After a 7-0 rout of the Giants on Wednesday to even the series, the Mets went to battle against rookie right-hander Shaun Anderson to try and take the rubber game from the last-place Giants. Anderson was coming off his first big league win against the Orioles on Saturday, when he gave up two runs in seven innings. The Mets got back-to-back bombs from Amed Rosario and Dominic Smith in the first,...
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With the sixth pick of the 2019 draft (178th overall), the New York Mets have selected Zach Ashford, a left-handed-hitting center fielder from Fresno State University. Baseball America did not include him in their Top 500 Draft Prospects list, nor did he appear in MLB.com’s Top 200 Draft Prospects list. The third straight college senior picked by the Mets in this draft, Ashford batted...
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Pawtucket (22-31) 4, Syracuse (28-26) 2 Box Score Ruben Tejada 3B: 1-2, 2B, RBI, K, .457/.535/.657 Matt Kemp DH: 1-4, K, .200/.200/.200 Danny Espinosa SS: 1-4, RBI, 2 K, .266/.342/.462 The Mets scored their only runs in the fourth and fifth innings on an RBI single by Espinosa and a sac fly by Tejada. In 12 games between Binghamton and Syracuse, Tejda is now batting .477/.538/.682 as he looks...
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After the Mets won a nail biter 13-inning affair on Saturday to even the series, they went to battle against the Tigers on Sunday to try to take the rubber match of the three-game set. All the offense came in the fourth inning from a Todd Frazier RBI single and an Adeiny Hechavarria three-run homer. Zack Wheeler was solid in his longest outing of the year (7.1 innings), and Jeurys Familia...
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Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (25-19) 17, Syracuse (24-23) 12 Box Score Arismendy Alcantara 2B: 1-5, HR, 3 RBI, BB, 2 K, .308/.400/.538 Travis Taijeron DH: 3-5, HR, 2B, 4 RBI, BB, 2 K, .211/.326/.535 Braxton Lee CF: 2-4, 2 BB, 2 K, .273/.500/.364 The Mets’ bats exploded on Saturday, with the team recording 13 hits and 11 walks. Every starter collected at least one hit, leading to twelve runs,...
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