The Mets defeated the Diamondbacks by a score of 4-2 in today’s game at Citi Field. Offense: While the Mets’ bats were quiet early against Arizona’s starter Patrick Corbin, they exploded for three runs in an exciting 5th inning. Lucas Duda belted a solo home run for the team’s first run of the game. The home run was Duda’s 12th of the year. Following a walk by Eric...
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Winners of five of their last seven games, the New York Mets will tackle the Arizona Diamondbacks again on Saturday evening at Citi Field in Flushing. The Mets will send Matt Harvey (7-6, 3.11 ERA) to the mound and he will ooppose Patrick Corbin (1-0, 3.60 ERA) for the D’Backs. First pitch is at 4:10 PM. Harvey has allowed four earned runs over his last four starts (1.46 ERA) and is one of...
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He’s Baa-aack… Or maybe not, but during the Mets 4-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks, there was an actual Lucas Duda sighting at Citi Field No, not that wind-sucking Lucas Duda we’ve seen over the last two months, but the deluxe version we remember from April and May when he boasted a .989 OPS. For the first time since June 18, Duda blasted a home run – a three-run shot...
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As the denizens of Panic City fretted and cowered in fear upon the news that Steven Matz would be lost for a month of more, along comes the mighty Noah Syndergaard to save the day with a Herculean effort that left the Arizona Diamondbacks stunned, weak and helpless. With a devastating arsenal at his command, Syndergaard treated the Flushing fateful to his best performance yet, a dazzling display...
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The Mets now have a standard five-man bench after Danny Muno was recalled to replace injured lefthander Steven Matz who went on the DL. But none of the five reserves have a batting average above the Mendoza line. Mets Bench John Mayberry Jr. batting .194 (18 for 93) Johnny Monell batting .189 (7 for 37) Eric Campbell batting .176 (24 for 136) Kirk Nieuwenhuis batting .091 (4 for 44) Daniel Muno...
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The 51s won their fourth straight against Salt Lake, and fifth in a row overall, as they beat the Bees 8-4 Friday night. Dillon Gee got the start for Las Vegas and gave up only single runs in the second and fifth innings before getting tagged for two more in the sixth. His final line was 6 innings pitched, 4 runs (4 earned), on 9 hits, with 2 walks and 2 strikeouts. Fortunately, Gee’s...
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