’m marveled at the incredible season we are seeing from our starting shortstop Ruben Tejada. Who could have expected such poise and confidence in someone so young and in fact younger than most of our top prospects who are still toiling in the minors. When the Mets let Jose Reyes go this Winter and announced that 22-year old Tejada would be the everyday shortstop and that they had no plans...

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Mets Farm Report: Familia and Fulmer Toss Gems, Flores and Vaughn Blast Homers

Buffalo 5, Syracuse 1 By Connor O’Brien The Bisons topped the Syracuse Chiefs by a score of 5-1 last night. Taking the mound in a very important start, Jeurys Familia looked to bounce back from a few rough outings in a row against the Chiefs last night. Surrounded by talks of demotion, Familia answered the call and dominated. Through his first 6.0 innings, Familia allowed only three hits...

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Morning Grind: Look At These 2012 Mets And Tell Me That Clutch Doesn’t Exist

If there was ever any merit to the concept that clutch hitting doesn’t exist, that “theory” has been completely disproven by these 2012 New York Mets by one lone number. 185. After Thursday night’s incredible 6-5 walk-off victory over the Phillies, that number represents how many times the Mets have scored a run with two outs in the 2012 regular season. That number 185 is...

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