The Mets were back in black on Friday night against the Dodgers as the two clubs opened a weekend series in New York. It was Tylor Megill (1-2, 3.49 ERA) taking the mound for the Mets at Citi Field against Julio Urias (13-3, 3.33 ERA) on the mound for the Dodgers. The Mets staked the Dodgers to a 4-0 lead before showing their grit and tying things up in the seventh. The game went into extras and...
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The Mets have certainly been hit hard by the injury bug in 2021. On Friday, we learned more about three of the organizations top players who are currently out with injuries. Javier Baez Per Michael Mayer of MMO, the Mets have placed Javier Baez on the 10-Day IL, retroactive to August 12, with back spasms. Baez had not been in the Mets lineup since August 8 when he was removed from the game in...
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What a huge difference 26 hours can make! Going into Wednesday, the Mets had won only 3 of their last 12 games. In Tuesday’s game they were down 3-1 before the game got suspended. Since then, in a 26 hour period started 4:10 on Wednesday, the Mets racked up three wins in a sweep of the Washington Nationals. The Mets are now 0.5 games out of first place and back to four games above .500. But, the...
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Coming off their first three-game winning streak in weeks, the Mets welcome a new opponent to Citi Field this week. The Los Angeles Dodgers, holders of baseball’s second-best record (69-46), come into Queens as winners of four of their last five and with one of the league’s best lineups and rotations. They are currently the favorites to win the World Series, and that should come as...
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To say the 2021 season has been a roller coaster of emotions for the New York Mets is probably a bit of an understatement. One can only assume that with their next 13 games against the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers, we won’t be getting off this ride very soon. Manager Luis Rojas watched his club limp back home to Citi Field earlier this week following a 1-6 road trip which...
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The Mets followed up getting swept by the division-leading Phillies with sweeping the division’s worst team, the post-trading-deadline Nationals. All three wins came within about 24 hours after Tuesday’s game was suspended and finished Wednesday, then a Wednesday doubleheader was changed to a Thursday doubleheader. Wins are wins, though, and the Mets now sit just just a half-game out...
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