The New York Mets entered Sunday night’s game with the same needed outcome as Saturday’s game: win. If New York lost Game 3 of the Wild Card Series at Citi Field on Sunday, they would see their 101-win season come to an end. Unfortunately, after some walk issues by Chris Bassitt, the Mets’ lineup could not touch an elite Joe Musgrove. With that, New York loss 6-0 and was...
Sunday, October 9, 2022 • 7:07 P.M. Citi Field • Flushing, NY Joe Musgrove (10-7, 2.93 ERA) vs. Chris Bassitt (15-9, 3.42 ERA) ESPN • WCBS 880 AM • ESPN 1050 The Mets and Padres face off tonight at Citi Field for a winner-takes-all rubber game. After getting trounced in Game 1, the Mets struck back last night. For the Mets, it was the formula they’ve used all year to win 101 games. The starting...
After a victory in a win-or-go-home Game 2, the New York Mets will face elimination once again Sunday night in Game 3. After a stellar performance by Jacob deGrom Saturday, the Mets will turn to their third starter, Chris Bassitt. On the other side of things, the San Diego Padres will turn to the right-handed Joe Musgrove. Joe Musgrove After coming over from the Pittsburgh Pirates,...
Citi Field was rocking on Saturday night when Edwin Díaz got the early call to relieve Jacob deGrom in the seventh inning. Behind three ground-outs, Díaz held the Mets then 3-2 lead and went back to the dugout to await his second inning of work. The Mets’ offense, however, exploded in the bottom half of the seventh and Díaz sat for 46 minutes while his team scored five runs to pad the New...
Heroes are forged in the postseason and Francisco Lindor was exactly that and more for the New York Mets on Saturday. Needing a win in Game 2 of the Wild Card Series against the San Diego Padres, Lindor stepped up and led the offense to a huge win to set up a do-or-die Game 3 on Sunday. While Max Scherzer took the majority of the blame for a shocking loss in Game 1 on Friday, the offense also...
The New York Mets turned to their ace of nine years on Saturday night in a do-or-die Game 2. Well, despite not having his best stuff at time, the two-time Cy Young winner turned in a start good enough to give the Mets an opportunity to live another day. After six strong innings, the Mets piled on some insurance runs and Jacob deGrom earned an all-important Game 2 victory. Leading up to Saturday...
The New York Mets could not accept anything less than a win. That’s exactly what they got, emerging victorious against the San Diego Padres on Saturday night at Citi Field by a score of 7-3 to tie the Wild Card series at 1-1. Jacob deGrom made his best pitches when he needed them the most, while the offense worked long counts all night before roaring to life in an electric seventh inning....
The San Diego Padres (1-0) defeated the New York Mets (0-1) by the score of 7-1 in Game 1 of the National League Wild Card series Friday. Max Scherzer was awarded the start due to his fantastic first season in Flushing and did not pitch to the back of his baseball card. Meanwhile, Yu Darvish was dominant for the Padres and shut down the Mets’ offense over seven strong innings. San Diego...
The New York Mets entered their pivotal three-game set against the Atlanta Braves with one main goal in mind. This being, do not get swept. Well, after two straight frustrating losses to begin the series, they are one game from the worst-case scenario. With a loss Sunday night, the Mets would be 2.0 games back of Atlanta and without the division tiebreaker. Their division title chances would be...
The Mets are back in the playoffs for the first time since 2016. They still have a division title to play for but let’s look a bit ahead at who they might carry on their 26-man postseason roster. As always, players on the 40-man roster or on the 60-day injured list as of 11:59 p.m. on August 31 are eligible for the postseason. Starting Lineup (8) 1. James McCann 2. Pete Alonso 3. Jeff...
It’s been 2,176 days since the New York Mets played in a playoff game. It’ll be just about 20 more until they finally play in another. Monday night, the 2022 iteration of the Mets clinched a playoff berth with a 7-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers. They did so behind six perfect innings from Max Scherzer and and a three-run blast from Pete Alonso off Corbin Burnes, the reigning NL Cy...
