The New York Mets (23-19) pulled off their first sweep since mid-April this afternoon and their first at Citi Field since the 2016 season, with a 4-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks (24-21). Pitching: Noah Syndergaard circumvented a walk and stolen base in the first inning with two swinging strikeouts on changeups and sliders, offsetting his usual 97-100 mph fastballs. He ran into trouble...
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Dominic Smith made his first professional appearance in the outfield last night for the Las Vegas 51s, despite having played the position a little in high school. The team wants to try the natural first baseman in the outfield, as they lost Juan Lagares for the season and Yoenis Cespedes is currently on the DL. Those two injuries have left the Mets with only Brandon Nimmo, Michael Conforto, Jay...
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Sunday, May 20, 2018• 1:10 p.m. Citi Field • Flushing, N.Y. RHP Clay Buchholz (0-0, —) vs. RHP Noah Syndergaard (3-1, 3.14) PIX11 • WOR 710 AM • 104.3 WAXQ-FM HD 2 • ESPN 1050 Stop the Narrative: The Mets won two games in a row! For the first time in what feels like forever, the Mets have won back to back games, won the series and set themselves up to sweep the first place Diamondbacks...
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Mickey Callaway said this morning that the team expects to give Robert Gsellman and Seth Lugo starts at some point this season, despite a decision not being imminent Both former starters have been very effective as relievers thus far this season. Lugo is 1-0 with a 1.98 ERA, 0.99 WHIP, and 28 strikeouts in 27 1/3 innings (16 appearances), while Gsellman is 4-0 with a 2.93 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, and 25...
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Steven Matz started for the Mets last night and did not find nearly the same success he found in his last two outings. In the second inning, Matz allowed Devin Marrero to hit a one-out double that he a later scored on by way of an RBI single by John Ryan Murphy. After being given a 2-1 lead from a Michael Conforto two-run homer in the bottom of the inning, Matz pitched a clean third. However, in...
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Wilmer Flores, basically ever since his walk-off home run on July 31, 2015, a mere 48 hours after almost being traded to the Milwaukee Brewers, has become an icon in a Mets uniform despite not even being an everyday player. Last night was a shining example of that for Flores as he delivered his second walk-off RBI of the season and the eighth walk-off RBI of his career with his walk-off...
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