The New York Mets (58-58) defeated the San Diego Padres (50-66) by a score of 3-2 in extra-innings tonight at Citi Field. Pitching: Jacob deGrom toed the rubber for the Mets this evening, and demonstrated that he is truly the ace of the Mets staff, firing seven dominant innings, allowing just one run on three hits, while walking one and striking out nine. Unfortunately for deGrom, one bad...
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The Mets (57-58) were defeated by the San Diego Padres (50-65) by a score of 8-6 tonight at Citi Field, and in the process have dropped below the .500 mark for the season. Pitching: It seems like a lifetime ago, but Logan Verrett started this game for the Mets and was absolutely atrocious, allowing an alarming eight runs on six hits, while walking three and striking out four. Verrett also...
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The Mets (57-55) were defeated by the Arizona Diamondbacks (46-66) by a score of 5-3 tonight at Citi Field. Pitching: After dealing with a couple base runners in the first and managing to evade trouble, Steven Matz gave up a long ball to Brandon Drury in the top of the second to give the Diamondbacks an early 1-0 lead. Matz settled down and set down the next three batters to end the inning, and...
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The New York Mets (54-51) were defeated by the New York Yankees (53-52) by a score of tonight at Citi Field. Pitching: Logan Verrett got the ball for the first game of the Subway Series tonight, and had a pretty pedestrian start, going five innings, allowing three runs on four hits, while striking out two and walking three. The first batter Verrett faced was Brett Gardner, who hit a ball that...
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Well, well, well how the turn tables, as Michael Scott would say. The Mets were reunited with pitcher Jon Niese today, as they reacquired the southpaw from the Pirates in exchange for struggling reliever Antonio Bastardo, who will also be reacquainted with his 2015 team. The Mets are also including cash considerations in the deal. Niese, 29, spent his first eight season in Queens with the Mets...
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