The Mets got beat up Tuesday by a hot Orioles offense, and they returned the favor against Matt Harvey & Co. Wednesday, earning a split series with the Orioles and a 3-1 season series win. The team is now 30-24 through 54 games–just about one-third of the way through the season. They’re still 3.5 games up on the Atlanta Braves and four up on the Phillies. They’ll play those...
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On June 7, 1963, one day after his 19th birthday, a tough and scrawny kid who weighed 150 pounds soaking wet, signed with the New York Mets. His name… Bud Harrelson. Back in 1963 and 1964 when fringe-major leaguer Al Moran and later, aging veteran Roy McMillan were playing shortstop for the Mets, the minor league system was developing two promising shortstops, one of whom who would...
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If there was an award for signing of the offseason, then New York Mets pitcher Taijuan Walker would have it wrapped up already. Signed to add some depth to the rotation after the Mets missed out on ace Trevor Bauer, Walker has been an absolute home run of an addition and he carved out yet another stellar outing in a New York uniform at Camden Yards on Wednesday evening. On a night where the bats...
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The New York Mets out-hit the Orioles 16-6 in their 14-1 defeat of Baltimore on Wednesday night. Of those hits, the Mets’ outfielders accumulated for half of the sixteen hits, six of the Mets’ 14 runs, and 10 of the 14 RBIs on the night. Right fielder Billy McKinney was 3-for-5 with three runs scored and five RBIs. He hit two home runs (a solo home run in the fifth and a two-run home run in the...
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Worcester Red Sox (19-13) 12, Syracuse Mets (11-21) 5 Box Score Albert Almora Jr. CF: 1-3, HR, .200/.200/.800 Luis Guillorme 2B: 0-3, BB, .200/.357/.200 Patrick Mazeika DH: 0-4, .269/.321/.385 Khalil Lee RF-CF: 0-4, .300/.491/.450 Albert Almora Jr. and Luis Guillorme continued their rehab assignments on Wednesday. Almora played five innings in center field and batted three times while Guillorme...
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Good morning, Mets fans! Yesterday evening, the Mets clobbered Baltimore by a score of 14-1. New York bounced back from a bad defeat on Tuesday night and was able to take the final game of a two-game set vs the Orioles, and split the short series at Camden Yards. The Mets’ bats exploded for 14 runs on 16 hits and six home runs, including tagging former Met Matt Harvey for seven earned runs. Pete...
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