Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets swept a doubleheader over the Miami Marlins Tuesday. Game 1 was a completion of a rainout in April, and down 5-1 entering the ninth, the Mets came back and won 6-5 on a game-winning hit by Michael Conforto (and base running by Javier Báez). Then in Game 2, Trevor Williams and Conforto led the Mets to a 3-1 win. The two wins mean the Mets have finished four games...
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After a dramatic Game 1 win Tuesday, when the Mets came back from down 5-1 in the game’s final inning, things were a bit more steady in Game 2. The Mets beat the Marlins 3-1 in Game 2 to sweep the Citi Field doubleheader–their 13th of the year–behind Trevor Williams’ arm and Michael Conforto’s bat. All the offense the team needed in Game 2 came in the fourth inning...
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Good morning, Mets fans! Jacob deGrom will have an MRI today to check in on his inflamed elbow that’s caused him to miss the last four weeks. (This comes after forearm inflammation caused him to miss a couple weeks.) Should everything come out clean, the earliest deGrom would be able to return is July 13 after the Mets transferred him to the 60-day injured list during various roster moves....
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The San Francisco Giants came to Citi Field Tuesday to hit dingers and chew bubble, and unfortunately for the Mets, Major League Baseball banned sticky substances. The Giants shutout the Mets 8-0 Tuesday night, bringing New York to 2-9 over their last 11 games. Seven runs came off Tylor Megill. The first six came off monster home runs from Mike Yastrzemski, Brandon Belt (twice) and LaMonte Wade...
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The Mets’ West Coast trip is over. They went 2-5, salvaging the final games of each series against the Dodgers and Giants. There are three more Giants games coming up, then 15 in a row against the Nationals and Marlins. They’re seven back of the Braves now, though, and sitting at 61-63. As per the rest of August, not much went right over the last four games, but let’s look at...
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