MLB: New York Mets at San Francisco Giants

Game recap August 20: Not buying that the Mets are dead

What Happened, In a Sentence: Yoenis Cespedes and Neil Walker showed what the Mets have been missing on their awful road trip, and the Mets win 9-5. Mets Offense Shows Potential Friday night’s 8-1 loss looked like the nail in the coffin of the Mets’ season. Multiple throwing errors, baserunning blunders and a leaky bullpen […]

MLB: New York Mets at San Francisco Giants

Game recap August 19: Well hey, at least Seth Lugo looked great

What Happened, In a Sentence: Seth Lugo did everything he could to stave off the Mets’ death spiral, but his teammates ran and threw their way to an 8-1 loss. One Foot Forward… If you missed last night’s game and just saw the score, your first guess would probably be Seth Lugo let the Mets […]

MLB: New York Mets at Arizona Diamondbacks

Game recap August 16: Scraping by on good hair and a nice smile

WHO WON: The blue and grey Mets WHAT HAPPENED, BATS, BLUNDERS, AND WELL-HIT BASEBALLS: Early on there wasn’t much offensive activity of note. The Mets tried to lead a charge in the second inning with Kelly Johnson and T.J. Rivera on base, however the Mets’ old nemesis—hitting with runners in scoring position—decided to rear its […]

MLB: New York Mets at Arizona Diamondbacks

Game Recap August 15: Colon and the Mets Snakebitten in the Desert

Arizona scored in six different innings off of Bartolo Colon and the New York bullpen as the Diamondbacks defeated the Mets 10-6 in the series opener on Monday night at Chase Field. After sweeping the Mets in a three-game set last week at Citi Field, the last-place Diamondbacks tallied 16 hits on a night where […]

MLB: San Diego Padres at New York Mets

Game recap August 14: The man from Long Island, still striving for perfection

THE RUNDOWN Steven Matz took a no-hitter into the eighth inning against a punchless Padres lineup as the Mets moved back over .500 with a 5-1 victory on Sunday. A DOMINANT OUTING Although Sunday’s start would prove to be arguably the finest of Matz’s young career, the game began inauspiciously for the lefty. On a brutally hot day in […]

MLB: San Diego Padres at New York Mets

Game recap August 13: Of pitcher wins and walkoffs

Entering the second of three games against the Padres on a four-game skid, the Mets looked to their most consistent starter in Jacob deGrom to climb back to .500 for the season. Jarred Cosart, the former Marlin sporting a 5.79 ERA on the season, started for the Padres. Prior to the game, the Mets sent […]

MLB: Colorado Rockies at New York Mets

Game Recap July 30: At least there was Mike Piazza

What Happened, in Two Sentences The Mets finally retired Mike Piazza’s No. 31. Then fans sat through the rain to watch a depleted 2016 squad lose 7-2 to the Rockies. Piazza’s No. 31 Retired Through their first 54 seasons, the Mets had retired more numbers for former managers than players. Yesterday, they put Mike Piazza […]

The New Jose Reyes, At Least On The Field

The Mets’ signing of Jose Reyes last month was a questionable one for a lot of reasons. There were the ones dealing with morality, of choosing talent over a person with a contemptible recent history, and of the meaning of second chances—all covered adroitly here by Bryan Grosnick. It is exactly what a team must […]

MLB: St. Louis Cardinals at New York Mets

Mets split doubleheader against Cardinals

What Happened, In a Sentence Bartolo Colon calmed the Mets down after a sloppy opener, splitting a doubleheader with the Cardinals. Game 1: Mets Miss Opportunities After yesterday’s rain and lightning, the Mets and Cardinals played a true doubleheader. Baseball teams don’t play a lot of 4:05 local starts outside of Spring Training, and, indeed, […]