The New York Mets lost the first of three games against the Arizona Diamondbacks by the score of 3-2 on a quiet Saturday night at Citi Field. The loss dropped the Mets to five games under .500 at 21-26. Zack Wheeler (1-5, 4.31) got the start and delivered one of his best outings of the season for the Mets. He tossed a season high 6.2 innings and held the Diamondbacks to three runs and only two...
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Jenrry Mejia gave the team two thumbs-up on Friday, the day after after pitching in back-to-back games. Mejia felt no issue with his arm and told manager Terry Collins he is ready to pitch again. After pitching a scoreless ninth in a non-save situation on Wednesday, Mejia came out to pitch the ninth again on Thursday to seal the Mets 6-3 victory over the Dodgers and earn his second major league...
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Tonight’s game between the New York Mets and the Arizona Diamondbacks has been rained out. The game will be made made up as part of a single-admission doubleheader on Sunday beginning at 1:10 PM. Sunday’s scheduled starter Rafael Montero will start the first game of the doubleheader while Daisuke Matsuzaka will get his first start of the season in the second game. Pitching coach Dan...
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Curtis Granderson picked up two more hits in last night’s 5-3 win over the Dodgers and is now batting .310 this month with a .372 on-base and an impressive .592 slugging. He’s walloped five homers in May to go with his 14 RBI and picked up his first triple of the season on Thursday night. Granderson spoke to Jim Baumbach of Newsday after the game, and shared his frustration with fans...
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In their annual MLB General Manager Rankings, The Sporting News has Mets GM Sandy Alderson slipping all the way to No. 23 out of 30. Patience is a virtue, to be sure, but the Mets under Alderson have not shown great ability to do much more than add young pitching to the organizational talent pool. The lineup remains as much of a nightmare as ever, and the list of players who have been mishandled...
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