Las Vegas (38-29) 5, Salt Lake 1 Steven Matz bounced back from his worst start of the year to throw a gem going 7 shutout innings to pick up his 7th win of the season also pushing the 51’s win streak to 7 games. Matz needed just 87 pitches (53 strikes) to finish his 7 sparkling innings giving up just four hits and a walk while striking out five. He still leads the Pacific Coast League in...
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The Mets needed an extra arm in their overworked bullpen. So earlier this week, they bought up pitcher Akeel Morris all the way from Class-A St Lucie mainly because he was already on the 40-man roster. The 22-year old righty made his major league debut on Wednesday against the Blue Jays in Toronto and got hammered, giving up 5 runs in just two-thirds of an inning. Immediately after the game,...
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Steven Matz’s dominance continued last night for Triple-A Las Vegas. He pitched seven shutout innings while allowing just four hits and striking out five. Matz was simply overpowering, and he even got stronger as the game progressed. He retired the final ten batters that faced him before being pulled in the eight inning at 87 pitches. Matz now improves his record to 7-4 and his ERA to an...
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The Mets (36-31) fell to the Blue Jays (35-32) by a score of 8-0 on Wednesday night in Toronto. Jon Niese took the hill for the Mets and pitched well, going seven innings while allowing three runs on seven hits and four walks, striking out six. Toronto took an early lead they would never relinquish in the bottom of the second, when Kevin Pillar’s RBI single made Niese pay for a pair of...
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The Mets announced that Nelson Doubleday, Jr., the former owner of the Mets, has passed away at the age of 81. According to Doubleday’s family, the cause of death was pneumonia. “We were saddened to hear the news of the passing of Nelson Doubleday, Jr.,” The Mets said in a statement. “Nelson had a love of baseball and the Mets. On behalf of everyone at the organization, we send our...
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Daniel Murphy will not be activated from the disabled list when eligible on Saturday as was expected. General manager Sandy Alderson said the Mets are now eyeing Tuesday’s series opener at Milwaukee for Murphy’s return. (ESPN New York) Murphy has been playing in extended spring training games at Port St. Lucie since Friday, and has yet to begin a rehab assignment. But Alderson...
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