Author: Elliot Teichman

Game Thread: Mets vs. Phillies, 7:05 PM

Monday, June 24, 2019 • 7:05 p.m. Citizens Bank Park • Philadelphia, PA LHP Steven Matz (5-5, 4.28) vs. RHP Zach Eflin (6-7, 2.83) SNY • WCBS 880 AM • ESPN 1050 AM The Phillies are in free-fall going into tonight’s series opener with the Mets. Zach Eflin, starting for the Phils tonight, is their only reliable starter in the rotation right now while basically their entire bullpen is injured. The...

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Game Thread: Mets at Cubs, 2:20 PM, WPIX 11

Sunday, June 23, 2019 • 2:20 p.m. (ET) Wrigley Field • Chicago, IL RHP Jacob deGrom (4-6, 3.26) vs. LHP Cole Hamels (6-2, 2.85) PIX11 • WCBS 880 AM • ESPN 1050 AM After dropping the first game of the series on Thursday, which followed a fairly dreadful series in St. Louis – the pessimist in me did not think I would be writing this next sentence today: the Mets look to take the four game set in...

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Game Thread: Mets vs Cubs, 2:20 PM

Saturday, June 22, 2019 • 2:20 p.m. (ET) Wrigley Field • Chicago, IL RHP Zack Wheeler (5-5, 4.94) vs. LHP Jose Quintana (4-6, 3.87) PIX11 • MLBN • WCBS 880 AM • ESPN 1050 AM The Mets won yesterday and they look to make it two in a row today! The Mets got their first average to below average start from Jason Vargas in a while, but the bullpen behind Vargas was great! It’s been a while since we’ve...

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Game Thread: Mets vs Cubs, 2:20 PM

Friday, June 21, 2019 • 2:20 p.m. (ET) Wrigley Field • Chicago, IL LHP Jason Vargas (3-3, 3.74) vs. RHP Yu Darvish (2-3, 4.65) SNY • MLBN • WCBS 880 AM • ESPN 1050 AM The Mets continuously teach me a lesson that I choose to ignore: don’t write game preview first thing in the morning when the game is 14 hours away. Things change. And yesterday they did. Once I was sufficiently far away from my...

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Game Thread: Mets vs Cubs, 8:05 PM

Thursday, June 20, 2019 • 8:05 p.m. (ET) Wrigley Field • Chicago, IL RHP Walker Lockett (0-0, —) vs. RHP Tyler Chatwood (3-1, 3.60) SNY • MLBN • WCBS 880 AM • ESPN 1050 AM The Mets were able to keep things close last night against the Braves until the 6th inning where the bats on the Mets failed to score with two on and one out and then Matz allowed a 2 run homer to put the Braves in the...

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