Thursday, May 5, 2022 • 6:45 P.M.Citizens Bank Park • Philadelphia, PARHP Taijuan Walker (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Aaron Nola (1-3, 3.90)SNY • MLBN • WCBS 880 AM • ESPN 1050 The Mets open up a series down 95 tonight against the Phillies. If you are feeling like you just experienced this before, that makes sense! The Mets and Phillies just matched up against each other last weekend with the Mets taking...
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Just five days ago, the Mets and Phillies matched up on Sunday Night Baseball in what ended up in another series victory for the Metropolitans. On Thursday, the NL East rivals will play meet again – this time in Philadelphia – as the two teams begin a four-game set. The Mets just wrapped up a four-game series at home against the Braves, sweeping Tuesday’s doubleheader but...
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Entering the season, MMN rated Colin Holderman was rated as the 30th best prospect in the New York Mets farm system. In many ways, this was a reflection of how near Major League ready Holderman was as well as his projected ability to be able to help the Mets out of the bullpen as soon as the 2022 season. Certainly, Holderman was a stand out in Spring Training hitting 100 mph on the radar gun. He...
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3 UP Late Inning Shutdowns Obviously, the Mets bullpen had their issues in this series; however, the Mets best relievers were again great. Edwin Diaz and Seth Lugo each earned the save in their appearances. More than that, they have their breaking pitches back. Diaz’s slider is the best it’s ever been. As a result, he’s untouchable with a 1.64 ERA and a 15.5 K/9. It took a...
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Tylor Megill returned to the mound on Wednesday afternoon to face the Atlanta Braves five days after being part of the historic combined no-hitter against the Philadelphia Phillies. While the final result against Atlanta was a far cry from that of the no-hitter on Friday, Megill did, however, begin his start in similar fashion. In the first inning, the 26-year-old struck out Ronald Acuna Jr. on...
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On May 5, 2004, Mets catcher Mike Piazza hit home run number 352 as a catcher, breaking the all-time record held by Carlton Fisk. The blast went 405 feet to right-center field at Shea Stadium. Piazza hit the historic home run in the first inning off Jerome Williams of the San Francisco Giants. The Mets would go on to win the game by an 8-2 score. You can see the record-setter in the video below....
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