I can hardly stand to watch another Daniel Murphy plate appearance, especially when there are men on base. The sour taste in my mouth and the anxiety that comes with each passing RBI single, double or home run is terribly indescribable. Murphy did it again on Saturday night, driving in four runs to extend the Nationals’ first place lead to five games. And I guess what stings more than...
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The New York Mets (47-40) were defeated by the Washington Nationals (53-36) by a score of 6-1 at Citi Field Saturday evening. The Mets now fall to 5 games back of the Nationals for the division lead. Pitching: Logan Verrett was on the mound tonight for the Mets and he did a decent job. He was filling in for Matt Harvey we learned would be lost for the year yesterday. Verrett made things a...
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Mets third baseman David Wright got into the spirit on Saturday and surprised first-time All Stars Noah Syndergaard and Jeurys Familia with a special gift in their lockers to recognize them for their solid first half performances. Newsday reports that the Mets captain gifted a bottle of Johnnie Walker Blue Label to each of his teammates with a handwritten congratulatory note encouraging them to...
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Saturday, July 9, 2016 • 7:15 p.m. Citi Field • Flushing, N.Y. RHP Max Scherzer (9-6, 3.21) vs. RHP Logan Verrett (3-5, 4.01) FOX • WOR 710 AM • ESPN 1050 AM Lowest Prices On Mets Tickets! Mets Lineup Jose Reyes – 3B Curtis Granderson – RF Neil Walker – 2B James Loney – 1B Asdrubal Cabrera – SS Brandon Nimmo – LF Travis d’Arnaud – C Alejandro De Aza – CF Logan Verrett – RHP Nationals Lineup Ben...
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The Mets announced that Bartolo Colon has been added to the National League All-Star roster replacing San Francisco Giants starter Madison Bumgarner who is starting on Sunday and will be unavailable to pitch. “It means a lot, especially for someone my age,” Colon said through an interpreter. “It surprised me a lot. There’s a lot of great ballplayers around the league, and...
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All Star outfielder Yoenis Cespedes strained his right quadriceps muscle on Friday after chasing down a Daniel Murphy double in the third inning. “Hopefully it doesn’t translate into me going on the 15-day DL,” Cespedes said through his interpreter. He said he suffered a similar injury with the Detroit Tigers and it forced him to miss four or five days. Cespedes, 30, will be...
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