After a huge day for the Mets on Tuesday in which they were the only Wild Card contender to win, it was much different on Wednesday, with all four teams fighting for the NL spots getting a victory. The San Diego Padres hold the first Wild Card spot at 2.5 games over the Diamondbacks and the Mets, and the Braves are two games behind Arizona and New York. The Mets hold the tiebreaker with the...
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I love it when my teenage daughters come home from school, sit down and do their homework. I know they are just doing what they are supposed to do. Still, it warms my heart. I loved watching the Mets come home from a long road trip, step up and sweep the Nationals. It actually seemed like they did way more than they were supposed to do. The assignment was to win. Outscoring the Nats 22-2 gets...
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The latest New York Mets prospect to make it to the majors continued his torrid start on Wednesday night. In a 10-0 drubbing of the Washington Nationals, Luisangel Acuña went 2-for-4 with two runs batted in. He slugged his second home run of the season and made it two consecutive games with a home run. After Wednesday, the 22-year-old is 7-for-15 with two home runs, a double, and four runs...
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The Syracuse Mets (75-70) are in the middle of their final series of the International League season as they took on the Charlotte Knights (67-76) on Wednesday. While the Mets ended up building a 6-2 lead by the end of the seventh inning, their bullpen allowed seven runs over the final three frames as they fell in 10 innings, 9-8. After Charlotte had built a 2-0 lead in the first two innings,...
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What has gotten into Jose Quintana?! “Confidence,” manager Carlos Mendoza said after the lefty twirled seven shutout innings Wednesday in a 10-0 win over Washington. “A guy that he knows he’s done it before. He’s been in this league for a long time. There’s a reason why. He knows that you gonna go through stretches where it’s hard and he continues to...
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Good morning, Mets fans! Kodai Senga has been continuing to rehab his calf injury and over the past couple of weeks more reports have been leaning towards a possible return this season. Senga himself told reporters that he hopes to get in a Triple-A game this weekend and potentially return next week, per Anthony DiComo of MLB.com. Senga said he’s been “working his tail off” and...
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