The Mets (80-71) were defeated by the cellar dwelling Atlanta Braves (60-91) yet again by a score of 5-4 tonight at Citi Field. Pitching: Robert Gsellman toed the rubber for the Mets tonight, and pitched well, going 5.1 innings, allowing two runs on five hits, while walking two and striking out six. In the first inning, Gsellman let up a double with one out to put the Braves in an immediate...
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Andrew Miller has established himself as one of the game’s top relievers over the last several years, but the Mets have an Andrew Miller of their own, and his name is Addison Reed. Earlier today, August Fagerstrom of FanGraphs.com posted an article comparing the two dominant relief pitchers. Over the last calendar year, Miller and Reed have almost identical numbers. Miller owns a 1.81 ERA...
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The Mets (79-69) defeated the Minnesota Twins (55-94) by a score of 3-2 tonight at Citi Field. With the Giants beating the Cardinals in the ninth, the Mets will extend their wild card lead over St. Louis by three games tonight if the score holds up. Pitching: Seth Lugo toed the rubber for the Mets this evening at Citi Field and got into some trouble in the second but came out unscathed. However,...
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The New York Mets (78-69) defeated the Minnesota Twins (55-93) by a score of 3-0 tonight at Citi Field. Pitching: Bartolo Colon got the start for the Mets tonight against Minnesota and packed his A-game, tossing seven scoreless innings allowing only three hits and striking out six in the process. Addison Reed struck out two in a clean inning in the eighth, and Jeurys Familia notched his 49th...
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In the face of adversity, you can either succumb to it, or you can get stronger from it. With the string of injuries the Mets have dealt with on a consistent basis this year, low risk and low cost moves have proved to be critical in the Mets current standings in the wild card. Marc Carig of NewsDay highlighted in this article earlier this morning that the acquisitions of Jose Reyes, Kelly...
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