The New York Mets (2-1) took the rubber game of their season-opening series with the Atlanta Braves (1-2), winning 6-2 on Thursday night at Citi Field in Gotham. Matt Harvey pitched for the Mets and was as good as anybody could have asked him to be in his first big league start since undergoing Thoracic Outlet Syndrome surgery last summer. Harvey pitched 6.2 innings of three-hit ball, striking...
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Thursday, April 6, 2017 • 7:10 p.m. Citi Field • Flushing, N.Y. RHP Matt Harvey (0-0, 0.00) vs. LHP Jaime Garcia (0-0, 0.00) SNY • WOR 710 AM The Mets and Braves face off in the rubber game tonight if the ran moves out in time for the first Harvey Day of the year. Last night the Mets lost their first game of the season falling 3-1 in extra innings. The Mets received a strong start from their...
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In a matchup featuring the return of former Mets pitcher and fan favorite Bartolo Colon against Jacob deGrom, SNY delivered the network’s most-watched broadcast since its final farewell to Shea Stadium on Sunday, September 28, 2008. The 7 p.m. telecast scored with viewers in the New York DMA delivering 470,329 Total Viewers, becoming one of the network’s top 20 most-watched broadcasts of...
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Terry Collins—like all managers—often gets second guessed. Collins tends to make it easier by making head scratching decisions that often don’t work. In Wednesday’s 3-1 loss the Mets were somehow in a game despite their bats being completely lost. The Braves had chance after chance to win the game and strike outs, double plays, poor base running by the Braves, whatever the Mets needed to get out...
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A little competition never hurt anyone as they say, but there’s something beyond the whole “rising to a challenge” boost you get from a rival when you’re looking at competition within an organization. When positional battles benefit the team, they take on an impetus all their own. On the other hand you have consistency, baseball is an ebb and flow game of rhythm and...
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Jay Bruce continued his strong start to his 2017 campaign as the Mets offensive leader in their 3-1 loss last night. Bruce went 3-for-5, and accounted for the Mets only offense on the night, picking up a solo homer and a double. On Monday afternoon he went 0-for-1 but drew three walks and scored a run in the Mets first game of the season. Bruce told reporters post game, that his approach at the...
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