Steven Matz had a pretty bad first inning on Wednesday night when the New York Mets played the Washington Nationals and ended up winning 11-5. He threw 33 pitches and gave up a three-run home run to Ryan Zimmerman. As bad as his first was, Matz settled down and got through four with a manageable pitch count. He has had an interesting season. Last season, Matz just struck out 16.1% of the people...
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Stop the presses. The sky is not falling over Flushing. Salt and pepper was back in business Wednesday night as the New York Mets got a redemption rally over their NL East rivals in their 11-5 win. Two consecutive losses unleashed a wave of concern, and although a bit warranted, the bats and bullpen bounced back with a vengeance confirming that the Mickey Callaway Mets are really that good....
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Las Vegas (5-9) 2, Fresno (10-4) 1 Box Score Zach Borenstein DH: 0-1, 2 BB, K, .286/.386/.551 Bryce Brentz RF: 1-3, HR, 2 RBI, 2 K, .178/.224/.267 Gavin Cecchini 2B: 0-2, BB, K, .257/.350/.371 For the first six innings, the 51s made Cy Sneed look like Cy Young while not recording a single hit against him. Luckily for them, he was taken out after six no-hit innings and 92 pitches, and Brentz hit...
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Good Morning, Mets fans! Matt Harvey’s (0-1, 4.80 ERA) last few starts haven’t been that encouraging, but he’ll hope to reverse that trend against a third-place Braves team today. The Braves scheduled starter, Anibal Sanchez, suffered a hamstring injury yesterday and they have not announced his replacement yet. In yesterday’s game, Tanner Roark quieted the Mets for the...
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The New York Mets (13-4) came back to beat the Washington Nationals (9-10) late in the third game of the series with an 11-5 win at Citi FieldThe final score was 11-5 and it helped the Mets move to 13-4. Pitching Steven Matz got the ball for the Mets and he had a rough first inning. Matz gave up an infield hit to Howie Kendrick and walked Bryce Harper. Usually walking Harper to pitch to Ryan...
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