First baseman Lucas Duda left seven men on base and took responsibility for Saturday’s 3-2 loss against the Diamondbacks. “I’d like to think it’s a bit of a bad stretch. I can only speak for me personally. I’ve got to drive those runs in, no doubt. I’ll take the blame for this one today.” Duda’s day began by striking out with the bases loaded in the first inning, swinging wildly...
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The New York Mets lost the first of three games against the Arizona Diamondbacks by the score of 3-2 on a quiet Saturday night at Citi Field. The loss dropped the Mets to five games under .500 at 21-26. Zack Wheeler (1-5, 4.31) got the start and delivered one of his best outings of the season for the Mets. He tossed a season high 6.2 innings and held the Diamondbacks to three runs and only two...
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The Mets and Diamondbacks will meet again after Friday’s washout and play the first of three games on Saturday afternoon at Citi Field in a 4:00 PM contest. Zack Wheeler (1-4, 4.53) starts for the Mets and opposes RHP Josh Collmenter (2-2, 4.02) for Arizona. Wheeler took the loss in the Mets’ 6-3 defeat against the Nationals on May 18 in his last start, allowing five runs, three earned,...
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Jenrry Mejia gave the team two thumbs-up on Friday, the day after after pitching in back-to-back games. Mejia felt no issue with his arm and told manager Terry Collins he is ready to pitch again. After pitching a scoreless ninth in a non-save situation on Wednesday, Mejia came out to pitch the ninth again on Thursday to seal the Mets 6-3 victory over the Dodgers and earn his second major league...
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Tonight’s game between the New York Mets and the Arizona Diamondbacks has been rained out. The game will be made made up as part of a single-admission doubleheader on Sunday beginning at 1:10 PM. Sunday’s scheduled starter Rafael Montero will start the first game of the doubleheader while Daisuke Matsuzaka will get his first start of the season in the second game. Pitching coach Dan...
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