An eventful season for Émilien Pitre continued on Saturday night when he hit his first Triple-A homer in Syracuse’s 14-9 loss to Rochester. The infielder started the year at High-A Bowling Green (Tampa Bay). He was moved up to Double-A Montgomery after 51 games, traded to the Mets on August 2 along with pitcher Gary Gill Hill and outfielder Aidan Smith for Freddy Peralta. He then played 10...
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The two minor leaguers the Mets picked up in the Brooks Raley trade with the Phillies looked spectacular on Friday night. Right-hander Luke Gabrysh threw five scoreless innings in Double-A Binghamton’s 2-0 victory over New Hampshire, and outfielder John Spikerman homered and stole three bases for High-A Brooklyn. Raley, by the way, has allowed three earned runs over 7 2/3 innings for the...
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Good morning, Mets fans! Bench, Carter, Alvarez. Francisco Alvarez clubbed two of New York’s five homers in a 10-6 victory over the Giants Friday. Mark Vientos, Francisco Lindor and Bo Bichette also went yard. It was the second straight game that the Mets (64-77) scored 10 runs. Alvarez will turn 25 in November and it was the seventh multi-homer game of his career. The catcher with the...
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Good morning, Mets fans! Happy 58th birthday to No. 31! David Stearns was spotted in Japan watching Teruaki Sato of the Hanshin Tigers and he must have been impressed. The 27-year-old, left-handed hitting third baseman/outfielder homered twice to bring his season total to 34 in 120 games. He entered Thursday with a 1.022 OPS. He is expected to be posted this winter. The Mets, Yankees, Dodgers...
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Nick Morabito picked the perfect time to come up with his first big-league hit. With two outs in the seventh inning, he lined a 2-2 pitch down the left-field line for a three-run double that extended the Mets’ lead over Tampa Bay to 9-4. The Mets (63-77) went on to a 10-4 victory Wednesday to take a series from the American League’s best team at Tropicana Field. Morabito had started...
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