Outfielder Michael Conforto was drilled with a 100 mph fastball from left-hander Jose Alvarado during game one of the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies doubleheader on Tuesday afternoon at Citi Field. Conforto remained in the game and finished the afternoon 0-for-2 with a pair of walks, but was not in the starting lineup for Game 2 against Aaron Nola. The sweet-swinging lefty went for...
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Tuesday, April 13, 2021 • 8:05 p.m. Citi Field • Flushing, NY RHP Aaron Nola (0-0, 2.53) vs. RHP Marcus Stroman (1-0, 1.42) SNY • WCBS 880 AM • WQBU 92.7 FM Hope you are ready to double dip of Mets baseball today! In today’s second game we get a surprise – a Marcus Stroman start! Let’s rewind a bit. On Sunday, Marcus was supposed to pitch the series finale against the Marlins. For some reason,...
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The one bright spot for the New York Mets so far this season has been their starting pitching, as Jacob deGrom, Marcus Stroman and Taijuan Walker seem to be a formidable trio atop the rotation. Today it was Walker’s second start of the season and he certainly impressed early on. Walker cruised through the first inning, collecting strikeouts of both Andrew McCutchen and Rhys Hoskins, while...
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The New York Mets defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 4-3 on a walk off hit in Game 1 of a split doubleheader on Tuesday afternoon (Box Score). Right-handed pitcher Taijuan Walker made his second start as a Met going 4 1/3 innings, while allowing one run, striking out eight and walking three. The Mets jumped out in the lead early off the bat of a Dominic Smith two-run home run in the bottom of...
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Tuesday, April 13, 2021 • 4:10 p.m. Citi Field • Flushing, NY RHP Chase Anderson (0-1, 3.60) vs. RHP Taijuan Walker (0-0, 3.00) SNY • WCBS 880 AM • WQBU 92.7 FM The Mets have had ten scheduled games so far this year, they’ve finished five games. They need to make up five games. The Mets also have some questionable weather for the rest of the week after today (there’s a chance of rain tomorrow,...
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Following an extremely successful offseason that saw the New York Mets acquire all-star position players like Francisco Lindor and James McCann, they were expecting their offense to take a major step forward in 2021, however, that hasn’t happened just yet as they’ve scored three runs or fewer in three of the first four games of the season. Though this is an extremely small sample...
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