There are many ways to acknowledge just how remarkable this 11th-hour turnaround a year ago really was. Before the Mets did it at Citizens Bank Park, there were 857 consecutive times that a team trailing by at least six runs entering the ninth had somehow figured out a way to win. Starling Marte’s long double off the wall was the punctuation. But this seven-run rally, like all comebacks of...
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Good morning, Mets fans! David Peterson made his first start since getting sent back down to Triple-A Syracuse on Thursday and struggled with his command. In five innings against Lehigh Valley, Peterson issued five walks, allowing five runs and six hits, striking out five while throwing just 49 of his 93 pitches for strikes. While Peterson’s walk rate is down to 7.3% this year, he’s...
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The New York Mets lost on Thursday for the ninth time in 11 games and fell to .500 (16-16) on the season following their 2-0 shutout defeat to the Tigers in Detroit. It was the sixth time the Mets offense has been shutout this season after being held scoreless only eight times all of 2022. Where’s the Offense? The Mets’ offense mustered only six runs as they got swept by a Tiger...
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The excitement was in the air for Mets fans as Justin Verlander was making his New York debut at Comerica Park against one of his former teams, the Detroit Tigers (13-17). Unfortunately, the offense was not able to get much of anything going against Eduardo Rodríguez as New York lost to the Tigers 2-0. The Mets (16-16) were ultimately swept in Detroit and they have lost 9 of their last 11 games....
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The Mets came into 2023 expected to have one of the top starting rotations in all of baseball with the additions of Justin Verlander, Kodai Senga and José Quintana. For a number of reasons, the Mets’ rotation has not been able to live up to the hype through the season’s first month. Verlander and Quintana have not pitched yet due to injuries. Max Scherzer and Carlos Carrasco have...
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Thursday, May 4, 2023 • 1:10 PM Comerica Park • Detroit, Michigan RHP Justin Verlander (0-0, -.–) vs. LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (2-2, 2.21) SNY – MLB Network The Mets lost both games of yesterday’s doubleheader and now have lost eight of their last ten games. The mood around the team is absolutely brutal right now. The starting pitching didn’t give the Mets a chance in both games of...
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