The New York Mets (91-55) defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates (55-90) for a second consecutive night at Citi Field. The Mets got great pitching from the combo of Taijuan Walker and Edwin Díaz. Friday night’s game started as a pitchers duel between Walker and Mitch Keller. Walker breezed through the first three innings and did not allow a base runner until Rodolfo Castro singled with two outs...
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On Thursday night in Queens, where the Mets and Pirates were honoring the late Puerto Rican legend Roberto Clemente, Francisco Lindor came to the plate in the bottom of the third tied for the Mets’ single-season record for home runs hit by a shortstop. Lindor would proceed to blast a two-run home run into the Coca-Cola Corner and give the Mets some cushion room in their eventual 7-1...
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It was a meager Tuesday night for the New York Mets’ offense as the team lost a second consecutive game to the Chicago Cubs. The Mets had a chance to strike early against Cubs starter Adrian Sampson when Daniel Vogelbach came to the plate with two runners on and two out. Vogelbach had no answer for Sampson’s changeup and grounded out weakly to end the inning. Vogelbach’s...
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The New York Mets (87-52) lost to the Miami Marlins (57-80) 6-3 on Friday night in Miami to fall back into a virtual tie for first with the Braves. David Peterson was sent to the mound in hopes of quelling a recently hot Marlins offense. Miami sent Edward Cabrera to the mound, looking to play spoiler in the September race for the NL East. Miami never gave Peterson time to breathe in...
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The New York Mets (85-50) lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates (49-84) tonight to open up a four-game series. The Mets have now lost three consecutive games for only the third time this season. This three-game losing streak, however, has all come to the hands of last-place teams. Mitch Keller’s night started out shaky in the top half of the first. After retiring Brandon Nimmo for the first out...
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