Las Vegas (37-29) 10, Salt Lake 6 The 51’s were tied at 6-6 heading to the bottom of the 7th before Wilfredo Tovar, Johnny Monell and Kirk Nieuwenhuis each had RBI hits to cap the four run inning. Kirk was 2-4 with a RBI double in his return to the Mets system while playing center field and hitting 6th. T.J. Rivera had a big night going 3-4 with three doubles, RBI, and two runs scored...
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Terry Collins won his 340th game with the Mets last night, surpassing Gil Hodges for the third-most managerial wins in team history. Only Davey Johnson (595) and Bobby Valentine (536) have more victories. While this is a nice milestone for the Collins, he has yet to manage the team to a winning season. He started his tenure in New York back in 2011, and his overall winning percentage with the...
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Matt Harvey pitched last night, and the Mets won. Don’t take it for granted. After winning their ace’s first five starts, the Mets had lost five of the last seven games in which Harvey took the mound, going into last night’s game. Of course, that’s not all Harvey’s fault— on May 18th, his season ERA stood at 1.98 despite the team having dropped two of his last...
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After cruising through the first seven innings, thanks to the tremendous effort by Matt Harvey, the Mets headed into the top of the eighth inning ahead by a score of 3-0. Terry Collins turned to righthander Carlos Torres to preserve Harvey’s gem, but it was quickly apparent that he didn’t have it and before you knew it, the Blue Jays had the bases loaded with one out and the...
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The Mets (36-30) defeated the Blue Jays (34-32) by a score of 3-2 Tuesday night at Citi Field. Pitching: Matt Harvey looked like his 2013 self, finally putting it all together and delivering a dominant performance. He had command, velocity, and movement on all his pitches. He shut out the explosive Blue Jays over 7 innings, striking out 6 and walking none while allowing 4 hits. He is looking...
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