A report by Cody Derespina on Newsday points out that through the Mets’ first seven home games this season, the team is averaging 35,268 fans. 2015: 35,268 (7-0) 2014: 30,506 (2-5) 2013: 27,811 (5-2) 2012: 32,317 (4-3) 2011: 30,027 (1-6) 2010: 32,685 (3-4) 2009: 37,424 (4-3) It’s the highest average attendance during the same time period at Citi Field since its inaugural season in...
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Fresno 8, Las Vegas 4 Matt Bowman struggled to his 3rd loss to open the season allowing six runs on ten hits over four innings of work. Matt now has a 10.93 ERA on the season and has given up five homeruns in only 14 innings. The 51’s could muster only five hits on the night and Dilson Herrera had three of them, 1B, 2B, and his first homerun of the season. Herrera also had two RBI and his...
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After another Mets win on Sunday, the Mets took a big hit when Mets lefty reliever Jerry Blevins got hit by a line drive in his left forearm and the result was a fracture. He will be in the DL and out for 6-8 weeks. “I saw the X-rays this morning at Hospital for Special Surgery and his fracture was a little more complicated. It wasn’t displaced, but looked more like a broken teacup, and that...
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As you all know by now, catcher Travis d’Arnaud fractured the metacarpal of the pinkie finger on his right hand on Sunday and will wear a splint for three weeks. However Mets general manager Sandy Alderson told the New York Post that three weeks was a best case scenario and he could be out for a longer stretch. “There’s no guarantee that he’s going to be fully cleared in three weeks, but...
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After a breakout 2014 season, Lucas Duda has performed even better this year. Hitting in the third spot of the order, Duda is blistering hot with a .347 average and 8 RBI. “He is on the verge of absolute stardom, right on the cusp,” Mets hitting coach Kevin Long said. “He has strength and size and ability and aptitude and work ethic. He is hitting lefties and he is going to keep hitting lefties....
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The Mets just defeated the Marlins 7-6 on Sunday, sweeping the four game series from the Marlins. This came immediately after a three game sweep of the Phillies, another division rival. The Mets have won eight straight games, seven of which were at home, and have yet to lose at Citi Field. This past week, I attended two Mets games: their home opening 2-0 win against the Phillies and their...
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