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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The Mets were able to avoid a second sweep in a row Wednesday when the beat the Giants in the final game of the three-game series. But the team still has lost five-of-six, and they have seven more in a row against the Dodgers and these same Giants. All the while, they’re 4.5 game back of the Braves, who can’t seem to lose and also get a couple games against the Orioles this weekend....
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The Mets were this close to losing six in a row, with their offense totally despondent. Then, finally, the well found a drip of water. Held scoreless into the ninth inning, the Mets fought to beat the San Francisco Giants 6-2 in 12 innings Wednesday afternoon to avoid a sweep and their sixth-straight loss. Kevin Pillar was the day’s hero with an unlikely one-out, three-run home run in the...
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