On a sunny day following an evening of vicious thunderstorms, the first-place New York Mets (24-20) looked to continue their winning ways with a doubleheader sweep of the visiting Colorado Rockies. After Marcus Stroman put on a clinic in Game 1, tossing 6 scoreless innings on just 3 hits, the Mets turned to Joey Lucchesi to bring home another win. Things did not get off to the smoothest...
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The Mets announced after game one of the doubleheader today that they have called up right hander Thomas Szapucki, who will be the 27th man on the roster. In 2017, Szapucki was one of the team’s top five prospects, but injuries held back his development. The 25-year-old has made two starts for AAA Syracuse this year, and owns a 4.15 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, and 10.4 K/9 across 13 innings of...
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After a cancellation on Wednesday, the Mets took the field Thursday for the start of another doubleheader, something they must be getting quite accustomed to at this point. Billy McKinney was the latest unfamiliar name to join the Mets’ lineup, making his team debut after coming over from the Brewers via trade on Tuesday evening. McKinney was a first-round draft pick in 2013 for the...
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Thursday, May 27, 2021 • 2:40 P.M. Citi Field • Flushing, NY GAME TWO: RHP Antonio Senzatela (1-4, 5.01) vs. LHP Joey Lucchesi (1-3, 7.32) SNY • WCBS 880 AM • WQBU 92.7 FM If you’re at Citi Field today, you’re getting a lot of free baseball. With the Mets and Rockies playing the last game of a series on a Thursday, originally as a 12 noon getaway game, the make up game for last night needed to...
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In the latest setback for injured Mets, J.D. Davis still isn’t swinging a bat after feeling soreness in his injured left hand last weekend. Davis returned to New York on Tuesday for “treatment,” and though further evaluations didn’t reveal any new structural damage, the pain hasn’t fully subsided. He hopes to start swinging a bat again this weekend and is currently taking it “day-by-day.” The...
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Thursday, May 27, 2021 • 12:10 P.M. Citi Field • Flushing, NY GAME ONE: RHP Germán Márquez (3-4, 4.82) vs. RHP Marcus Stroman (3-4, 2.75) GAME TWO: RHP Antonio Senzatela (1-4, 5.01) vs. LHP Joey Lucchesi (1-3, 7.32) SNY • WCBS 880 AM • WQBU 92.7 FM The Mets got an unexpected break yesterday! The threat of severe thunderstorms caused the Mets (and Yankees) to cancel last night, giving the Mets a...
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