The Double-A Binghmaton Rumbles Ponies had two pitchers combine for a no-hitter on Wednesday night in their 7-0 win over the Harrisburg Senators. Starter Harol Gonzalez went 6.2 innings before reliever Ryder Ryan finished off the historic game with 2.1 innings of no-hit ball. The right-handers combined to face 28 batters. They struck out eight Senators (Washington Nationals’ Double-A...
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In his first appearance with the Mets this afternoon, Wilmer Font held the San Diego Padres to two runs on three hits with a strikeout in four innings. The right-hander threw 39 of his 60 pitches for strikes without walking a batter before being pinch-hit for in the fifth in a tie game. Font made primary use of his four-seamer and sinker – the former sitting in the 94-95 mph range (topping...
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The New York Mets lost the final game of their six game road trip, 3-2, to the San Diego Padres. (box score) The Mets finished their sojourn to Milwaukee and San Diego with a 1-5 record dropping their overall record to 17-20. They are off tomorrow before beginning a micro-home stand of only three games against the Miami Marlins. New York is now 0-4 in rubber games this year and 1-5-1 in their...
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Five days ago, the Mets decided to option Dominic Smith to Triple-A Syracuse after determining that there wasn’t enough playing time to go around at first base with Pete Alonso having a phenomenal start to his MLB career. Smith, 23, had 37 plate appearances for the Mets before being sent down in which he hit .333/.459/.400 with no home runs and four RBI to give himself a superb 149 wRC+...
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The biggest headline coming into the series against the Padres was Chris Paddack’s comments about Pete Alonso. In those comments, Paddack acknowledged Alonso was a great player who deserved to be named the National League Player of the Month. He also said he was looking forward to facing Alonso and letting the matchup show who is the better player. Like everything, this took on a life of...
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Wednesday, May 8, 2019 • 3:40 p.m. ET Petco Park • San Diego, CA RHP Wilmer Font (1-0, 5.79) vs. LHP Matt Strahm (1-2, 3.03) SNY • WCBS 880 AM • ESPN 1050 AM The Mets evened the series at one game apiece thanks to Pete Alonso late last night. Thor wasn’t as dominant as he was last week, and a throwing error from Rosario didn’t help but finally, the Mets bats woke up to keep the team in the game....
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