The Mets defeated the Marlins this evening (despite a late inning Marlin threat) at Citi Field by a score of 5-4, winning their seventh straight game! The Mets’ seven-game winning streak is their longest since they won eight in a row in June 2010. They won 10 straight in 2008, and have a franchise record of 11, which they’ve done four times. Offense: The Mets got on the board first...
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The New York Mets (7-3) defeated the Miami Marlins (3-7) by a score of 7-5 tonight at Citi Field. Pitching: Dillon Gee started for the Mets, and got off to a rough start as he surrendered a two-run homer to Giancarlo Stanton in the top of the first. He settled down for the most part after this, but did allow another home run as Martin Prado took him deep for a solo shot in the fourth. Gee...
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Mets captain David Wright has been placed on the 15-day disabled list, the team announced. Eric Campbell was removed from Triple-A Las Vegas’ game last night and headed to New York when Wright came up lame after sliding awkwardly into second base in the eighth inning of Tuesday nights game. Wright was diagnosed with a “mild hamstring strain” after undergoing his MRI earlier...
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The Mets dropped the opening game of the series against the Atlanta Braves tonight at Turner Field by a score of 5-3. Pitching: After rain delayed the start of the game by a little over an hour, Jon Niese took the mound for the Amazin’s. He was quickly greeted with a lead-off homer off the bat of Cameron Maybin to kick things off for Atlanta. Wilmer Flores committed a throwing error two...
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The Mets (2-1) took the series from the Washington Nationals (1-2) this afternoon by a score of 6-3 at Nationals Park. Offense: The Mets got on the board first this afternoon in the third inning. Ian Desmond committed yet another error – his third of the series – which led to the Mets putting up a four spot. Michael Cuddyer, Daniel Murphy, and Travis d’Arnaud all collected...
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