Mets 4, Phillies 3 The New York Mets beat the Philadelphia Phillies 4-3 tonight at Citizens Bank Park to open their three game series. The Mets have won five of their last seven games. Jeremy Hefner started and after a rough second inning that saw him give up three early runs, he settled down and held the Phillies scoreless for the next four innings while the Mets battled back to take the lead....
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Danny Knobler of CBS Sports spoke to two scouts who were on hand for Super Tuesday, when Matt Harvey stymied the Braves and Zack Wheeler made his long anticipated debut with six scoreless innings for a Mets doubleheader sweep in Atlanta. “I don’t know if you’re doing a survey, but put me down for Harvey over Strasburg, and it’s not even close,” said one scout who...
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New York Mets vs Philadelphia Phillies Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia • 7:05 PM RHP Jeremy Hefner (1-6, 3.96) vs LHP Cole Hamels (2-10, 4.40) Starting Lineup Eric Young, Jr – LF Daniel Murphy – 2B David Wright – 3B Marlon Byrd – RF Lucas Duda – 1B Anthony Recker – C Juan Lagares – CF Omar Quintanilla – SS Jeremy Hefner – RHP Game Notes New York took three of five from the Braves in Atlanta to...
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Mets Vice President of Player Development and Scouting Paul DePodesta fielded questions for about an hour on Twitter yesterday. He did a nice job of tackling the many concerns and inquiries fans had about the most recent draft, many of the team’s prospects and where they fit into the plan, and also discussed his strategy and the organizations philosophy on developing players and their...
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Jonathon Niese has been diagnosed with a partially torn rotator cuff, although surgery may be avoided according to assistant general manager John Ricco. The diagnosis came after Niese was examined by team doctor David Altchek on Friday at the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan. Ricco said doctors believe the tear is small and surgery may not be needed if the injury can heal on its own...
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With a pair of home runs that spelled the difference in the Mets 4-3 rubber match win in Atlanta, David Wright has now reached double digit home runs on the year and leads the team in almost every offensive category while putting on a show in the field. In the past two weeks, Wright has been particularly locked in, tallying seven multi-hit games, just in time for the final weeks of the All-Star...
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