The Mets and Dodgers will wrap up their series in Los Angeles this evening at 4:10 PM. In his second career start, Matz (1-0, 2.35) opposes right-hander Mike Bolsinger (4-2, 2.76) in the rubber game at Dodger Stadium. Sean Gilmartin hasn’t allowed a run in a career-high 11.2 innings and has yielded three runs over his last 23.1 innings (1.16 ERA) spanning 26 outings. Gilmartin has stranded 11 of...
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Steven Matz’s record setting debut had Met fans abuzz last weekend. Pre-game press stories hyping the event called Matz’s Citi Field ascendency ‘the final call up of the crop of Met ‘uber-pitching prospects,’ the last piece of Sandy Alderson’s Met pitching puzzle. Certainly, the highly touted cadre of young Met pitching prospects made being a Binghamton Met baseball fan tantalizing over the last...
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The Dodgers defeated the Mets by a score of 4-3 in tonight’s game at Dodger Stadium. Offense: The Mets’ lineup wasn’t able to muster any offense tonight against Zack Greinke, who allowed only four hits in seven dominant innings. They had much better luck against the Dodgers’ bullpen, but their comeback attempt fell just short. New York rallied for two runs in the 8th with...
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The New York Mets will look to make it two in a row tonight against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Chavez Ravine. Matt Harvey takes the mound for the Mets and will oppose Dodgers great’ Zack Greinke. The Mets are 29-34 all-time on July 4 and 3-2 in their last five contests on Independence Day. The last time the Mets played in Los Angeles on July 4 was in 2011, when they beat the Dodgers, 5-2....
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How about a Norse analogy for the celebration of our own nation’s independence? Noah “Thor” Syndergaard goes into the belly of the beast, Dodger Stadium itself, and matches arguably the greatest pitcher in the league over the past three years. T’was no rainbow bridge in this tale. Just one of the visitor unfriendliest venues in all of Major League Baseball. If I were to...
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The latest injury update on starting catcher Travis d’Arnaud , who was eligible to come off the disabled list on Monday, continues to be very concerning. Speaking to reporters this evening at AT&T Park, Terry Collins said ew York Mets catcher Travis d’Arnaud continues to wear a brace for a left elbow sprain and is not particularly close to being able to shed it and begin baseball...
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