Todd Frazier got the start at third base for the Mets on Friday night and reached a personal milestone in his MLB career, recording his 1,000th major league hit. Frazier, 33, extended his arms out on a 2-1 pitch to just get the bat on the ball enough for it to go over Jean Segura’s head into left-center field, giving himself a single. On the night, Frazier went 1-for-2 with a walk. He was...
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Over his last nine starts heading into Friday night’s matchup versus the Philadelphia Phillies, New York Mets left-hander Steven Matz owned a 2.73 ERA with 50 strikeouts, 10 walks, and 1.04 WHIP. His ERA and WHIP over that span ranked ninth among National League starters with over 50 innings pitched since July 1, and his 1.71 walks per nine and 0.85 home runs allowed per nine were good for...
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Good morning, Mets fans! On Friday night, a blown save by Edwin Diaz left the Mets pressed for another walk-off win at home and, thankfully, Pete Alonso drew the game-winning walk to drive in Juan Lagares for a Mets win. Two great at-bats from Lagares and J.D. Davis led off the bottom of the ninth inning after they spent the whole game on the bench. A hit by pitch off the elbow guard of Jeff...
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The New York Mets (72-68) had a 5-4 victory in comeback style tonight on Friday night against the Philadelphia Phillies (72-68) on a walk-off walk by rookie phenomenon Pete Alonso. Pitching Steven Matz was the opener tonight for the first game of a three-game campaign against the Phillies. Matz’s start was respectable pitching 5 2/3 innings, allowing two earned runs, struck out four, and...
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I had the pleasure of interviewing Mets right-hander Noah Syndergaard after a charity event in Manhattan on Thursday. Noah was on hand at P.S. 111 to raise awareness of the annual fundraising campaign by Great Clips to help children in public schools. Syndergaard and Great Clips presented the school with a check for $40,000. Afterward, Syndergaard fielded some questions from me and was very...
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Friday, September 6, 2019 • 7:10 p.m. Citi Field • Flushing, NY RHP Zach Eflin (8-11, 4.33) vs. LHP Steven Matz (9-8, 4.04) SNY • WCBS 880 AM • ESPN 1050 AM Despite one heartbreaking, crazy loss on the road trip, the Mets road trip on paper was mostly a success – going 4-2 against two very good teams. Because of the previous week though, they really needed to do better than that in order to have...
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