Good Morning, Mets Fans! The Mets fell to the Cardinals on Wednesday night by a score of 11-4. Tylor Megill had a rough start, allowing six earned runs in three innings, and Pete Alonso was robbed of a home run by Lars Nootbaar with runners on the corners in the seventh inning when the score was 8-4. The full recap of the game can be found here. Lars Nootbaar ROBBED Pete Alonso of a three-run...
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Before the Mets could even get an at-bat on Wednesday evening, their chances of winning the game – and perhaps their playoff chances – came crashing down. The Cardinals cashed in a huge first inning off Mets starter Tylor Megill, paving the way for a mostly stress-free 11-4 victory at Citi Field. With the win, the Cards swept the Mets into a Thursday day off while also pushing the...
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The Mets activated utility man Jose Peraza from the injured list on Wednesday, sending outfielder Albert Almora to Triple-A Syracuse in a corresponding move. Peraza has been sidelined since July 20 with a fractured finger on his right hand. Peraza has spent the past two weeks rehabbing in Syracuse going 9-for-36 with four runs, four RBI, and a stolen base in 10 games. Before his injury, Peraza...
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Wednesday, September 15, 2021 • 7:10 P.M. Citi Field • Flushing, NY LHP Jon Lester (5-6, 4.75 ERA) vs. RHP Tylor Megill (3-4, 4.06 ERA) SNY • WCBS 880 AM • WQBU 92.7 The Mets had an opportunity last night to close the gap in the division race and the wild card race – and they couldn’t seize it. The Mets lost in extra innings in a back and forth affair with the Cardinals. The Mets and Cardinals...
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Last month I wrote a column discussing the Javier Baez trade in relation to the 2015 Yoenis Cespedes one. In it, I argued that both players were intended to provide the same impact but results won’t be there due to Baez’s personal struggles this season as well as the Mets team struggles. Turns out I was half-wrong and Baez, like Cespedes, has turned into the Mets best player. In...
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I watched tonight’s match-up between St Louis and the Mets in tandem with the first part of ESPN’s 30 for 30 documentary, Once Upon a Time in Queens. I took in every game of the 1986 season – either in a bar, on my couch – or someone else’s – many at Shea. The Mets were like a drug for me in the mid to late eighties. And if the game were crucial, you could be certain, I would go to...
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