The Mets (17-22) opened up their home series against the Philadelphia Phillies (19-15) with a loss on Friday night, as Rick Porcello and the Mets’ bullpen could not control the hot Philly bats. Porcello did pitch better than he had in his previous outings, going six innings and only allowing two earned runs, but the Mets bullpen could not hold the Phillies in the seventh and eighth, ultimately...
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The Mets walked off the field with their heads hung low after a miserable performance in game one of the doubleheader versus Miami on Tuesday night, as they took the loss, 4-0, in the seven-inning game. Rick Porcello pitched three innings and gave up four earned runs before he was knocked out due to a combination of poor performance and an hour and five-minute long rain delay midway...
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New York Mets’ on-base machine Brandon Nimmo continued his recent rampage at the plate Tuesday night, going 3-for-5 with two RBI’s, coming up a double shy of the cycle. Batting leadoff for the sixteenth time this season, Nimmo began his night with a screaming liner that was caught by the third baseman. The resilient Nimmo came up to the plate in the third, looking to straighten out that...
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Walker Lockett gave us what we all expected to get out of him — an outing with spurts of success that ultimately did not get the job done for the Mets. Lockett was called upon on short notice, after Mets’ ace Jacob deGrom was scratched this afternoon with neck tightness. Lockett was quite unsuccessful for the orange and blue in 2019, appearing in eight games, starting two, and putting up...
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The starting pitching continued to be problematic for the Mets on Tuesday night, this time at the hand of Steven Matz, who went a measly three innings in his performance against the division rival Washington Nationals. Matz looked strong in his first couple batters, getting speedy sensation Trea Turner to line out to center before striking out Adam Eaton for the second out of the inning....
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