According to a release from Major League Baseball, New York Mets pitcher Steven Matz has been nominated for the 2019 Roberto Clemente Award. The award is presented to the player who “best exemplifies the game of baseball, sportsmanship, community involvement and the individual’s contribution to his team.” Philanthropy and other off the field activities are also taken into...
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The New York Mets fell back into fourth place in the National League East as the Philadelphia Phillies (73-68) battered Mets starter Marcus Stroman for 10 hits and five runs and beat the Mets, 5-0, to even the three-game series at a game apiece. (box score) It was the eighth time the Mets (72-69) have been shutout this year and the first time since July 19 against the San Francisco Giants. The...
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For the second time in a little over a week, the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies will wage battle to jockey for a potential wild card berth as the two rivals open a three game series at Citi Field. The Mets took two of three on their last visit to Philadelphia and hope to do at least that well at home as time runs short with each team having only 23 games remaining as of Friday. The Mets...
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“He was real good, I mean real good.” Those the words of Washington Nationals manager Dave Martinez in his post-game press conference referring to Noah Syndergaard, the New York Mets pitcher who shut his team down for seven innings in a Mets 7-3 victory. And shut them down he did. After allowing a single to the pesky Trea Turner to leadoff the game, Syndergaard (10-7) retired the...
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The way things had been going, it wouldn’t be surprising if most Mets fans thought this game would end up something like 1-0 or 2-0 or so as Phillies starter Aaron Nola was dealing and the Mets offense was reeling. And why not? The New York Mets had just been swept twice, scoring only 19 runs in their last seven games. They had also lost seven of eight to the Phils (69-64) and six straight...
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