The New York Mets sent their ace to the mound with their season on life support, if you want to call it that. The reigning CY Young Award winner would, of course, do his part again to help lead his team to victory but the bullpen would implode like clockwork causing the hard-luck Jacob deGrom to have nothing to show for his great effort. DeGrom, 31, tossed seven spectacular innings for the...
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Anthony Fenech of the Detroit Free Press writes that in addition to Joe Jimenez, the Mets have also checked in on the possibility of acquiring Shane Greene in a trade with the Detroit Tigers. Greene, 30, has recorded 22 saves this season while having a 1.09 ERA, 0.879 WHIP, and 3.72 FIP He also has 34 strikeouts (9.3 SO/9) in 33 innings. This has been by far his best season and will mark the...
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Following another late-inning collapse, this time a 7-2 defeat to the Philadephia Phillies, New York Mets manager, Mickey Callaway refused to commit to keeping his beleaguered closer, right-hander, Edwin Diaz, in a strictly-closing role. “We talk about all kinds of things internally, all the time. The one thing we always will try and do is try to use our personnel in the best [way] we...
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In the midst of another heart-wrenching loss, Pete Alonso once again carried the Mets offensively on Friday night. In the fourth inning, Alonso hit his 29th home run of the season to tie the game at one run apiece. Then in the next inning, Alonso doubled home Jeff McNeil to break the tie and the give the Mets a 2-1 lead. In doing so, Alonso tied Albert Pujols’ record for most RBI by an NL...
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Buffalo (44-42) 8, Syracuse (42-45) 2 Box Score LF Gregor Blanco: 1-for-4, R, HR(9), RBI(22) | .245/.329/.421 DH Tim Tebow: 1-for-3, R, HR(4), RBI(19), 2 K | .163/.240/.264 Blanco and Tebow accounted for the only runs of the night for Syracuse when they both homered in the second inning of the game. RHP Walker Lockett: 4.0 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 4 K, 2 BB, Loss | 1-2, 4.28 ERA, 1.40 WHIP RHP Ryley...
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Good Morning Mets fans! The New York Mets (39-49) suffered a 7-2 loss to their division rivals the Philadelphia Phillies (46-42). Jacob deGrom had a solid outing, only giving up two runs in seven innings. However, the Mets offense and dreadful bullpen let deGrom down once again. On Saturday, the Mets will continue to host the Philadelphia Phillies with game two of the three-game homestand...
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