As baseball fans, we know offenses are streaky, but that knowledge doesn’t make the slumps any easier to sit through. So when the breakout finally comes, it’s just oh-so-sweet. After going 9-for-54 with runners in scoring position over their last seven games, the Mets offense finally broke out of its funk on Wednesday night. New York plated five runs on 10 hits to avoid a sweep in Boston, with...
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Game three against the Pirates was a wash for the Mets. After taking the first two games of the series, the Mets’ bats fell flat on Wednesday evening, managing just six hits and failing to score a single run. All eyes were on starter Clay Holmes, who had led the Mets to six straight victories in games he started. Making his first appearance on regular rest this season, there was curiosity within...
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The Mets came close to a dramatic win on Wednesday night but ultimately fell to the Arizona Diamondbacks, 4–3, in a game that was a pitchers’ duel, until it wasn’t. Arizona took a one-run lead in the top of the seventh and later added two insurance runs. The Mets mounted a rally in the bottom of the ninth, but it came up just short. Still, there was a silver lining in the loss, and his...
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Missed calls. Runners thrown out at the plate. Failed challenges. A walk-off loss. It’s safe to say Wednesday afternoon’s rubber game in Minnesota wasn’t exactly the Mets’ finest showing, but there was a silver lining. Justin Hagenman, called up from Triple-A after Griffin Canning fell ill, made his MLB debut in the second inning and made the most of it. The 28-year-old Penn State alum struck...
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If you had told any Mets fan that the team’s first homestand would end with five wins in six games, they’d take it in a heartbeat. Unfortunately, that didn’t stop a wave of rightful complaints from washing across the Mets universe following the team’s 5–0 loss to the Miami Marlins. Most of those frustrations center on three positions: center field, third base, and second base. More specifically,...
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