The New York Mets will enter tonight’s game against the Colorado Rockies with a 2.5 game lead atop the NL East. All-Star Jacob deGrom (10-6, 2.13) will start for the Mets and will oppose Jorge De La Rosa (7-4, 4.85) for the Rockies in a 7:10 PM matchup at Citi Field. The Mets have won two in a row and are 8-2 in August, 12-4 in their last 16 games and 21-12 in their last 33 contests. Mets...
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On Tuesday night, the New York Mets shutout the Colorado Rockies by a score of 4-0 thanks to eight brilliant innings by Matt Harvey and some timely hitting. It was the team’s 10th shutout victory of the year and sixth at home. With the win and a Washington Nationals loss, the Mets opened up a 2.5 game lead atop the NL East and for the first time in over seven years I’m going to say...
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El Paso 9, Las Vegas (65-52) 8 F/10 Walk-Off Matt Reynolds (2-5, 4 RBI) came up with a clutch two-run single in the the top of the 9th to tie the game for the 51’s. However, Chase Bradford gave up a walk-off sacrifice fly to Ramiro Pena in the bottom of the 10th to waste Reynolds heroics. Dilson Herrera was 1-4 with a walk, two RBI, 8th stolen base, and three runs scored. Darrell...
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Stat Line: 8 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 4 SO, 0 BB Matt Harvey amassed 19 strikeouts to zero walks, allowing only one run in 22.2 innings over his last three starts. Currently, Harvey owns a 15 inning scoreless streak. Harvey allowed only four hits against the Colorado Rockies, three of which were infield singles. The Dark Knight is back. Harvey’s found command in his fastball which was inconsistent...
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During the Mets 4-0 win over the Rockies, Juan Lagares had one of his best games of the season. He collected three hits in five at-bats, and he drove in two RBI. He led off the game with a double in the first inning, and he then belted another extra base hit that drove in Travis d’Arnaud and Ruben Tejada in the 9th inning to extend the Mets’ lead. George Wills of the NY Post says...
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One of the many bright spots for the Mets on Tuesday night was the return of Michael Cuddyer, who went 2-for-4 with two runs scored including the first run to put the team up 1-0 in the sixth. He showed no ill effects with his knee as he raced home from second base and scored on a Ruben Tejada RBI single. Cuddyer later stunned everyone when he singled and stole second base in the eighth inning,...
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