The hits keep on coming for Wilmer Flores and the power has been emerging too. On Friday night, the Mets de facto shortstop blasted a prodigious 431 foot home run into the second deck of Great American Ball Park. It was his third home run of the season and after his two-hit night, Flores now has 11 hits in his last 30 at-bats with a 1.040 OPS. “Some guys it takes a little time to learn how...
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The Mets look to take the weekend series against the Reds this afternoon sending Dillon Gee (6-6, 3.81) to the hill against the very talented Johnny Cueto (16-8, 2.26). First pitch is at 4:10pm. In his last start, Gee earned the win in the 6-5 victory against Philadelphia on August 31st at Citi Field. He pitched 6.0 innings, allowing three runs, including a home run to Ryan Howard. He allowed...
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Last night both the Las Vegas 51’s and the Binghamton Mets fell and are now on the verge of elimination from the minor league playoffs. With Noah Syndergaard on the hill for the 51’s, the team dropped the third game of the series. They are now down 2-1 in the series with game 4 coming up tonight. Syndergaard was highly ineffective. He lasted only 4 innings, giving up 6 runs on 6 hits...
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After last nights victory over the Reds, the Mets recalled Rafael Montero from AAA Las Vegas. Montero pitched in the opening game of the Pacific Coast League playoffs on Wednesday, where he was ineffective. He went just 4 1/3, allowing 3 runs, 4 walks and 7 hits. According to Adam Rubin of ESPN, Mets officials say there is no injury to a current member of the rotation. Terry Collins had...
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Last night in Cincinnati the Mets offense did something they haven’t done all season. They scored 14 runs. The most runs they had scored this season had been 12 back in May against the Yankees. Last night, David Wright and Travis d’Arnaud led the Mets to 14 runs on 18 hits. That included five home runs. It’s rare to see this Mets team scoring runs the way they did last night....
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The Mets (67-74) crushed the Reds (66-75) by a score of 14-5 on Friday night in Cincinnati. Bartolo Colon got the start for the Mets and pitched well, going 7 innings and giving up 2 runs on 7 hits and a walk, striking out 2 and throwing 85 pitches. Bartolo didn’t have his best stuff (not that his best stuff is that electric), but got the big outs when he needed them. The Mets got on the...
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