Good morning Mets fans! The Mets’ game against the Phillies Friday was postponed due to rain. There will be a doubleheader in Philadelphia on August 20. It will be a split admission doubleheader, where the first game begins at 1:05 p.m. ET, and the second game will be at 7:15 p.m. The Mets hope to play Saturday in Game 2 of the series, as Kyle Gibson will take on Max Scherzer, the matchup...
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Major League Baseball has taken steps, and plans to take more, to increase fan interest in the game. Two facets of the game that MLB has targeted are pace of play, and the number of balls put in play during a game (as defined “the need for a fielder to make a play on a batted ball”). It’s no secret that in recent years, there has been more of an emphasis on the home run....
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One thing lost in the New York Mets huge comeback against the Philadelphia Phillies was Adonis Medina. After pitching 2 2/3 scoreless innings, he picked up the first win of his big league career and it came against his former team. Medina was designated for assignment by the Pirates and the Mets sent them cash to get Adonis just as the 2022 season was beginning. Keep in mind, the Pirates are not...
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Edwin Díaz picked up his sixth save of the year Thursday night, recording two strikeouts in a 1-2-3 ninth inning. Díaz now has a 1.50 ERA and has struck out 21 of the 45 batters he’s faced in 12 innings (46.7 percent strikeout rate). A whopping 18 of those 21 strikeouts have been recorded on Díaz’s slider (including both of his punchouts on Thursday), a pitch that gave him trouble...
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The Mets and Phillies game set for Friday night at Citizens Bank Park has been officially rained out. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader on August 20. Now the Phillies will have to let the taste of their ninth inning collapse on Thursday night linger another day. The Mets scored seven runs in the ninth inning to beat the Phillies by a 8-7 score. The pitching matchup for Friday...
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Taijuan Walker took the hill Thursday night as the Mets opened up a four-games series in Philadelphia, and while the offense woke up dramatically towards the end of the game, and and relief pitchers stepped of mightily, the game didn’t go nearly as planed early on. The Phillies tacked on four runs in the first inning as the heart of the Phillies lineup in Bryce Harper, Nick Casellanos and...
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