Good Morning, Mets fans! What a frustrating loss last night. At least we fought hard. Anyway, the moment from the game that’s weighing most on my mind this morning is, of course, “The Shoe Play”. With 2 out and 2 on, Freddie Freeman hit a ball “straight into the ground” which seemingly ricocheted off of something and bounced towards Bartolo Colon, whose subsequent...
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The Mets (8-9) lost to the Braves (12-5) by a score of 7-5 tonight at Citi Field. Ervin Santana got the start for Atlanta, and he ran into early trouble by giving up a walk and a stolen base to Eric Young, which was followed by an RBI single from David Wright that give the Mets a 1-0 lead in the first inning. Santana again found himself in a jam in the second inning when Lucas Duda led off the...
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You don’t have to be a numbers-obsessed Mets fan like me to realize that the team has been playing pretty badly at Citi Field over the past few years. But sometimes the numbers help to advance and enhance the narrative. For example, since the beginning of the 2011 campaign, the Mets have gone 105-145 in games played at Citi Field. Meanwhile, over the same time period, the team has posted...
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After being held to just one hit during Friday night’s loss to the Braves, the Mets will try to even the series tonight when Bartolo Colon takes on Ervin Santana for the Braves in a 7:10 PM start at Citi Field. The Braves were held scoreless by Colon the last time he faced them, scattering six hits and striking out five in seven innings. However Colon got pummeled in his last start,...
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On Friday, the Mets announced that they traded first baseman Ike Davis to the Pittsburgh Pirates for righthanded reliever Zack Thornton and a player to be named later. Thornton, who turns 26 next month, was a 23rd round pick of the Oakland A’s in the 2010 draft, who was traded to the Pirates in 2012 for RHP Chris Resop. He has a solid strikeout rate, induces a lot of groundballs, and...
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RENO 10, LAS VEGAS 7 Rafael Montero had his shortest outing of the season, and the Las Vegas bullpen falters in extra innings as the Reno Aces take down the 51’s 10-7 in eleven innings in the final game of the four-game series. Montero lasted just four innings giving up four runs on six hits while walking three. He did add six punchouts en route to the no-decision. The 51’s...
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