Yet another incredible job by Noah Syndergaard who once again came up huge in a big-time game for the Mets on Sunday night. In a gutty performance, the rookie right-hander was initially greeted by a home run off the bat of Anthony Rendon in the first inning, but Thor kept his cool and delivered eight strong innings allowing just two earned runs and striking out nine. It was the second straight...
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What a home stand for the New York Mets and our friends at Number Fire did a nice job of chronicling how events not only changed the dynamics for the team, but also how it directly impacted their postseason odds over the course of ten days. Ten days ago, John Mayberry was batting cleanup for the Mets, Yoenis Cespedes was on the Tigers. Today, Lucas Duda was ice cold, and more importantly the...
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Tacoma 6, Las Vegas (60-49) 4 The 51’s scored a run in the 9th on a RBI single by Matt Reynolds (1-4, RBI) and had the tying run on base with nobody out but had the final three hitters retired in order to end the threat. Dilson Herrera was 2-4 with two runs scored a three-run homerun for his 4th of the season for Las Vegas. Darrell Ceciliani was 2-4 stretching his hitting streak to...
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Curtis Granderson continued his impressive second half performance during yesterday’s exciting 5-2 victory of the Nationals. Granderson’s two run shot against Jordan Zimmermann jump started the Mets’ lineup and gave New York an early 2-1 lead. Granderson has now reached base in 17 consecutive games, which is tied for the longest active steak in the National League with Dexter...
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Hey Mets fans… Can you feel the surge? I’m talking about the power surge that we’ve seen at Citi Field this season and was at the forefront of this recent homestand capped off by three homers in Sunday’s 5-2 win over the Washington Nationals. Curtis Granderson, Daniel Murphy and Lucas Duda all homered in the third inning, and it was the first time the Mets have hit three...
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Stat Line: 8 IP, 2 R, 7 H, 9 SO, 0 BB Noah Syndergaard maneuvered two solo home runs leading the New York Mets into a first place tie in the National League East division standings. Washington Nationals hitters were visibly off-balance leading to a swing and miss rate (whiff %) of 13.76%. The high miss rate is attributed to Syndergaard aggressively commanding fastballs and curveballs in the...
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