The Mets (29-25) fell 7-3 to the Padres (27-28) on Wednesday night in San Diego. Dillon Gee fired blanks in his return from the Disabled List, allowing seven runs (four earned) on eight hits and a walk in four innings, striking out one. The Mets had their chances against James Shields, but didn’t take advantage. After New York squandered a pair of baserunners in the top of the first, San...
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The first big trade of the summer went down this evening, as Mark Trumbo becomes the first big-name player to go off the board. Trumbo, in his second season with the Diamondbacks, will be headed to the Seattle Mariners in a six-player trade. Trumbo, 29, is batting .259/.299/.506 with nine home runs, 10 doubles, and three triples in 184 plate appearances over 46 games. Last season, he hit just...
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The New York Mets and San Diego Padres go at it again in the rubber match of their three game series tonight at Petco Park. The Mets will send Dillon Gee (0-2, 3.86 ERA) to the mound and he will oppose right-hander James Shields (6-0, 3.69 ERA) for the Padres at 9pm ET. Dillon Gee has made 51 straight starts of 5.0 innings or more the longest streak in franchise history. It’s also the longest...
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Stat Line: 4 IP, 7 R, 10 H, 10 K’s, 0 BB Inconsistency in Fastball Command Noah Syndergaard struggled to establish his two-seam fastball as many of the Padres hits came off of two-seamers that ran back over the middle of the plate. A two-seam fastball is relatively easy to learn but getting a feel for the amount of movement and having the ability to direct the movement of the baseball to the...
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During the past 30 days, only four other teams have struck out at a higher rate than the Mets. Mets’ hitters struck out in 23.2 percent of their plate appearances in this span, which is the fifth highest mark in the league. This problem has been magnified during the last two games against San Diego. Padres’ starter Andrew Cashner punched out 12 Mets in 4.2 innings while Ian Kennedy...
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Memphis 6, Las Vegas (29-24) 0 The 51’s have now lost their last 7 games and have scored just seven runs over that span. Matthew Bowman got the start going 5 innings giving up four runs (two earned) on six hits (HR) and three walks. Bowman struck out just two but did induced 9 groundball outs. Zack Thornton threw a scoreless 6th and has now thrown 9.1 innings without allowing a run. Chase...
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