New York Mets southpaw, Steven Matz struggled through five innings as he took the loss to the Cubs. Chicago defeated Matz and the Mets by a score of 5-1. Matz allowed four runs on eight hits while walking one and striking out five. His command kept his pitch-count high and disallowed him from going deep into the game. “I’m battling, battling, battling and then I make one...
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JACOB DEGROM – 2016 TOPPS NOW AVAILABLE UNTIL 2:30 PM EST ON 7/19/16 Topps Trading Cards is honoring Jacob deGrom for his dominating shutout victory against the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday. Hurling his first career complete game, the 28-year old right-hander faced just one batter over the minimum (28) and yielded only a single to the opposing pitcher on a two seam fastball that caught...
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3 Up 1. Juan Steps Up Juan Lagares filled in beautifully for the injured Yoenis Cespedes, starting in all three games this weekend, while collecting three hits, including a homerun, a triple, and two RBI. He got things started for the Mets with his solo shot in the opener on Friday night. Lagares is now batting .269 on the year with three home runs and eight RBI. 2. Old Reliable With the Mets...
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Las Vegas 51s 6 (49-44), Iowa Cubs 2 Box Score Dilson Herrera 2B 3 for 4, 2B, BB, RBI, .278/.323/.475 Kevin Plawecki C 2 for 4, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R, .327/.400/.615 This was Plawecki’s 4th homer of the year in Vegas. Duane Below LHP 7 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K (ND, 4.57 ERA) Paul Sewald RHP 2 IP, 3 K (W, 5-2, 3.86) Duane Below doesn’t have overpowering stuff and won’t blow you away, but has looked...
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The deGrominator is back. Jacob deGrom tossed a one-hit, complete game shutout of the Phillies as the Mets took the series from Philadelphia with a 5-0 victory Sunday. “One hundred and sixty-two games is a lot, and we’re over halfway through,” deGrom said. “You start to feel things and get a little worn out. So I definitely think that break was needed for me.” (ESPN) The complete game was the...
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