The Mets beat the Giants 5-3 today and will go for the series win tomorrow. Pitching Noah Syndergaard retired the first six guys to face him this evening. In the third, Syndergaard gave up hits to the first two batters and both came around to score. After that, it was mostly smooth sailings. In the fourth, he faced a small jam but got out of it with a nasty sinker that will be seen tomorrow. He...
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Las Vegas (62-65) 13, Salt Lake (66-61) 6 Box Score Matt den Dekker CF: 3-6, HR, 2 2B, 3 RBI, 0 BB, 2 K, .285/.330/.525 Peter Alonso 1B: 1-3, HR, RBI, 2 BB, 2 K, .238/.345/.533 Bryce Brentz DH: 1-4, HR, 2 RBI, BB, K, .266/.337/.601 Patrick Kivlehan LF: 3-5, HR, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 2 K, .303/.348/.548 Christian Colon 2B: 3-4, 2B, 2 RBI, BB, .306/.398/.448 The 51s exploded in the first two innings with...
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On Saturday, Jacob deGrom further improved his Cy Young candidacy by pitching a complete game and allowing no earned runs. It lowered his season ERA to 1.71 and his ERA+ is now 217 (117 percent better than the league average). The common narrative has been Jacob deGrom is only beating Max Scherzer in ERA but in reality, it is more than that. Between the two, deGrom has Max beat in ERA, ERA+,...
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The New York Mets (54-69) defeated the Philadelphia Phillies (68-56) by a score of 8-2 to win this five-game series against their division rivals in Williamsport. Pitching Jason Vargas pitched this evening for the Mets and was effective for the second straight game. He set down the first seven guys to face him. Odubel Hererra got the first hit against him but Vargas got out of a jam by getting...
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Tonight, the Mets will be playing in Williamsport to settle the rubber game of this series with the Phillies. Jason Vargas will pitch for the Mets and teach those little leaguers how to be a Major Leaguer. The Mets won 3-1 yesterday. Jacob deGrom gave up one unearned run in a complete game to lower his ERA to 1.71. He’s way better than Max Scherzer right now. Latest Mets News Corey Oswalt...
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