As Americans worldwide celebrate the birth of America on July 4, The New York Mets and Cincinnati Reds opened a three-game series at the Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati Ohio. It was Taijuan Walker (6-2, 2.90 ERA) on the mound for the visiting Mets against Hunter Greene (3-9, 5.79 ERA) on the mound for the home Reds. The Mets’ offensive came out swinging on Monday night as they took the 7-4...
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Monday, July 4, 2022 • 6:40 P.M. Great American Ball Park• Cincinnati, OH RHP Taijuan Walker (6-2, 2.72) vs. RHP Hunter Greene (3-9, 5.72) SNY • WCBS 880 AM Yesterday was a good day for the Mets and they look to keep the good vibes going in Cincinnati this evening. The Mets beat the Rangers 4-1, taking the rubber game on the same day that the Braves lost. Jacob deGrom tossed 24 pitches and...
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The Mets (49-30) are heading to Cincinnati to take on the Reds (27-51) in a three-game series. Max Scherzer will make his long-awaited return to the Mets this series, boosting a starting rotation that has had some struggles of late. This series will be a battle between two teams trending in opposite directions, at the Mets are in first in the NL East, while the Reds find themselves in last place...
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3 UP Escobar Lights Up the Sky Mets third baseman Eduardo Escobar could not have been struggling more since May 1. Over a two month stretch, he was hitting .210/.240/.355 while playing a poor third. To make matters worse, he had an emergency trip to the hospital. Well, on Fireworks Night at Citi Field, Escobar would start the show with a three run homer. Escobar would go on from there to homer...
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“I saw things I had never seen before,” Keith Hernandez said later. Hernandez had hit for the cycle and it registered as pretty ordinary on the scale of events that took place at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. What began on Independence Day evening and lasted until 3:55 a.m. on July 5 became a regular-season saga unlike any other. There were 29 runs, 46 hits, 37 left on base, 43 players,...
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In this weekly feature for MMO, I’m going to look back at the previous week’s games and share some interesting data and information that I’ve collected through various websites such as Baseball-Reference, FanGraphs, and Baseball Savant. It’ll be a mixture of facts, stats, and analytics. Let’s get into the seven days between June 26 and July 2. Sunday, June 26, 2022 Mets vs. Marlins David...
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