The Mets and Giants continued their series on Wednesday night. As the series stood heading into Wednesday night’s matchup, the Giants led the series 1-0. It was Taijuan Walker on the mound for the Mets against Johnny Cueto for the visiting Giants at Citi Field. It was an odd game, a comedy of errors in parts of it, but the results were familiar. The Mets lost to the Giants 3-2. The game was a...
The Mets were back in black on Friday night against the Dodgers as the two clubs opened a weekend series in New York. It was Tylor Megill (1-2, 3.49 ERA) taking the mound for the Mets at Citi Field against Julio Urias (13-3, 3.33 ERA) on the mound for the Dodgers. The Mets staked the Dodgers to a 4-0 lead before showing their grit and tying things up in the seventh. The game went into extras and...
With first place in the NL East on the line, the Mets and Phillies opened a crucial weekend series in Philadelphia. The Mets were coming off a poor series in Miami, losing three out of four, largely on their inability to get a big hit. Venues change, but the result did not as the Mets carried their poor play to Philly in a 4-2 loss that knocked them out of first place for the first time in 90...
The New York Mets opened the second half of the season in Pittsburgh with a dud. After not scoring in the final eight innings on Sunday against the same Pirates, the Mets scored only one lone run on Friday and fell to the Bucs, 4-1. The Mets had their chances throughout the lackluster performance, as they had Pirates starter Chad Kuhl on the ropes in several innings but could not get the big hit...
After a come-from-behind win in game one of Friday night’s doubleheader against the Phillies, the Mets were looking for a two-game sweep in the night-cap of Friday night’s twin-bill. Left-handed pitcher David Peterson (2-55, 5.07 ERA) got the ball for the Mets in game two against left-handed pitcher Matt Moore (0-1, 6.64 ERA) of the Phillies. After a battle of the right-handed pitchers, game two...
The Mets and Phillies opened their weekend series with a double-header on Friday night at Citi Field. Game one featured right-handed pitcher Aaron Nola for the Phillies versus right-handed pitcher Taijuan Walker for the Mets. Heading into Friday night’s matchup, Nola was 5-4 with a 4.12 ERA. Walker was 6-3 with a 2.42 ERA. It was a pitcher’s dual through five innings, but late-inning...
