The Chicago Cubs came to Citi Field and left without a victory as the New York Mets completed am impressive four game sweep against the best team in baseball. I examine the reason for the quick turnaround after the disaster against the Nationals in Washington. Was it Brandon Nimmo’s energy? Familia’s high-wire act in the first game of the series? Or is the team just benefiting from...
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Coming off a very rough start on June 27th in which the Washington Nationals handled him easily, Noah Syndergaard got back on track in the Mets’ 14-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs. Syndergaard brought his arsenal on Sunday, throwing seven masterful innings. He allowed just one run on seven hits while walking none and striking out eight Cubbies. He picked up the win, improving his record to...
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Wilmer Flores had an amazing day at the plate in the Mets’ 14-3 drubbing of the Chicago Cubs as the team completed their four-game sweep. Flores became the second Metropolitan to have six hits in one game, tying the record set by Edgardo Alfonzo on August 30, 1999. “I’m not going to lie. My sixth at-bat I thought about it,” Flores later said about tying the franchise record. “I didn’t want...
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Lenny Dykstra is a man who has lived his life in grave fear. Even from his youth, he was a scared person. The inception of his innate fear was different from the majority of society’s phobias. It was not the dark that irked him; it wasn’t monsters; it was not a fear of harm or abandonment. Lenny ‘Nails’ Dykstra’s trepidation was that he would be just average. He...
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The New York Mets (44-37) defeated the Chicago Cubs (51-30) by a score of 14-3 this afternoon at Citi Field, and in the process, completed the four game sweep over Chicago. However, the Nationals also won today, so the Mets were not able to make up any ground in the standings and remain five games back of Washington. Offense: After the Cubs got on the scoreboard first in the top of the first...
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Sunday, July 3, 2016 • 1:10 p.m. Citi Field • Flushing, N.Y. LHP Jon Lester (9-3, 2.03) vs. RHP Noah Syndergaard (8-3, 2.49) SNY • MLBN • WOR 710 AM • ESPN 1050 AM The Mets go for a 4-game sweep of the Cubs this afternoon at Citi-Field. Yesterday the Mets were able to beat the Cubs 4-3 thanks to a 2-run homer by Neil Walker and a 2-run well-placed bloop by Travis d’Arnaud. The Mets will...
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