Today, the New York Mets will play a double-header against the Atlanta Braves. Chris Flexen and Seth Lugo will get game one and two respectively. Game one begins at 4:10 p.m. Yesterday, the Mets lost a close on to their rivals, the Washington Nationals. Brandon Nimmo homered in the game against CY Young front-runner, Max Scherzer. Jacob deGrom went six innings and gave up three runs in the loss....
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When the season began, Jacob deGrom made one goal clear: He wanted to pitch 200 innings in 2017. It’s now the end of September and he has succeeded. After pitching six strong frames against the Nationals Sunday afternoon, deGrom sits at 201.1 innings on the season. He officially reached the mark when he struck out Trea Turner for the second out in the fourth inning. He spoke to reporters...
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The Washington Nationals (94-61) defeated the New York Mets (66-89) by a score of 3-2 at Citi Field Sunday afternoon. Pitching Jacob deGrom started for the Mets needing 14 outs to reach his goal of pitching 200 innings in the regular season (he had pitched 216 innings in 2015 including the playoffs). After striking out five Nationals in the first two innings, Trea Turner touched him up for a...
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Oakland Athletics catcher Bruce Maxwell made headlines Saturday after he knelt during the National Anthem at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum. Neither the Mets nor opponent Washington Nationals followed suit Sunday afternoon, a notion that New York’s manager Terry Collins is “proud of.” “I’ve got to tell you, I’m not a big political guy, not by any stretch of...
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Sunday, September 24, 2017 • 1:10 p.m. Citi Field • Flushing, N.Y. RHP Max Scherzer (15-6, 2.59) vs. RHP Jacob deGrom (15-9, 3.55) SNY • WOR 710 AM • 104.3 WAXQ-FM HD 2 • ESPN 1050 New York is 3-7 in its last 10 games. New York is 34-42 at Citi Field this year. The Mets fell to 2-8 in extra inning games (1-5 at home) and 19-23 in one-run games. New York is a season high-tying 22 games under...
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