The last time the New York Mets and Chicago Cubs were in our national consciousness man had just landed on the moon, our country’s cities had been burning and we were mired in Vietnam. The Mets, in their seventh year of existence, climbed out of a huge deficit to overtake the Cubs and blitz through the postseason to win the World Series. The similarities of those teams in 1969 and those in 2015...
The Mets and Phillies continue their four-game series in Citizens Bank Park at 1:35 pm on Sunday. Zack Wheeler (7-8, 3.48 ERA) will take the hill for the Mets looking to even his record, and he’ll be opposed by RHP Kyle Kendrick (5-11, 4.74) for the Phillies. Wheeler has gone seven straight starts working 6.0 or more innings and allowing two or fewer runs. The last Mets starter with a...
Last night was the opposite of the first game of the series with the Phillies beating the Mets 6-0 behind Cole Hamels to setup a rubber match. This afternoon they look to take the series behind Zack Wheeler as he squares off against Kyle Kendrick in an early 12:10 PM matinee at Citi Field. Starting Lineup Curtis Granderson – RF Daniel Murphy – 2B David Wright – 3B Lucas Duda...
Mike Puma of the NY Post reports that the Mets are still unsure if they will go after a bat at the trade deadline, and that no teams have contacted the front office about Bartolo Colon. industry sources told Adam Rubin of ESPN New York, that the Mets have made the veteran right-hander available as the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline approaches. Rubin also said the Mets were not yet...
The Mets and Phillies continue their five-game series on Saturday at Citizens Bank Park in a 3:05 PM matinee. Jacob deGrom (0-2, 1.83 ERA) takes the hill for the Mets and opposes Kyle Kendrick (1-5, 4.05 ERA) for the Phillies. DeGrom is still searching for his first major league win despite a pristine 1.83 ERA. He has gone at least 6.0 innings and allowed no more than three runs in each of his...
The New York Mets were defeated by the Philadelphia Phillies by the score of 6-5 in a 14 inning marathon at Citizens Bank Park. The winning run was unearned and the result of Marlon Byrd hitting a routine fly ball to right field which was dropped by Chris Young to open the floodgates.. With the bases loaded after an intentional walk, Jenrry Mejia surrendered a walk-off single to Reid Brignac to...
The Mets will look to even the series tonight at Citi Field when they take on the Philadelphia Phillies at 7:10 PM. RHP Dillon Gee (3-1, 2.51) gets the start for the Mets and will oppose RHP Kyle Kendrick (0-3, 3.58) for the Phillies. Gee enters tonight’s start with a career-high 16.0 inning scoreless streak which dates back to April 22. The streak is the longest by a Mets pitcher since R.A....
Philadelphia Phillies at New York Mets Citi Field • 7:10 PM Kyle Kendrick (10-10, 4.51) vs Jon Niese (5-6, 4.03) Starting Lineup Eric Young, Jr. – LF Daniel Murphy – 2B Andrew Brown – RF Ike Davis – 1B Wilmer Flores – 3B Juan Lagares – CF Travis d’Arnaud – C Omar Quintanilla – SS Jonathon Niese – LHP Game Notes Barely a day after learning of the torn ligament in Matt Harvey’s...
Despite the dose of bad news we received today, Zack Wheeler gave us a little hope as he shined in his outing today. Unfortunately, the result was not the desired one. The Mets struck first when Andrew Brown hit a second inning single right back up the middle and brought around Marlon Byrd to make the score 1-0. Wheeler was solid through three, but the Phillies got to him in the 4th when an Cody...
Phillies (48-48) vs. Mets (41-50) RHP Kyle Kendrick (8-6, 3.68) vs RHP Jeremy Hefner (4-6, 3.33) Starting Lineup Eric Young Jr., lf Daniel Murphy, 2b David Wright, 3b Marlon Byrd, rf Ike Davis, 1b John Buck, c Kirk Nieuwenhuis, cf Omar Quintanilla, ss Jeremy Hefner, rhp Infielder Justin Turner (intercostal strain) will not be activated for Friday’s game and will instead continue his rehab...
In last weekend’s edition of 3&3, I cautioned to watch out for a Dodger’s team that was struggling. That warning should have been extended to this weekend’s series with the Phillies as well. Against two teams that have been struggling, our Mets finished 1-5. Looks like our team is fast becoming a cure to another team’s slump. 3 UP Kyle’s Complete Game: We...
Starting Lineup Mike Baxter RF Ruben Tejada SS Daniel Murphy 2B David Wright 3B Lucas Duda LF John Buck C Ike Davis 1B Jordany Valdespin CF Shaun Marcum RHP Game Notes Josh Edgin, 26, was demoted to Double-A Binghamton to make room for today’s starter Shaun marcum. He has struggled this season with a 9.64 ERA and lefties were hitting .350 (7-for-20) against him. The Mets dropped below .500...
