After coming back from six runs down to tie the game 7-7 in the top of the ninth, Carlos Torres served up a leadoff home run to Kevin Frandsen in the bottom of the inning and the Mets lost to the Phillies by the score of 8-7. Dillon Gee started for the Mets and he got ripped for six runs in five innings, including two home runs to his nemesis Ryan Howard and one to Michael Young. Howard is now...
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The Mets’ 2013 first-round pick Dominic Smith, made his professional debut today for the GCL Mets and went 2-for-4 with an RBI. Smith started at first base for the Mets and grounded out in first at-bat in the second inning. But in the fourth inning he singled to drive home left fielder Vicente Lupo, picking up his first hit and RBI as a pro. Smith would single again in his fourth and final...
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NEW YORK METS (29-41) vs PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (35-39) Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia • 4:05 PM RHP Dillon Gee (5-7, 4.56) vs RHP Jonathan Pettibone (3-3, 4.40) Starting Lineup Eric Young, Jr – CF Jordany Valdespin – 2B David Wright – 3B Marlon Byrd – RF Daniel Murphy – 1B John Buck – C Kirk Nieuwenhuis – LF Omar Quintanilla – SS Dillon...
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Aided by subtle changes to the roster and some apparent development on the part of some of the younger Mets, the Orange and Blue have stepped up their game recently in a most heartening way. Possibly spurred on by a lackluster style of play that seemingly reached its nadir with a run of 10 losses in 13 games following the surprising sweep of the Yankees, the Flushing brain trust may finally have...
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When you’re a kid from Louisiana, New York must seem like another universe. People from New York often think that Brooklyn is a completely different universe. So imagine being Mets’ 2012 first-round draft-pick Gavin Cecchini. Not only is he a Louisiana boy playing in New York, but he’s also getting a close up taste of Brooklyn as the Cyclones’ starting shortstop. But Cecchini said that it really...
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