Despite Seth Lugo’s quality start on Saturday, the Mets pitching has been a main factor in the lack of success against the Nationals this weekend. With tough tasks against the likes of Max Scherzer and Stephen Strasburg, the Mets were going to have to match the Nationals pitch for pitch to have any chance of winning. Instead, Mets pitchers have surrendered eight home runs in 27 innings...
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Two steps forward, three steps backward. That has been the theme for the 2017 New York Mets. After winning five of its last six games going into a pivotal home series with the Washington Nationals, optimism was starting to rear its head. Even with the injuries, if the Mets could just get to Washington’s bullpen, they might have a chance at scratching out a few wins and making up some...
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Good Morning Mets Fans. The New York Mets (30-37) look to salvage a game today against the first place Washington Nationals (42-26) as they send Jacob deGrom (5-3, 4.33 ERA) to the mound. The Nats will counter with Joe Ross (3-2, 6.39 ERA). Today’s game is scheduled to begin at 1:10 PM ET and can be seen on WPIX as well as heard on 710 WOR. LATEST METS NEWS The Nationals continued their...
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The New York Mets fell to the Washington Nationals by a score of 7-4 on Saturday afternoon at Citi Field. It was the Mets’ sixth straight loss at home to the Nationals who will go for the four game sweep on Sunday. Pitching Seth Lugo was handed the loss in his second start of the 2017 season. Lugo allowed four runs, three earned, on seven hits while walking a pair and striking out five...
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Saturday, June 17, 2017 • 4:10 p.m. Citi Field • Flushing, NY RHP Stephen Strasburg (7-2, 3.27) vs. RHP Seth Lugo (1-0, 1.29) PIX11 • WOR 710 AM • 104.3 WAXQ-FM HD 2 • ESPN 1050 AM The Mets have put themselves in a position where they need to win out the weekend to split and prevent from falling in a deep hole in the standings. Last night Matz was serviceable to good, allowing four runs over 7.0...
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I’d like to wrap my arms around the Mets and tell them things will get better, but that would be akin to delivering false hope that a D student is getting into Harvard. When another player not going on the DL determines a good day, it’s a very sad state of affairs. And when your starting pitching can’t string together consecutive strong outings, your inconsistent offense won’t always be there to...
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