The Mets (23-17) were defeated by the Cardinals (26-13) by a score of 10-2 Tuesday evening at Citi Field. Pitching: Jon Niese started for the Mets, going 5 innings while allowing 8 earned runs on 11 hits, walking one and striking out one. All season he has been allowing a lot of base runners (1.49 WHIP after this game), and it finally caught up to him. The Cardinals took advantage of every...
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The New York Mets and St. Louis Cardinals continue their four-game series on Tuesday after a big extra-inning win for the Amazins at Citi Field. Jon Niese (3-3, 2.49 ERA) opposes right-hander Michael Wacha (5-0, 2.06) at 7:10 PM. Jonathon Niese has allowed one earned run or fewer in five of his seven starts this season and six of his last eight starts dating to his final start of 2014. Kevin...
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Update, 2:10 pm Adam Rubin of ESPN.com is now reporting that Kirk Nieuwenhuis will be the player designated for assignment. Nieuwenhuis, 27, was hitting .079/.125/.132 with two doubles and two stolen bases in 40 plate appearances. In parts of four seasons with the Mets, Nieuwenhuis has a .230/.302/.374 line with 13 homers, 31 doubles, three triples, and 12 stolen bases in 592 trips to the plate....
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The news is good on Travis d’Arnaud who has already been cleared to swing a bat and took some dry swings on Monday and will now ramp things up from there. “Tomorrow, he’ll probably do some more dry work, then some tee work, if everything is OK there, he’ll do some soft tosses so he can get used to the shock of the ball,” Terry Collins told reporters. And while Terry or Sandy Alderson have...
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Tacoma 5, Las Vegas (25-14) 4 Darin Gorski gave up runs in only one inning but the 5 spot Tacoma put in the 3rd inning was all they needed as the 51’s collected just 6 hits with only 1 after the 5th inning. Brooks Conrad singled with one out in the top of the 9th giving the 51’s two at bats with the winning run at the plate for Brandon Allen And Travis Taijeron who both popped out to...
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Last night, I thought the Mets were on the verge of snatching another loss from the jaws of victory. For the second straight start we saw Matt Harvey leave the game with a 1-0 lead, only to be rewarded with a no-decision. The only comfort on Monday night was that at least the Mets walked away with a win. Harvey has tossed 15 scoreless innings in his last two starts while striking out 18 batters...
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