New York Mets co-ace Justin Verlander returned to the mound on Friday in a rehab start for the Double-A Binghamton Rumble Ponies. The Mets affiliate moved the game up to a 1:00 p.m. start to make sure they got the game in before the rain. Verlander flashed through the first inning retiring the top of the Akron RubberDucks on only eight pitches (six strikes). He needed only three minutes to...
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Triple-A Durham Bulls (12-7) 7, Syracuse Mets (11-9) 4 BOX SCORE 3B Mark Vientos: 3-for-4, 2 R, BB, K (.1.163 OPS) 2B Ronny Mauricio: 3-for-5, RBI (15), SB (1.127 OPS) CF Lorenzo Cedrola: 1-for-1, R, BB, HR (3), RBI (8) (.950 OPS) RF Jaylin Davis: 1-for-4, RBI (7), 2 K (.777 OPS) Mauricio continued the great start to his season with a multi-hit game, including an RBI single in the bottom of...
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On Friday night, for the first time in his minor league career, Ronny Mauricio is playing a position other than shortstop. The 22-year-old will play second base tonight for Triple-A Syracuse. Mauricio did play one game in winter ball at second base during the offseason and nine games at third base, but never in the minors. Moving Mauricio off of shortstop certainly expedites his path to the big...
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Triple-A Durham Bulls (10-6) 8, Syracuse Mets (10-7) 4, Game 1 Box Score 3B Mark Vientos 2-for-3, 2B, BB RF Jaylin Davis 3-for-4, R, 2B SS Ronny Mauricio 1-for-4, R 1B Luke Ritter 1-for-3, HR, 3 RBI, BB Vientos continued his great start to the season reaching base three times and hitting three balls at least 99 mph. Mauricio has been great at the plate, but made his fifth error of the season....
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Major League Baseball announced on Thursday night that they’ve suspended New York Mets pitcher Max Scherzer for 10 games and fined him $10,000 for violating prohibitions on foreign substances, which led to his ejection during the fourth inning of his Club’s Wednesday, April 19 game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. Scherzer told reporters before the Mets game on Thursday...
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