Duda ClubsTwo Homers, Game-Winning Double! The Mets (54-50) defeated the Washington Nationals (54-48), as well as earning the series victory tonight at Citi Field by a score of 3-2. Jacob deGrom started for the Mets tonight, and got off to a bit of a rocky start, as he loaded the bases in the first inning, and then surrendered a base hit that plated two to the suddenly red hot Ian Desmond. The...
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Not even all the greatest scribes in the world could have dreamed up and written a better script than what has unfolded at Citi Field in the last 48 hours. It is moments like this that makes baseball the greatest sport in the world. Nothing can match it’s drama, nothing comes close to the agony and the ecstasy it puts us through game in and game out. It’s a pastime that transfixes...
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“And, a few days after Bill stepped behind the plate, something happened to the Blues. When you live with a team eight months of the year, season after season, its thoughts and responses and spirits become your own. I never felt it stronger than the week Bill took charge behind the plate.” “Not that it happened overnight. The making of a team never does. It creeps up on players...
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The New York Mets continue their weekend series against the division-leading Washington Nationals after taking the first game in dramatic fashion with a walk off homerun in the bottom of the 12th. Jacob deGrom (10-6, 2.05) gets the start for the Mets tonight and opposes right-hander Joe Ross (2-3, 3.03) for the Nats in a 7:10 PM matchup. Jacob deGrom is 10-5 with a 1.59 ERA in 20 career starts...
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Stat Line: 7.2 IP, 1 R, 5 H, 9 SO, 0 BB Matt Harvey is resembling the Dark Knight of 2013. Using both sides of the plate predominately with his fastball and slider, Harvey was perfect through five innings before Jose Lobaton singled up the middle. This article explains Harvey’s fastball dominance and an area of improvement for Harvey. Fastball and Slider Command Harvey dominated knee high on...
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