Sunday, October 2, 2016 • 3:05 p.m. Citizens Bank Park • Philadelphia, PA RHP Gabriel Ynoa (1-0, 7.90) vs. RHP Jerad Eickhof (11-14, 3.72) SNY • WOR 710 AM • ESPN 1050 AM The Mets did it… They have clinched the first NL Wild Card spot and will host the Wild Card Game on Wednesday, October 5 at Citi Field vs. either San Francisco or St. Louis. The Mets also qualified as the Wild Card in...
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The all-mighty Noah Syndergaard will officially start the Wild Card game at Citi Field for the New York Mets on Wednesday night. Syndergaard, who was originally slated to start Sunday’s regular season finale in Philadelphia, will instead throw a bullpen session to ready himself for the postseason. Gabriel Ynoa will pitch in Thor’s place on Sunday. “It’s kind of smooth...
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The St. Louis Cardinals are still alive after Jedd Gyorko blasted a go-ahead home run in the eighth inning to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 on Saturday. The Cards take their postseason chase to the final day of the regular season and are one game behind San Francisco for that second wild-card spot. Meanwhile, left-hander Ty Blach tossed eight shutout innings and outpitched Dodgers ace Clayton...
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Anthony Rieber of Newsday caught up with Jose Reyes who misses his old buddy David Wright and wished he could have been part of the excitement and celebration after the Mets clinched the top Wild Card on Saturday, and secured home field advantage. “He has to be here,” Reyes told Newsday. “He’s the captain of our team.” “Me and David, we basically played so many...
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James Loney delivered the decisive homer in Saturday’s 5-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies that helped the Mets clinch the top Wild Card spot. For the second consecutive season, the Mets are heading to the postseason. In what was another thrilling victory, Loney crushed a 426-foot bomb to put the Mets ahead for good after the Phillies had tied the game at two a piece in the previous...
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