It’s not a dagger, but the blade heading for the Mets’ playoff chances inched closer Tuesday as they fell 7-6 to the St. Louis Cardinals in extra innings. With every team ahead of them in the NL East and Wild Card races losing, the Mets had a chance to pick up a game on everyone–including St. Louis–by beating the Cardinals. The Redbirds had other plans. It started when...
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Saturday’s game between the Mets and Yankees at Citi Field was one of the more thrilling (and heartbreaking) experiences Mets fans went through all season, but the real emotion and gravity of the day–September 11, 2021–came from the pregame ceremonies remembering the lives lost 20 years previous. Before the game, both New York teams straddled the base lines...
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Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets beat the Marlins 9-4 Tuesday night, boosting their record back above .500. (They left 69-69 behind and now have 70 wins.) Read the recap of the game here. Pete Alonso hit his 100th and 101st career home runs in the process as the Mets continue a much-needed stretch of drubbings against the Marlins and Nationals. They’re 9-3 over their last 12 games, all...
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The Mets beat the Miami Marlins 9-4 Tuesday night at loanDepot park, taking the first of three from the last-place team. The team won on a mix of opportune hits (of the ball and themselves), though many of the opportunities were born of Marlins gaffes. Pete Alonso opened the scoring, though, with nothing but his own brute strength. Alonso launched his 100th career home run–and 31st of the...
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Dominic Smith returned from the bereavement list ahead of the series finale with the Nationals on Monday, the team announced. Smith was placed on the list before Friday’s game, so he missed just the four weekend games. He’ll be available off the bench for Monday’s game. Smith is slashing .247/.307/.365/.672 this season in 417 at-bats. He’d been splitting time in left...
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