The New York Mets (77-69) lost to the Washington Nationals (87-57) by a score of 1-0 Wednesday in Washington. The Giants and Cardinals both lost today, so the Mets remain a half game behind the Giants for the first Wild Card spot, and a half game ahead of the Cardinals for the second. Offense: Reyes started the game off by lining Tanner Roark’s third pitch down the right field line for a...
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So to sum it up, the Rafael Montero experiment failed. In 13.1 innings he walked 15 batters and allowed 15 hits, pitching to a 2.250 WHIP and a 8.10 ERA. Those numbers are obviously pretty terrible, so Terry needs to find a way to fill the gap he left in the rotation. With Steven Matz and Jacob deGrom coming back from injuries, Terry could fill that void with a Matz/deGrom 1-2 punch. Matz, 25,...
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The New York Mets (74-66) defeated the Cincinnati Reds (57-81) by a score of 6-3 Wednesday afternoon at Great American Ballpark. This puts the Amazins only half a game behind the Cardinals for the second wild card spot for now. Offense: Jose Reyes started the game off with a bang, cracking a home run on the first pitch of the game to give the Mets a 1-0 lead. Noah Syndergaard led off the 3rd...
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The New York Mets (69-64) defeated the Miami Marlins (67-66) by a score of 5-2 on Wednesday night at Citi Field. As of this writing they have closed the gap behind the Cardinals to 2.0 games and they are currently losing. Pitching: Bartolo Colon started for the Mets this evening and pitched 7 strong innings, allowing 2 runs (1 earned) on 7 hits and no walks, striking out 3. Christian Yelich...
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The New York Mets (63-63) were defeated by the St. Louis Cardinals (67-58) by a score of 8-1 on Wednesday night in Busch Stadium. The loss brings the Mets back to .500 and 4.5 games behind the cards for the second wild card spot. Offense: After Jay Bruce led off the second with a bloop double down the left field line, he was removed from the game due to injury. Alejandro De Aza came in as a...
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