The New York Mets (53-50) were defeated tonight by the Colorado Rockies at Citi Field by a score of 7-2. Pitching: Bartolo Colon toed the rubber for the Mets this evening on three day’s rest, and didn’t fare too well, getting touched up for five runs on seven hits while striking out four and walking one. The Mets gave Colon an early 2-0 lead, but the veteran righty gave the lead back...
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Updated – July 30 The Washington Nationals have acquired closer Mark Melancon from the Pittsburgh Pirates according to Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports. Lefthanded reliever Felipe Rivero is heading to the Bucs along with LHP Taylor Hearn, writes Joel Sherman of the New York Post. The Nats stuck to their guns on not wanting to move any of their top prospects. Melancon will replace the struggling...
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The New York Mets (53-49) were defeated by the Colorado Rockies (51-52) at Citi Field by a score of 6-1. The Miami Marlins were defeated by the St. Louis Cardinals tonight, so we won’t lose any ground on them in the standings, and the Nationals play the Giants at 10:15 tonight. Pitching: Steven Matz had a very solid outing this evening, pitching six innings, allowing two runs on ten hits,...
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According to Chris Cotillo of MLBDailyDish.com on Twitter, the asking price for starting pitching is very high right now, and it may dissuade the Mets from making a trade before Monday’s deadline, instead choosing to rely on internal options such as Logan Verrett and Zack Wheeler. Verrett, pictured above, has had mixed success this year as a spot starter, but has been more efficient his...
Read MoreThe New York Mets (53-46) defeated the St. Louis Cardinals (53-47) by a score of 3-1 tonight at Citi Field, and in the process, split the doubleheader. With the Nationals losing in Cleveland tonight, the Mets now stand 4.5 games out of first place in the National League East. Pitching: Bartolo Colon got the ball for game two of the doubleheader and was splendid, twirling seven strong innings,...
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