It was a sloppy game full of errors and misplays, as the Yankees took the first game of the doubleheader over the Mets by a 12-5 score. Jeff McNeil put the Mets up 4-1 early with a three-run bomb, and Tomas Nido recorded multiple hits, but Zack Wheeler gave up a career-high nine runs (five earned) in the loss. His defense paid him no favors, with the keys being a Todd Frazier throwing error...
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It’s been an up-and-down season for Noah Syndergaard, who has showed flashes of dominance at times while providing an equal amount of frustration for the Mets and their fans. Coming off two straight okay outings against the Dodgers and Giants, Syndergaard was faced with the tough task of facing the Colorado Rockies’ offense, who rank second in the National League in runs scored. On...
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Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (34-25) 3, Syracuse (30-31) 1 Box Score Luis Guillorme 2B: 3-for-4, .305/.431/.398 Ruben Tejada 3B: 1-for-4, 2B, K, .350/.429/.483 Arismendy Alcantara RF: 2-for-4, 2 K, .340/.462/.547 The Mets scored their only run in the second on an RBI double by Travis Taijeron, who is the team’s best qualified hitter by OPS. Tejada has cooled off a little, but is still off to a...
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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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