With a third inning homer on Thursday for the Angels, future Hall of Famer Albert Pujols became the fifth player in Major League Baseball history to reach the 2,000 RBI milestone. The former Cardinal joins Hank Aaron (2,297), Babe Ruth (2,214), Alex Rodriguez (2,086), and Cap Anson (2,075) in the group. However, Elias doesn’t recognize Ruth and Anson as part of the group because RBI...
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Mets backup catcher Tomas Nido had arguably his best game as a major league on Wednesday when he went 2-for-4 with a homer and picked off a runner at first base. Nido extended the Mets lead to 2-0 in the second inning when he hit a Matt Strahm 2-1 changeup 405 feet to center field. He would single to right field in his next at-bat to secure just his third major league multi-hit game. In the...
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The Double-A Binghmaton Rumbles Ponies had two pitchers combine for a no-hitter on Wednesday night in their 7-0 win over the Harrisburg Senators. Starter Harol Gonzalez went 6.2 innings before reliever Ryder Ryan finished off the historic game with 2.1 innings of no-hit ball. The right-handers combined to face 28 batters. They struck out eight Senators (Washington Nationals’ Double-A...
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Major League Baseball announced on Monday afternoon that Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard has been chosen as the National League Player of the Week. Last Thursday against the Reds, Syndergaard became the first pitcher since Bob Welch in 1983 to pitch a complete game shutout while also homering for the only run of the game. Syndergaard allowed just four hits and one walk in his nine innings of work....
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The New York Mets entered the season with what they thought was going to be one of the best trio of starters in baseball. That had not been the case through April 26 with a 5.17 ERA as a group that was the second highest in he National League. Steven Matz started the string of good starts on April 28 vs the Brewers when he went seven innings allowing only two runs. He used his curveball more...
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