The New York Mets (13-12) fell to the Milwaukee Brewers (14-13) by a final of 10-2 in a contest that spanned three hours and twenty minutes on top of a two-hour, forty-minute rain delay. Jacob deGrom got the loss in his first start back from the 10-day injured list, moving to 2-3 on the season. Pitching The Mets opted to start Jacob deGrom despite the prolonged wait, and the results were not...
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Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic is reporting that the Milwaukee Brewers have agreed to a one-year, $2MM deal with starting pitcher Gio Gonzalez. Rosenthal had previously tabbed the Brewers as “the front-runner” in the sweepstakes, with Mike Puma of the New York Post adding that the Mets were “a longshot” to sign him. ‘ Per Rosenthal, Gonzalez may have been deterred by...
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In tonight’s contest against the Philadelphia Phillies, Mets’ center fielder Brandon Nimmo was replaced by Juan Lagares to begin the third inning after suffering what trainers have diagnosed as a left oblique “twinge.” Nimmo, who reached on a fielding error to score Zack Wheeler in the preceding frame, was looked at briefly by first base coach Glenn Sherlock and head...
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Noah Syndergaard looked to make up for a tough Monday night in Philadelphia in which he gave up five runs on nine hits while walking three. Unfortunately, his outing against the St. Louis Cardinals this afternoon offered little comfort. Despite homering in the fourth inning, he let up four earned runs (two unearned) on eight hits and two walks en route to his second loss of the season....
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With an infield hit in the top of the seventh inning in Saturday’s 10-2 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals, Jeff McNeil recorded his 100th career hit and set a franchise record for fewest at-bats needed to do so. The grounder came in McNeil’s 291st trip to the plate, breaking a 294-at-bat record previously held by Moises Alou. Alou of course owns the team record for longest hitting streak...
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