The New York Mets (31-39) faced the St. Louis Cardinals (38-32) tonight for Monday Night Baseball at Busch Stadium. Mets’ rookie Jacob deGrom (0-4) squared off against Cardinals righty Carlos Martinez (0-3) who was starting in place of St. Louis’ ace Adam Wainwright. What you should know: DeGrom, in the worst outing of his short Major League career was lit up, lasting only 4.1...
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Travis d’Arnaud had a monster game tonight for the Las Vegas 51s going 3-for-5 with a double and two home runs against Colorado Springs. The 51s hit six home runs in the sluggers paradise en route to a 14-7 win. D’Arnaud is 6-for-10 in two games since being demoted. He was the subject of a lengthy discussion by Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez and Kevin Burkhardt who each speculated how...
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Good news on the injury front for Eric Young Jr., who swung the bat and hit today during an extended spring training game at the Mets complex n Port St. Lucie. According to Florida reporter Jon Santucci, Young also said that he would try to run the bases on Tuesday. Young suffered a slight setback when he tried to run this past weekend. But he felt tightness in his strained right hamstring...
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Per Adam Rubin of ESPN New York, the Mets have designated RHP Buddy Carlyle for assignment to make room on the active roster for OF Andrew Brown. Carlyle, 36, appeared in two games for the Amazin’s, including Wednesday night where he pitched 1 and 1/3rd’s innings, allowing zero runs and striking out three. LHP Dana Eveland will stick with the big league club as the team’s third...
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The suddenly hot New York Mets (28-29) defeated the Philadelphia Phillies (24-31) by a score of 11-2 this evening in Citizens Bank Park. Bartolo Colon squared off against Roberto Hernandez in the final game of a five game series, four of which the Mets won! What you should know: The Mets got off to an early lead in the second inning, with Bobby Abreu scoring on a double hit by Lucas Duda. Fast...
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