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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Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets dropped the second of their three-game series with the Giants on Tuesday night. It’s their fifth loss in a row, and it’s their first time below .500 since April. They’ll look to avoid a sweep and get back to .500 with a matinee (3:45 p.m. start time) in San Francisco on Wednesday. Tylor Megill (1-2, 3.42 ERA) will pitch for the Mets, and righty...
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The Mets had been swept just two times–a two-game series to the Red Sox and three games to the Cubs–from April to July. Now they’ve been swept twice in their last three series. The Dodgers eked out the first two games of the series in 10 innings as the Mets lacked The Big Hit™ in extras. Then Los Angeles fully drubbed them in game three–a 14-4 loss that featured...
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The Mets received news Friday that Jacob deGrom, who’s been out since the All-Star break with various ailments, needs at least two more weeks for his elbow inflammation to calm down. Luis Rojas said deGrom’s injury has gotten better the two weeks he was shut down, but it’s not at the place it needs to be to start throwing again. (It should be noted that this suggestion came...
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Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets lost the first two games of the Dodgers series–both in 10-inning games–and they’ll look to salvage the series Sunday night ahead of flying to the West Coast. After nearly escape his wrath for the year when it was rumored he would pitch for the Padres, Max Scherzer will take the mound for the Dodgers. (He’ll also face the Mets next weekend...
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