Last night, as the story has gone practically the entire season, Jacob deGrom started a game for the Mets and flat-out dominated the opposition. Likewise, thanks to some lousy run support and a solo homer from Willy Adames in the fifth inning, the Tampa Bay Rays didn’t need much to keep deGrom away from another hard-earned win. Even with the night ending with a towering walk-off grand slam...
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Fresno (51-36) 8, Las Vegas (41-47) 1 Box Score Matt den Dekker DH: 2-3, HR, 2B, RBI, BB, .285/.333/.511 Jeff McNeil 2B: 1-4, 2B, .402/.451/.671 Peter Alonso 1B: 0-4, 3 K, .186/.345/.400 The 51s scored their lone run on a den Dekker solo homer, going 0-7 with runners in scoring position. McNeil recorded “only” one hit last night, a fourth-inning double that extended his hitting...
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Good morning, Mets fans! Tonight, Steven Matz will attempt to give the Mets their first series win since May 18-20. Opposing him will be Rays ace Blake Snell. Armed with a devasting curveball, Snell has recorded a 2.24 ERA this year. Tonight’s game can be viewed on SNY and 710WOR at 4.10 p.m. Jose Bautista’s late heroics salvaged another magnificent Jacob deGrom start as the Mets won...
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Jose Bautista gave the New York Mets a 5-1 walk-off win over the Tampa Bay Rays at Citi Field on Friday night with a ninth inning grand slam. Pitching Jacob deGrom’s war against the win stat continued tonight. He went eight innings and only allowed one run. deGrom gave up a leadoff double in the first inning but worked around it. He subsequently gave up a two-out triple in the second...
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Friday afternoon to start a home series means the New York Mets general manager answering questions from reporters at Citi Field, today it was a different face though. With Sandy Alderson stepping aside due to health, Mets assistant GM John Ricco took the stage and one of the key notes was his comments on the Mets approach to the upcoming trade deadline strategy calling it a “short rebuild...
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According to Laura Albanese of Newsday, John Ricco told the media today that the chronic condition bothering Yoenis Cespedes is his heel, not his hip or quad. Albanese notes that Cespedes did suffer from a heel injury last season, which he described as something he has dealt with repeatedly in the past. Ricco said the outfielder has been dealing with this problem since he was a teen. Cespedes...
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