Month: September 2016

Mets Set Franchise Home Run Record, Continue Winning

With Curtis Granderson’s two game-saving home runs in last night’s 3-2 win over the lowly Twins, this year’s Mets team officially shattered the franchise’s single-season team home run record, which now sits at 201. The team came in tied with the 2006 Mets, who racked up 199 homers over a full season. Granderson’s second home run extended the already-broken home...

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Curtis Granderson has Begun to Produce at the Right Time

When the Minnesota Twins had taken a 2-1 lead in the top of the eleventh inning, things began to look grim for the Metropolitans. Curtis Granderson though would go on to homer in back-to-back innings to give the Mets a 3-2 victory in the twelfth. It has been a down year for the most part for Granderson, though he has gotten hot at just the right time. A player who many believed helped to carry...

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THE GRANDY MAN CAN! Granderson Homers Twice In Extras To Win It For Mets!

The Mets (79-69) defeated the Minnesota Twins (55-94) by a score of 3-2 tonight at Citi Field. With the Giants beating the Cardinals in the ninth, the Mets will extend their wild card lead over St. Louis by three games tonight if the score holds up. Pitching: Seth Lugo toed the rubber for the Mets this evening at Citi Field and got into some trouble in the second but came out unscathed. However,...

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Mets 2016 Sterling Award Winners Announced Including Nimmo and Rosario

The New York Mets today announced that outfielder Brandon Nimmo and shortstop Amed Rosario were named Sterling Minor League Organizational Co-Players of the Year and LHP P.J. Conlon earned Sterling Organizational Pitcher of the Year honors. Brandon Nimmo played all three outfield spots this year for the 51s on the way to a great bounce back season in which he hit .352/.423/.541 and got his first...

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

Saturday, September 17, 2016 • 7:10 p.m. Citi Field • Flushing, N.Y. RHP Ervin Santana (7-10, 3.53) vs. RHP Seth Lugo (4-2, 2.40) PIX11 • WOR 710 AM • ESPN 1050 AM The Mets beat the Twins last night behind an amazing start from Bartolo Colon and back to back jacks by Reyes and Cabrera. Meanwhile, the two teams on the Mets radar for the Wild Card, the Giants and Cardinals, are playing each other....

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