Good morning, Mets fans! Playing in their fourth doubleheader in three weeks, the Mets finished off a three-game sweep of the Guardians by taking both games on Sunday. In the first game, Max Scherzer tossed six shutout innings, and after the bullpen squandered a 3-0 lead, Starling Marte hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning off a Trevor Stephan to give the Mets a 5-4 victory. Marte’s...
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Carlos Carrasco took the mound for the first time since April 15 for the Mets after missing time due to elbow inflammation. The right-hander faced off against his former team, the Cleveland Guardians, for the first time since getting shipped to Flushing with Francisco Lindor in January of 2021. However, Carrasco’s return ended up as the third time in four starts that he’s given up at...
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Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets welcome the high-flying Tampa Bay Rays to Citi Field for a three-game series beginning today. Justin Verlander (1-1, 2.25 ERA) will make his first home start as a Met against Jalen Beeks (1-2, 5.40 ERA), who will be used as an opener. Yonny Chirinos is expected to come in after Beeks and work the bulk of the innings. Verlander has made two starts as a visitor at...
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Good morning, Mets fans! Carlos Carrasco threw 52 pitches in his second rehab start for Double-A Binghamton on Sunday, allowing just two hits and one walk with four strikeouts over four scoreless innings. “Everything feels great,” Carrasco said after the game. The veteran right-hander has been sidelined for the past four weeks due to elbow inflammation. It’s unknown whether he...
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Tylor Megill entered Friday night without a win since April 12 and had allowed at least three runs in each of his last four starts. Facing off against the Nationals, Megill dodged traffic to allow just one earned run in the Mets’ 3-2 win in their series opener in Washington. Megill continued the trend of the Mets’ starters struggling in the first inning – allowing a two-out RBI...
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