In the New York Mets’ 8-4 victory over the Washington Nationals, Wilson Ramos’ 26-game hit streak that started on August 3 ended, as he went 0-for-4 on the day with a walk. Ramos, 32, almost got a hit in the ninth inning off Sean Doolittle, but Howie Kendrick dove on a scorching ground ball up the middle and threw to first before Ramos got there. The catcher’s hit streak ties...
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Anthony DiComo of MLB.com reports that Jed Lowrie (left side injuries, right calf) will be continuing his rehab assignment on Thursday, but with the Syracuse Mets’ season-ending on Tuesday, the infielder will join the Brooklyn Cyclones. Lowrie, 35, has appeared in six rehab games with Triple-A Syracuse, going 7-for-20 (.350) with one home run, one double, and two RBI. Prior to Wednesday,...
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The Mets suffered their most deflating loss of the entire season on Tuesday night by a long shot as they entered the ninth inning with a 10-4 lead, but managed to blow it and lose 11-10. Paul Sewald and Edwin Diaz combined to allow seven runs with the latter allowing a walk-off three-run homer to Kurt Suzuki. While many assume the season is over, and myself included 95% of the time I have...
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The Brooklyn Cyclones came into Labor Day weekend in a very rough spot, needing to win two-out-of-three games minimum to make the postseason. And I mean bare minimum, as the assumption would be in that scenario that the Aberdeen IronBirds would lose all three of their games against the Hudson Valley Renegades. Well, it turned out, Brooklyn would win their first two games while the IronBirds and...
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Robinson Cano played in his first rehab game with the Brooklyn Cyclones after tearing his hamstring in early August and said that he expects to play one more game on Monday with them before rejoining the Mets in Washington D.C. against the Nationals. Cano, 36, played seven innings at second base on Saturday and went 2-for-4 at the plate with a double, one RBI, and one run scored. He grounded out...
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