Coming off their first three-game winning streak in weeks, the Mets welcome a new opponent to Citi Field this week. The Los Angeles Dodgers, holders of baseball’s second-best record (69-46), come into Queens as winners of four of their last five and with one of the league’s best lineups and rotations. They are currently the favorites to win the World Series, and that should come as...
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Making his Mets debut on Thursday afternoon, Trevor Williams showed real promise while limiting damage in an eventual 5-4 Mets win. The former Cubs pitcher went 4 1/3 innings, allowing three hits and one earned run. Williams walked two batters, but struck out two Nationals as well. Williams’ first two innings were nearly perfect as he did face the minimum through two frames. The lone...
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The first Met game I attended this season was in sub-60 degree temperatures. The wind was howling and the weather was far from ideal. This was on Memorial Day weekend. Despite a night that resembled October more than May, I watched — stood, mostly — through eight innings of one of the best Mets games of the season. The team hit five home runs, and ultimately ended the evening with a 13-2 win...
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After an extremely disappointing series in Miami that saw the Mets drop three of four games, New York heads to the City of Brotherly Love for perhaps the most important series of the season thus far. Starting Friday night, the Mets will take on the Phillies in a three-game set that could determine the balance of power in the National League East. Currently, the Mets hold a very slim 1/2 game...
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Carlos Carrasco lasted just 4 1/3 innings in his second start as a New York Met, but had an overall effective evening in Wednesday’s 5-3 Mets win. The first two innings could not have gone better for Carrasco – literally. He retired all six batters in the first two frames, striking out two batters in the second inning. His streak of perfection lasted 2 and 1/3 innings, before Alex...
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