Steven Matz’s dominance continued last night for Triple-A Las Vegas. He pitched seven shutout innings while allowing just four hits and striking out five. Matz was simply overpowering, and he even got stronger as the game progressed. He retired the final ten batters that faced him before being pulled in the eight inning at 87 pitches. Matz now improves his record to 7-4 and his ERA to an...
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The Mets (36-31) fell to the Blue Jays (35-32) by a score of 8-0 on Wednesday night in Toronto. Jon Niese took the hill for the Mets and pitched well, going seven innings while allowing three runs on seven hits and four walks, striking out six. Toronto took an early lead they would never relinquish in the bottom of the second, when Kevin Pillar’s RBI single made Niese pay for a pair of...
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The Mets announced that Nelson Doubleday, Jr., the former owner of the Mets, has passed away at the age of 81. According to Doubleday’s family, the cause of death was pneumonia. “We were saddened to hear the news of the passing of Nelson Doubleday, Jr.,” The Mets said in a statement. “Nelson had a love of baseball and the Mets. On behalf of everyone at the organization, we send our...
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Daniel Murphy will not be activated from the disabled list when eligible on Saturday as was expected. General manager Sandy Alderson said the Mets are now eyeing Tuesday’s series opener at Milwaukee for Murphy’s return. (ESPN New York) Murphy has been playing in extended spring training games at Port St. Lucie since Friday, and has yet to begin a rehab assignment. But Alderson...
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The New York Mets now head north of the border to continue the second leg of their home and home series against the Toronto Blue Jays at the Rogers Centre. Jon Niese (3-6, 4.24) opposes Drew Hutchison (5-1, 5.75) in a 7:07 PM matchup. The Mets have won three in a row and five of their last six games. New York is 36-30 and the club’s .545 winning percentage is tied for the seventh-best in the...
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