Jon Niese, being counted among the rotation New Yorkers “knew they had it in them,” has his work cut out for him for tonight’s finale in the Bronx. Nathan Eovaldi of the Yankees has 14 K’s in just under two game’s worth of innings pitched. The question for Niese tonight will be whether or not he can widen that K/BB ratio and keep the Bombers off the bases. It may...
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Mets catcher Kevin Plawecki belted his first major league home run on Saturday as the Mets beat the Yankees 8-2 in a jam-packed Yankee Stadium that had plenty of Met fans in attendance. Plawecki collected his first three career RBIs, capping off a solid 2-for-4 day at the plate. The Mets rookie blasted a deep two run shot to left field in the fourth inning off CC Sabathia and put the Mets up...
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The Mets are the talk of the baseball world with a blazing hot start to their season. The Mets currently are in 1st place in the NL East with a commanding lead of 4.5 games over 2nd place Atlanta. Everything seems to be falling in place, as each Mets player has had a role in their amazin’ winning record of 14-4. There has not been many complaints of players underachieving or not...
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As I watched Matt Harvey pitch for the Mets on Saturday against the Yankees, I couldn’t help but wonder: Was he showing off for his future bosses? I have little doubt from his body language there’s little question to the matter of showing up his current boss. Please don’t say Harvey someday toiling for the Yankees has not crossed your mind. How could it not? It definitely must have crossed the...
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The Mets (14-4) took care of their little brothers on Saturday afternoon, beating the Yankees (10-8) at Yankee Stadium by a score of 8-2. Matt Harvey pitched for the Mets and was awesome, putting aside his personal feelings for the Yankees en route to 8.2 innings of two-run ball, striking out seven and walking two while allowing just five hits. After 4 starts, The Dark Knight is 4-0, tying him...
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The Mets and Yankees do battle again on Saturday afternoon with a marquee pitching matchup featuring Matt Harvey (3-0, 3.50 ERA) and LHP CC Sabathia (0-3, 4.35) in a 4:05 PM game at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. The Mets had their franchise record-tying 11-game winning streak snapped with last night’s 6-1 loss. The streak had been the longest in the majors since 2013. The Mets still own the best...
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