Month: June 2013

Niese Is Out With A Rotator Cuff Tear, Collins Is Just Out Of Touch

The injury that forced Jonathon Niese out of Thursday’s game after only 3 1/3 innings of play has been revealed to be a partially torn left rotator cuff. No immediate surgery will be necessary, but two weeks rest and extreme caution has been advised. Earlier, Mets manager Terry Collins recently announced to reporters that the cause of discomfort was “nothing severe,” but...

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Dominant Relief Work From Akeel Morris Gives Cyclones’ Second Win

Many of the old-time baseball clichés are often true, and that’s why we keep using them. In Friday’s contest between the Brooklyn Cyclones and the Aberdeen Ironbirds, “good things happened when the leadoff man got on base.” The Ironbirds – the Single-A short-season affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles – had leadoff hits in four of the first five innings to take a 2-0 lead, but the Cyclones caught...

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Hefner And The Mets Defeat The Phillies 4-3; Lagares Three Hits

Mets 4, Phillies 3 The New York Mets beat the Philadelphia Phillies 4-3 tonight at Citizens Bank Park to open their three game series. The Mets have won five of their last seven games. Jeremy Hefner started and after a rough second inning that saw him give up three early runs, he settled down and held the Phillies scoreless for the next four innings while the Mets battled back to take the lead....

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Scouts Say Harvey’s Better

Danny Knobler of CBS Sports spoke to two scouts who were on hand for Super Tuesday, when Matt Harvey stymied the Braves and Zack Wheeler made his long anticipated debut with six scoreless innings for a Mets doubleheader sweep in Atlanta. “I don’t know if you’re doing a survey, but put me down for Harvey over Strasburg, and it’s not even close,” said one scout who...

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Mets vs Phillies: Hefner Takes On Hamels To Begin Weekend Series

New York Mets vs Philadelphia Phillies Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia • 7:05 PM RHP Jeremy Hefner (1-6, 3.96) vs LHP Cole Hamels (2-10, 4.40) Starting Lineup Eric Young, Jr – LF Daniel Murphy – 2B David Wright – 3B Marlon Byrd – RF Lucas Duda – 1B Anthony Recker – C Juan Lagares – CF Omar Quintanilla – SS Jeremy Hefner – RHP Game Notes New York took three of five from the Braves in Atlanta to...

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