With the Mets dropping the first two games of the series against the Cubs, Matt Harvey responded by delivering an outstanding performance. Harvey tossed seven shutout innings while allowing only three hits and striking out nine batters. However, Harvey’s dominant effort wasn’t enough to win as the bullpen blew a 1-0 lead late in the game. “Everybody wanted to win that game,” Harvey...
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Despite another wild outing by Alex Torres, Terry Collins doesn’t seem to be losing faith in the Mets enigmatic lefty. Collins says that he will continue to use Torres in high pressure situations. “That’s what he’s here to do,” Collins said. (Mike Vorkunov) Torres allowed a run and walked three batters during last night’s appearance. However, he prevented...
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Bobby Parnell surrendered three runs in his first minor league rehab appearance since suffering a setback from Tommy John surgery three weeks ago. According to Jeff Moore of Baseball Prospectus, Parnell’s fastball was sitting at 90-92 MPH. Moore also tweeted that Parrnell was hit hard and lacked command on both his fastball and breaking pitches. Buddy Carlyle left yesterday’s game...
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Yesterday’s start against the Phillies on Mother’s Day wasn’t an ordinary one for Bartolo Colon. Colon, who lost his mother to breast cancer last year, says he dedicated his win to all mothers. (Michael Radano, MLB.com) “It’s really special because it is Mother’s Day,” Colon said through an interpreter. “I just want to dedicate this to all the...
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The Mets defeated the Phillies by a score of 7-4 in today’s game at Citizens Bank Park to take the series two games to one. Offense: After a solo home run by Chad Billingsley in the bottom of the third inning, the Mets responded quickly with an RBI single by Wilmer Flores to tie the game up at 1-1. Curtis Granderson provided the key hit of the game with a two run blast to put the Mets up...
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