The Mets (24-18) defeated the St. Louis Cardinals (27-14) by a score of 5-0, splitting the four game set. Jacob deGrom had one of the best outings of his young career, which saw him pitching eight innings of one-hit ball, striking out eleven batters, and retiring the last twenty-three Cardinals to face him. His opposition, Jaime Garcia, pitched a solid game as well, and kept the Cardinals in the...
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The Chicago Cubs (19-15) completed the four game sweep of the Mets (20-15) this afternoon at Wrigley Field by a score of 6-5. Anthony Recker got the Mets on the board in the second inning, as he launched a solo home run over the left field fence. In the fourth, Wilmer Flores and Anthony Recker hit back-to-back home runs to put the Mets up 3-0. This was the first multi home run game for Recker in...
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The Mets (18-11) dropped the first game of a three game weekend series to the Philadelphia Phillies (11-19) by a score of 3-1. Matt Harvey started for the Mets and did not have his A game working tonight, however he still only allowed three runs over six innings while scattering six hits and striking out four. He falls to 5-1 on the season. The Phillies got on the scorecard early on against...
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Matt Reynolds is tearing the cover off the ball at Triple-A Las Vegas so far this season, hitting at a vigorous .330/.398/.545 clip. (29-for-88) This has been a regular occurrence for the 24 year-old, actually, as last season between Double-A Binghamton and the 51’s, Reynolds hit a robust .343/.405/.454 in 478 at-bats. MLB.com had this to say about Reynolds: “It might be dull, but...
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The Mets (16-10) lost to the Washington Nationals (12-14) this afternoon at Citi Field by a score of 1-0. The Nationals scored the only run of the game in the first inning. After the Mets failed to turn two double plays, Bryce Harper singled to put runners on first and second with two outs, and then Ryan Zimmerman blooped a broken bat single over the head of Lucas Duda to bring in the runner...
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