The New York Mets (15-8) fell to the St. Louis Cardinals (15-9) by a score of 4-3 in the rubber game of their series on Thursday afternoon at Busch Stadium that ended on a walk-off hit in the 13th inning. Pitching Noah Syndergaard (2-0, 2.86 ERA) was tabbed as the Mets starter and continued to give the Mets the quality pitching they’ve needed. Syndergaard started the day off by retiring...
The New York Mets (39-45) took the first game of their series with the St. Louis Cardinals (41-45) with a 6-5 win on Friday night at Busch Stadium. Pitching The Mets sent the sizzling hot Jacob deGrom (8-3, 3.55 ERA) to the mound to face Carlos Martinez (6-7, 3.15 ERA) who was looking to rebound from one of his worst starts of the season in his last outing. DeGrom did not pitch quite as well as...
T.J. Rivera and Travis d’Arnaud provided all the power as the New York Mets defeated the Florida Marlins by a score of 3-1 on Tuesday afternoon at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Florida. After d’Arnaud homered to put the Mets up 1-0 in the second inning, Rivera made it back-to-back dingers when he crushed one over the left-center field wall for the second run of the...
Veteran righty Bartolo Colon will take the mound this afternoon as the Mets travel to Roger Dean Stadium to face the St. Louis Cardinals at 1:05 p.m. ET on Monday. He will oppose right-hander Carlos Martinez for the Cards. Asdrubal Cabrera will play in his first Grapefruit League game since March 10 this afternoon. He was out with a strained the patellar tendon in his left knee. The Mets have...
The reserves and pitchers have been announced for both the AL and NL All Star teams, and there is one player that stands out as one that was snubbed, and that is Mets closer Jeurys Familia. The National League relievers that were selected are Cardinals’ Trevor Rosenthal, Reds’ Aroldis Chapman, Pirates’ Mark Melancon, Phillies’ Jonathan Papelbon, and Brewers’...
I’m always amazed at how often I see comments like “the Mets should follow the Cardinals model” as if we can just snap our fingers and voila. What ever model Sandy Alderson decided he was going to use, that process began in October of 2010 and I hope we start seeing some results in terms of winnings seasons. And sooner rather than later. The St. Louis Cardinals are the Gold...
The New York Mets (31-39) faced the St. Louis Cardinals (38-32) tonight for Monday Night Baseball at Busch Stadium. Mets’ rookie Jacob deGrom (0-4) squared off against Cardinals righty Carlos Martinez (0-3) who was starting in place of St. Louis’ ace Adam Wainwright. What you should know: DeGrom, in the worst outing of his short Major League career was lit up, lasting only 4.1...
The Mets begin a three game series in St. Louis as they take on the Cardinals at Busch Stadium beginning at 8:10 PM. Jacob deGrom (0-3, 3.44) will start in the opener for the Mets and he’ll be opposed by righthander Carlos Martinez (0-3, 4.67) for the Cardinals. Adam Wainwright was the original scheduled starter for the Cards, but he will have his turn skipped because of tendinitis in the...
I can’t vouch for the veracity of this, but on Sunday night I heard that the Mets have played 22 different series so far this season, and somehow they’ve managed to avoid facing the opposing team’s ace pitcher in 16 of those series. If that’s true, I guess things could be somewhat worse than they are right now. But who knows? It does appear we’ll miss Cardinals ace...
After Thursday’s game was rained out, the Mets took the field at home today against the St Louis Cardinals at Tradition Field, in Port St. Lucie. Daisuke Matsuzaka faced off against Cardinals starter Carlos Martinez, who pitched in relief last season for the Red Birds. Dice-K, vying for the 5th rotation spot, pitched two innings, giving up six hits, one earned run, while striking out three, and...
The Mets ranked eighth in the majors with a 3.68 starters’ ERA last season, finishing ahead of talented staffs from Tampa Bay, Oakland and the World Series champion Boston Red Sox. However, the New York bullpen was not as efficient and placed 22nd in the game with a 3.98 ERA while also concluding as one of 14 relief units to throw more than 500 innings. In an effort to improve their...
Beat writer Tom Loxas is reporting that the St. Louis Cardinals have already contacted the Chicago Cubs about shortstop Starlin Castro. You got to hand it to John Mozeliak and company. They don’t sit around and lick their wounds. Not even 24 hours after dropping the World Series in 6 games to Boston, they are apparently already working the phones. Normally, I would give this one some pause....
