Month: September 2016

The Wild Card Race Tightens as Mets and Giants Lose

With the Mets falling to the Atlanta Braves Monday night by a score of 7-3, the Wild Card race tightened some more. The St. Louis Cardinals took care of business on their end, defeating the Colorado Rockies by a score of 5-3. The San Francisco Giants blew a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the ninth, falling to the Los Angeles Dodgers by a score of 2-1. With the win, the Cards were able to pick up a...

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Syndergaard Struggles As Braves Top Mets 7-3

The New York Mets (80-70) fell by a score of 7-3 to the Atlanta Braves (59-91) on Monday night at Citi Field. The Mets lead the Giants by half a game and the Cardinals by 1.5 games in the Wild Card race, pending the outcome of tonight’s games. Noah Syndergaard didn’t have it tonight for the Mets, allowing 5 runs on 5 hits and 3 walks in 3.2 innings. Walks hurt Thor in the second...

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Noah Syndergaard In Line To Start Wild Card Game

Terry Collins has the postseason on his mind. This afternoon at Citi Field, the Mets’ manager told reporters that the rotation is set up so that right-hander Noah Syndergaard is in line to start the National League Wild Card game on Wednesday, October 5. In two starts against the Giants this season, Syndergaard is 1-1 with a 2.63 ERA. In 13.2 innings he allowed seven hits, four walks and...

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MMO Game Thread: Braves vs Mets, 7:10 PM

Monday, September 19, 2016 • 7:10 p.m. Citi Field • Flushing, N.Y. RHP Aaron Blair (0-6, 8.23) vs. RHP Noah Syndergaard (13-8, 2.43) PIX11 • WOR 710 AM • ESPN 1050 AM The Mets completed the three game sweep of the Twins at home this weekend and thanks to the Cardinals and Giants playing each other, they now also have a one game lead for the top Wild Card spot and a two game lead over the...

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MMO Players Of The Week: Who Else But Rivera and Thor!

With just under two weeks left in the 2016 regular season, the New York Mets are making their final push to position themselves as the top Wild Card seed, giving them home field advantage for the one-game playoff. After a sweep over the weekend of the Minnesota Twins, and the San Francisco Giants splitting their four-game series with the St. Louis Cardinals, the Mets have a one-game lead over...

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