The Mets (85-66) were defeated by the Braves (61-91) by a score of 6-2 Tuesday night at Citi Field. Pitching: Logan Verrett started for the Mets, tossing 5 innings allowing 4 ER on 5 hits and 1 walk while striking out 3. He was sparkling through the first 4 innings, however the Braves got to him for two home runs in the 5th when they scored those four runs. Sean Gilmartin pitched the 6th and 7th...
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The Mets (85-65) defeated the Braves (60-91) by a score of 4-0 Monday night at Citi Field in New York. Pitching: Jon Niese started for the Mets and was fantastic. No, there are no typos in that sentence, he really was good! He tossed 6 scoreless innings, allowing only 3 hits and 2 walks while striking out two. Terry Collins removed him after throwing only 88 pitches because Scott Boras told him...
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During the Mets-Braves game last Thursday night, Gary Cohen and Keith Hernandez were talking about the pre-game power outage. Keith mentioned the lights beyond left field losing power, and said: “It reminded me of The Natural, which is one of my absolute favorite baseball films. I thought it captured the mythology of baseball.” Gary then asked if that was his favorite, to which Keith...
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The New York Mets (83-61) defeated the Miami Marlins (61-83) by a score of 4-3 Monday night at Citi Field, for their eighth consecutive win. Pitching: Logan Verrett got the start for the Mets and pitched very well, retiring the first nine Marlins in order. He went 5.0 very strong innings, allowing one earned run on 3 hits and one walk, while striking out 3. He was pinch hit for in the bottom of...
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The Mets (77-61) stunned the Nationals (71-67) by a score of 8-7 Tuesday night in D.C. Pitching: Matt Harvey got slammed for 7 earned runs in 5.1 innings tonight amidst the infamous pitch count controversy, or “inning-gate” as I hope nobody will ever call it. He allowed 8 hits and walked 2 while striking out 6. He left the game losing 7-1 and was in line for the loss until the Mets...
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