The Mets defeated the Nationals tonight at Citi Field, by a score of 4-0. Matt Harvey and Max Scherzer matched each other pretty much pitch for pitch until the bottom of the fourth, when Michael Cuddyer tucked a solo home run over the center field fence. In the fifth inning, Juan Lagares made another, beautiful, Lagares-esque catch to save a hit. Right after, however, Wilmer Flores made his...
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A pair of aces will do battle on Friday night as Matt Harvey opposes Max Scherzer at Citi Field in the second game of a four-game series between the Mets and Nationals. Harvey was dominant his last time out, coming one out away from a complete-game victory at Yankee Stadium. Scherzer is coming off thumb and wrist soreness that forced him to miss his last scheduled start Tuesday. Mets Starting...
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What goes up, must come down… To make room for second baseman Dilson Herrera on the active roster, the Mets optioned Jack Leathersich back to Triple-A Las Vegas on Friday afternoon. Leathersich made just two appearances during his brief stay, pitching to one batter on Wednesday and then on Thursday he got hit hard, allowing two hits including a bases loaded double letting all three...
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An MMO Fan Shot by Jack Ganchrow “Mets no longer bold and confident, they look and sound desperate” – Matthew Cerrone, MetsBlog I’m a little disappointed at how some Mets fans are reacting to the first bit of adversity they’ve had this season. Any way you look at it, 15-8 is a very solid April no matter how you slice it. Even if the month ended on a sour 2-5 note,...
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You’ve gotta love National League pitching. Especially when you get to see a marquee matchup like Madison Bumgarner vs. Clayton Kershaw twice in a week. Divisional rivalries are one thing, but when you’ve got two verifiable aces going head to head in a division matchup, is there anything better than that? Tonight, the Mets get to give Max Scherzer their own National League...
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Las Vegas (13-8) 7, Reno 2 Steven Matz gave up a run in the first inning but after that he was absolutely dominant striking out 12 over 7 innings including the last five hitters he faced. Matz allowed five hits, two walks, and threw 101 pitches with 70 of them being for strikes. Here is video of his career best 12th K. Matz was sitting at 94-95 MPH on his fastball most of the night which...
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