Author: Rob Piersall

Wilmer Flores Quietly Putting Together Nifty Little Season

Batting out of the seven hole on Monday, Wilmer Flores went 3-for-4 with a run scored and in the process, boosted his batting average to .313 for the season. Flores, 25, has started 13 games this month and has nine multi-hit games and is batting .393 (24-for-61) this month. After flicking a single into center in the second, Flores help set the Mets up for its first run in the fifth inning....

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Gsellman Gets Back on Track With Best Start of Season

Robert Gsellman delivered his best start of the 2017 season on Monday in the Mets 4-2 defeat over the Milwaukee Brewers. The right-hander fired seven strong innings, yielding two runs (one earned) on three hits, while walking two and punching out five. With the outing, Gsellman equaled his career-high working seven innings today. It’s the third time in his career he’s gone seven...

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Rapid Reaction: Gsellman Goes Seven Strong As Mets Defeat Brewers 4-2

The New York Mets (22-27) defeated the Milwaukee Brewers (27-24) by a score of 4-2 on Memorial Day at Citi Field. Pitching Robert Gsellman got the nod for the Mets on Monday and turned in his best outing of the 2017 season as the righty fired seven strong innings. Gsellman started the game with four scoreless innings, before allowing a run in the fifth and sixth innings. He scattered three hits...

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Seth Lugo Fires Six Innings, Punches Out Seven For Binghamton

Mets right-hander Seth Lugo appeared in his second rehab start on Sunday as he works his way back from a partially torn UCL. Lugo, 27, toed the rubber for Double-A Binghamton against the Hartford Yard Goats and fired six innings, allowing three runs on eight hits, while punching out seven and walking two. All three runs for the Yard Goats came in the third inning after Lugo loaded the bases to...

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D’Arnaud Gets Back Into The Swing of Things

Travis d’Arnaud registered his first hits since April 28 on Saturday, when he went 3-for-5 at the dish against the Pirates. D’Arnaud, 28, drove in his first run of the game in the second inning on a single to central to drive in Curtis Granderson to make it a then 2-0 ballgame. D’Arnaud then homered in the fourth, his fourth of the year to give the Mets a then 3-2 lead. The...

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