After the Mets handily defeated the Astros by a score of 8-3 on Sunday to close out the season, Sandy Alderson met with the media and fielded questions about the state of the team and shared some early offseason thoughts. “Offensively, we need to score some more runs and in a couple of places in the batting order and in the field, we probably need to take a look at things,” Alderson...
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Capping off his breakout season, Lucas Duda provided the offense with a four-RBI afternoon as the Mets ended 2014 on a high note Sunday, routing the Astros by a final score of 8-3. Duda reached a pair of individual milestones in the game, most notably his 30th home run, which came in his final at-bat of the year. Duda also reached 92 runs batted in, both figures the most for a given Mets player...
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The end is near. This afternoon at Citi Field the New York Mets will play their final game of the season, a rubber match against the Houston Astros. The veteran Bartolo Colon (14-13, 4.08) will close out the 2014 campaign for the Mets and he’ll be opposed by Astros right-hander Nick Tropeano (1-2, 3.78) in a 1:10 PM start. The Mets (78-83) enter the final day of the season tied with the...
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Wow, what a game, what a finish, what a shot by Lucas Duda… Who says meaningless games in September all have to be dull and boring? What I loved most about Duda’s walk-off home run, besides the clang it made when it struck the foul pole, was that he hit it off lefthander Tony Sipp. If there’s a knock on Lucas Duda, it’s undoubtedly his profound struggles against...
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Today we close out the greatest season we’ve ever had at Metsmerized and it’s all because of your unwavering support for what we do. You’ve made MMO the largest Mets community on the web with over 100,000 comments per month! At MMO we are dedicated to bringing you the best and most diverse Mets content out there. We take no shortcuts and our average article is 750 words. We try...
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The Mets (78-83) beat the Astros (70-91) by a score of 2-1 on Saturday night at Citi Field. Rafael Montero got the start for the Mets and pitched well, giving up 1 run on 6 hits and 2 walks in 5.1 innings, striking out 6 and throwing 91 pitches. Montero will finish his debut campaign with a 4.06 ERA in 44.1 innings pitched. Rafa will still be eligible for “Rookie Status” in the 2015...
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