Following Matt Harvey’s dominant performance Tuesday against the Rockies, Jacob deGrom responded with a stellar outing of his own. He fired seven shutout inning while striking out ten to earn his 11th win of the season. Colorado’s lineup looked completely overmatched as deGrom annihilated them with his explosive heater and electrifying breaking pitches. “I was trying to throw...
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Las Vegas (66-52) 7, El Paso 1 Veteran right-hander Tim Stauffer had his one-hit shutout bid snapped by the pinch hitting Jake Goebbert who led off the 9th inning with a solo homerun. Stauffer’s final line: 9 innings, 2 hits, R, 3 walks, HBP, and 5 strikeouts. He threw just 104 pitches with 70 of them going for strikes. The 51’s offense was supported by solo homeruns from...
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Stat Line: 7 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 10 SO, 4 BB Jacob deGrom threw the sharpest moving pitches of his season last night against the Colorado Rockies. With a quick, compact pitching motion, deGrom used incredible hand speed attacking the Rockies hitters resulting in 10 strikeouts. The most pivotal strikeout came in the bottom of the fifth inning against Charlie Blackmon. After the Mets took the lead...
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Yoenis Cespedes ripped his first home run as a Met on Wednesday night, a screaming bullet in the eighth inning with two outs to ice the Mets lead at 3-0. It was his 19th home run of the season and his first since July 30 at Baltimore. “It feels good. I feel happy to get it off my back, to get my first out of the way,” Cespedes said through a translator. “I feel like I’m helping the team,...
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If you thought you had heard the last of former Met Jordany Valdespin, think again. After the Mets 3-0 win over the Rockies on Wednesday night, manager Terry Collins called out Valdespin while raving about the impact Juan Uribe has had on the Mets. “Juan Uribe, he’s got two World Series rings, he’s made a ton of money, he plays the game right. That’s what makes a...
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The Mets (62-52) defeated the Colorado Rockies (47-65) by a score of 3-0 tonight at Citi Field, and in the process, taking the series from Colorado. Pitching: Jacob deGrom followed Matt Harvey’s dazzling outing last night with a deGrominant performance of his own. The righty went seven strong innings, allowing zero runs on two hits, while walking four and striking out ten, as well as...
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