Right-hander Merandy Gonzalez threw a seven inning no-hitter for the GCL Mets this afternoon, in a 1-0 win over the GCL Marlins at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Florida. Gonzalez, 19, was making just his second start of the season and has appeared three times in relief. In his first start, he tossed five perfect innings and struck out six. The young righty was signed out of the Dominican...
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Dominic Smith had a dreadful start to his season hitting .220/.256/.244 with one extra base hit and nine strikeouts in the month of April while also missing time with a leg injury. Smith started to swing the bat much better in the month of May hitting .276/.321/.429 with 13 doubles, 23 RBI, and his first homerun of the year. When the calendar switched to June Dominics’ bat caught...
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The Mets (44-42) defeated the San Francisco Giants (43-43) by a score of 4-1 this afternoon at AT&T Park. Jacob deGrom and Jake Peavy matched each other pretty much pitch for pitch until the sixth inning when the Mets finally broke into the run column. Ruben Tejada reached base on a dunker to right field, and came all the way around to score on the next play when Daniel Murphy hit a ball...
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Despite the recent run of success by lefthander Jon Niese, Andy Martino of the Daily News says it’s done little if anything to increase his value or interest in him. Baseball people he checked in with were impressed that Niese had pitched well against quality teams like the Blue Jays, Cubs and Giants, but noted that good general managers are rarely swayed by a hot streak. “I would assume...
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The New York Mets and San Francisco Giants play a rubber match this afternoon as the Mets look to take the series in a 3:45 PM matinee at AT&T Park. All-Star Jacob deGrom (8-6, 2.30 ERA) will toe the mound for the Mets and will oppose Jake Peavy (0-3, 6.43 ERA) for the Giants. Mets Starting Lineup Curtis Granderson – RF (.251) Ruben Tejada – SS (.235) Daniel Murphy – 3B...
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Until my drive home from AT&T Park last night, I never thought the day would come that my feelings after watching a 42-year old, 280+ pound man pitch a quality start would be, “He didn’t really pitch well tonight. We never had a chance.” Unfortunately, this is the state of the John-Mayberry-hitting-in-the-six-hole Mets. Without looking at the scoreboard, it almost felt like...
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