With the signing of Jose Reyes, it was known that Wilmer Flores’ time in the starting lineup would diminish. Flores though is doing everything he can to prove he deserves to continue to be an everyday player for this team. For the second time in a span of four days, Flores had himself a two-homer game, helping his team take the rubber game against the Marlins by a score of 4-2. Flores...
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The New York Mets (46-38) defeated the Miami Marlins (43-41) by a score of 4-2 on Wednesday afternoon at Citi Field. This puts the Mets 3 1/2 games out of first place in the division, with the Nationals and Brewers game still to be decided. Pitching: Jacob deGrom pitched very well to everyone except Giancarlo Stanton, who crushed two mammoth solo home runs off him. Overall, deGrom pitched 7.0...
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Wednesday, July 6, 2016 • 1:10 p.m. Citi Field • Flushing, N.Y. LHP Justin Nicolino (2-4, 5.34) vs. RHP Jacob deGrom (4-4, 2.62) SNY • MLBN • WOR 710 AM • ESPN 1050 AM Last night was the Stanton show at Citi Field. The only mistake Matz made all night was a change-up that Stanton hit with an exit velocity of 115 mph out to the stands. In the 8th inning, he did it again against the Mets bullpen...
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On his return to Citi Field, Jose Reyes tipped his helmet to a standing ovation and then silenced the crowd with his 0-4 appearances at the plate. “They showed me a lot of love and I respect,” he said. “I didn’t know what to expect when I came here today and to see the crowd reaction like that, that was good.” “I felt like it was my first career game in the...
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New York Mets southpaw, Steven Matz came through with a gem of a start that was spoiled by Giancarlo Stanton and the Marlins as the team fell to Miami by a score of 5-2. After a couple of not so stellar starts for Matz, he came through in a big way Tuesday night. He pitched to seven innings while allowing just two runs on the night. Matz allowed two runs which came as a result of the first of...
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Las Vegas 51s 10 (45-39), Salt Lake Bees 4 (Angels, 39-44) Box Score Gavin Cecchini SS 2 for 5, RBI, 2 K .335 Michael Conforto LF 1 for 5, K, .289 T.J. Rivera 3B 1 for 4 .351 Kevin Plawecki C 2 for 4, HR, 2B, 3 RBI .300 Cecchini had his 27th error of the year. Conforto continues to only pull the ball instead of using an all-fields approach. Darin Gorski LHP 7 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 4 BB, 3 K 3.79 ERA...
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