Monday, September 26, 2016 • 7:10 p.m. Marlins Park • Miami, FL RHP Bartolo Colon (14-7, 3.12) vs. LHP Adam Conley (8-6, 3.94) SNY • WOR 710 AM • ESPN 1050 AM The Mets beat the Phillies by an almost incomprehensible 17-0 as the Giants and Cardinals both lost. The Mets look to close in on the Wild Card as they start their last 6 games of the season. Tonight will be an incredibly tough game in...
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Terry Collins and his staff may have some interesting decisions to make this weekend regarding his pitching staff and how it sets up for a potential Wild Card Game next Wednesday night. A lot has to do with the two team wildcard format, tie breaking procedures and how a magic number is calculated. An important facet in this situation to understand is that a magic number, by definition,...
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Sitting in Section 135, you get the opportunity to look into the Mets dugout. While watching the game, I could only make out that the Mets had hung something up on the dugout wall. As I would discover after the game, Yoenis Cespedes hung a Jose Fernandez Mets #16 jersey to honor his fellow countryman, defector, and baseball player: His manager, Terry Collins was right there talking to his star...
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After a couple of rough performances by the starting rotation, Robert Gsellman stepped up and put on a great performance against the Philadelphia Phillies, helping his team to a 17-0 victory. In the longest start of his short career, Gsellman pitched to seven shutout innings while allowing just three hits. He walked two batters on the day while striking out a career-high eight. “It felt great to...
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3 Up 1. Cabby Comes Through It looked as though the Mets were going to get off on the wrong foot in the start of the series on Thursday night. After Jose Reyes tied it at six with his two-run home run in the bottom of the 9th, the Mets again trailed 8-6 heading into the bottom of the 11th. Cabrera changed that with his game winning three-run home run to right center. He finished with six hits...
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Bartolo Colon has given New York Mets fans plenty to cheer about during his three-year tenure in Queens. He’s started at least 31 games each season, has double-digit victories in each year, and has provided the Mets a durable, rubber-arm every fifth day on the mound. We even got to witness Colon’s first major league home run this season, a shot to left off RHP James Shields when the...
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