The New York Mets (7-4) lost to the Miami Marlins (5-5) by a score of 3-2 on Friday night in South Beach. Noah Syndergaard pitched for New York and, while not his usual dominant self, was quite good. Thor allowed 2 runs (1 earned) on 6 hits in 6 innings, walking none and striking out 4. Syndergaard threw just 87 pitches, but slowed down late in his start and was removed well before his pitch...
The New York Mets (2-1) took the rubber game of their season-opening series with the Atlanta Braves (1-2), winning 6-2 on Thursday night at Citi Field in Gotham. Matt Harvey pitched for the Mets and was as good as anybody could have asked him to be in his first big league start since undergoing Thoracic Outlet Syndrome surgery last summer. Harvey pitched 6.2 innings of three-hit ball, striking...
With all eyes on the game and few eyes on the score, the New York Mets (83-74) fell 7-3 to the Miami Marlins (78-78) on Monday night in South Beach. With the Giants off and the Cardinals losing to Cincinnati, the Mets lead San Francisco by half a game and St Louis by one game in the NL Wild Card race. The night began with a pregame ceremony to honor late Marlins superstar José Fernandez, after...
The New York Mets (72-66) topped the Reds (57-79) by a score of 5-0 on a Labor Day matinee in Cincinnati on Monday. The Mets are now half a game back of the St Louis for the final Wild Card spot, pending the Cardinals’ game against the Pirates this evening. Bartolo Colon pitched for the Mets and was terrific, scattering 5 hits and a walk over 6 scoreless innings, striking out 2. He was...
The New York Mets (59-59) fell to the Arizona Diamondbacks (49-69) by a score of 10-6 on Monday night in Phoenix. The loss drops the Mets to 3 games back of both the St Louis Cardinals and Miami Marlins in the NL Wild Card Race (the Mets also trail the Pirates by 2.5 games). Bartolo Colon struggled on the hill for the Mets, allowing 5 runs (2 earned) on 9 (hard) hits and 2 walks, striking out...
He’s Back! The Mets (29-21) beat the White Sox (27-25) by a score of 1-0 on Monday afternoon at Citi Field. Matt Harvey tossed a gem for the Mets, allowing 2 hits and a walk in 7 shutout innings, striking out 6 on 87 efficient pitches. Harvey went up against Chicago stud Jose Quintana (who the Mets originally signed in 2006), who matched zeroes with The Dark Knight for most of the day. The...
The New York Mets (21-12) defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers (17-17) by a score of 4-3 on Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium. Noah Syndergaard got the ball for the Mets and did it all himself, tossing 8 brilliant innings (2 runs, 6 hits, 1 walk, 6 strikeouts, 95 pitches) and driving in all four runs with a pair of home runs. Thor became the second pitcher in Met history to go yard twice in a game,...
They broke our legs. We broke their hearts. The Mets emerged with a gutty win in a winner-take-all Game 5 against the Dodgers on Thursday night in Los Angeles, earning themselves a date with the Chicago Cubs in the NLCS. Jacob deGrom got the ball with the season on the line and battled through six innings to earn the win. Jacob allowed two runs on six hits and three walks, striking out seven....
The Mets (86-67) grabbed a 6-4 road win over the Reds (63-89) on Thursday night in Cincinnati. Steven Matz pitched for the Mets and was okay. The rookie gave up 3 runs on 10 hits in 5.2 innings, striking out 8 and walking none. The Reds took an early lead, stringing together three consecutive singles in the bottom of the first, including an RBI single form Brandon Phillips. The Mets got to Reds...
The Mets (36-32) fell 7-1 to the Blue Jays (36-32) on Thursday night in Toronto. Bartolo Colon pitched for the Mets and got knocked around, allowing seven runs (six earned, although it should have been less) on nine hits (see above) and a walk in 4.1 innings, striking out four. RA Dickey, the only other active starting pitcher over the age of 40, opposed Bartolo in the first matchup of...
The Mets (33-30) fell 5-3 to the Braves (30-32) in 11 innings on Saturday evening at Citi Field. Jacob deGrom pitched for the Mets and was terrific, giving up just one run on five hits and a walk in seven innings, striking out nine. DeGrom fanned the first two hitters he faced and seemed primed to start out his day with a zero. But as Gary Cohen began to discuss how careful the Mets had been...
The Mets (30-26) fell 7-2 to the Diamondbacks (26-28) on Friday night in Arizona. Jon Niese pitched for the Mets and finally turned in a solid outing, pitching six innings of three-run ball, allowing six hits and walking one while striking out eight. The Mets grabbed an early lead when Michael Cuddyer took Jeremy Hellickson deep for a solo shot in the top of the second. But Arizona answered back...
