The Mets (21-16) defeated the Milwaukee Brewers (13-24) by a score of 14-1 Saturday night. Jacob deGrom had perhaps his best stuff all season tonight while Matt Garza had quite the opposite. The reigning NL Rookie of The Year pitched six innings while giving up one run, striking out six and walking one. He is now 4-4 on the year. DeGrom helped his own cause in the 2nd. After a double by Eric...
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Ronald Blum of the Associated Press reports that when Terry Collins made the decision to bat Wilmer Flores ninth in the batting order on Saturday versus the Milwaukee Brewers, he did something that hasn’t been done in nearly half a century. For the first time since April 30, 1967, the Mets were batting their top home-run hitter ninth in the order. Don Cardwell, New York’s starting...
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The Mets and Brewers will play the second game of their weekend series tonight at Citi Field. Jacob deGrom (3-4, 3.46) will be counted on to stop the Mets’ five game skid and he’ll be opposed by right-hander Matt Garza (2-4, 4.04) for the Brewers. First pitch is at 7:10 PM. Mets Starting Lineup Curtis Granderson – RF Juan Lagares – CF Lucas Duda – 1B Michael Cuddyer – LF Daniel...
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I decided to do a little research yesterday after learning Dilson Herrera was heading to the DL. Not to make any excuses because bad baseball is bad baseball anyway you slice it, and excuses are for losers, but… The number of players the Mets have lost to the major league disabled list this season is jaw-dropping. Dilson Herrera, 2B – Fractured middle finger Buddy Carlyle, P –...
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Here come the Washington Nationals… In 18 days they’ve climbed back from eight games behind the first place Mets to within a half game of the top spot. How did they do it? They’ve won 13 of their last 17 games. Next week they get their top offensive star back, Anthony Rendon, who started baseball activities on Friday. Yes, that’s right, they’ve accomplished this...
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