Michael Cuddyer continued his hot hitting last night in Philadephia where he went 3-for-5 with a home run, double, and 3 RBI in a Mets 9-4 win over the Phillies. In 13 games since being activated from the DL, Cuddyer is batting .369 with four doubles, two home runs, and seven RBI in 39 at-bats. “I feel better, my knees feel better. But it’s also just baseball, you go through hot...
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To say that the Mets offense was bad in the first half of the season would be an understatement. The Mets crawled into this year’s All Star Break ranked 28th in runs and dead last in batting average. According to Baseball Prospectus and FanGraphs, the Mets were actually lucky to be a high as 28th in runs – and with a slash line of .233/.298/.363, those outlets were probably right....
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Last night in a 6-5 win over the Philadelphia Phillies, Terry Collins asked his closer Jeurys Familia to get four outs for his ball club. Familia did exactly that, and the Mets perserved in a much needed victory to remain 5 1/2 games up on the Washington Nationals. Familia came on in the bottom of the 8th inning after set-up man Tyler Clippard had allowed a single to Andres Blanco and a walk to...
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Wilmer Flores can cry as much as he wants to. In a 16-7 drubbing of the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park last night, the living legend that is Wilmer Flores continued his hot hitting with a huge offensive night. The Mets set a franchise record by hitting a total of eight homeruns, with Flores crushing two of them – and I do mean crushed. He finished 3-for-6 with 2 HR’s, one double, and...
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Lost in the mix of last night’s thrilling Mets win over the Philadelphia Phillies was the strong performance the team got out of their unheralded relief pitcher Sean Gilmartin. Gilmartin, a pitcher the Mets selected from the Twins last December in the Rule 5 Draft, was able to come in and throw 3 1/3 innings of three-hit ball, while surrendering no runs, all after Jacob deGrom had given up six...
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