The New York Mets (34-49) used a five run fifth inning to defeat the Toronto Blue Jays (40-46) 6-3 on Wednesday night at the Rogers Centre. Pitching Corey Oswalt began his night with an easy 1-2-3 bottom of the first. Kendrys Morales crushed a hanging curveball deep to right to give the Blue Jays a 1-0 lead in the second. After the Mets tied the game back up at 1, Oswalt worked around a two out...
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Anthony Dicomo of MLB.com reports that the Mets will push back Zack Wheeler’s next start to Monday as a mean’s of trying to avoid taxing the bullpen in Monday’s doubleheader against the Philadelphia Phillies. In place of him, the Mets will call up a yet-to-be-determined minor league starter to face off against the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday. That will give Wheeler an extra day of...
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Mike Puma of the New York Post reports that Noah Syndergaard will start for the Brooklyn Cyclones on Sunday. Syndergaard, 25, has been on the DL since May 25 with a strained finger ligament. Syndergaard threw in a simulated game yesterday and pitched three innings which included 50 pitches. The right-hander was 4-1 with a 3.06 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, and 76 strikeouts in 64 2/3 innings pitched (11...
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Wednesday, July 4, 2018 • 7:07 p.m. Rogers Centre • Toronto, ON RHP Corey Oswalt (0-1, 9.82) vs. RHP Marcus Stroman (1-5, 6.02) SNY • WOR 710 AM • 104.3 WAXQ-FM HD 2 • ESPN 1050 Even for the standards established by the 2018 Mets – last night was a bad night up North and the Mets will try to reverse it today. Last night the Mets had a 6-1 lead off homers from Cabrera, Mesoraco and Flores...
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In the offseason, the Mets felt they needed to add another back-end reliever that they could plug into their bullpen. As a result, they decided to sign 32-year old Anthony Swarzak to a two-year, $14 million contract to fill their need. To date, though, Swarzak has not lived up to expectations in the slightest as he currently has a 6.28 ERA, 1.81 WHIP, seven walks, and 16 strikeouts in 14...
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For much of the season, the Mets have been struggling to find bright spots on this team as they currently sit with a 33-49 record after starting off the season with a 12-2 record. One of those bright spots seemed to be the emergence of Robert Gsellman as a reliable reliever in the Mets bullpen, so much so that many point to him being the team’s closer in 2019 with Jeurys Familia likely to...
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