Despite an exhausting but much needed 18 inning 3-1 win to avoid a sweep by the Cardinals, the team’s offensive futility was on full display in St. Louis. To begin, the Mets tied their franchise record for stranding men on base with 25. Terry Collins said afterward, “I’ve never seen more flying helmets going down that runway.” The Mets were an incredible (in a bad way)...
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The Mets announced that they have called up catcher Anthony Recker and optioned Johnny Monell to Triple-A Las Vegas. Recker, who was named PCL Player of the Week last month, is batting .293 with a .398 on-base and 1.038 OPS, while hitting seven home runs and collecting 19 RBIs in 21 games for Las Vegas this year. Monell, who popped out with the bases loaded in his one pinch-hit at-bat on Sunday,...
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The Mets (48-44) defeated the St. Louis Cardinals (58-34) by a score of 3-1 in 18 innings today at Busch Stadium. Jon Niese tossed his eighth quality start in a row this afternoon, going 7.2 strong innings, allowing zero runs on five hits, while striking out three and walking three. His day came to an end when he drilled Randal Grichuk with a pitch, and was removed in favor of Bobby Parnell who...
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After dropping the first two games of their series against the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium, the Mets look to avoid getting swept when Jonathon Niese (5-8, 3.61) opposes rookie left-hander Tim Cooney (0-0, 4.34) in Sunday’s 2:15 PM series finale. The Mets are 0-2 in their string of 10 straight games vs. first place clubs. After this series the Mets will travel to Washington for three...
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The Flushing chorus clamoring for Binghamton leftfielder Michael Conforto to get the call to Citi Field will likely reach deafening decibel levels as Met fans learn the B-Met slugger’s two-run, fifth inning blast lifted the B-Mets past first place Trenton, 3-2, Saturday night. Conforto got all of a Jose De La Cruz 86 mph off-speed offering muscling a long shot over the right field wall to...
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