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Game recap September 18: Bullpen blowup

Primer The Mets are already eliminated from postseason contention. The Phillies are mathematically still in it but realistically out of the race. For this game, the most important thing for the Mets would be getting to Aaron Nola, so that they can actually help Jacob deGrom’s Cy Young resume in a roundabout way. Steven Matz […]

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Game recap September 13: The end of an era

Marlins 3, Mets 4 [Game 1] Marlins 2, Mets 5 [Game 2] It was a day where the games mattered even less than usual; Mets captain David Wright announced that this season would be his last, and the collective wail from Mets fans meant the doubleheader sweep of the Marlins was a joyless one. On […]

MLB: Philadelphia Phillies at New York Mets

Game recap September 7: Team Too Many Homers

The Mets didn’t beat the Phillies in their series opener on Friday, but they did push across three runs against Philadelphia ace Aaron Nola, raising his ERA and in theory helping Jacob deGrom inch closer to the Cy Young award. In a season that has been lost for several months now, you have to take […]

MLB: New York Mets at San Francisco Giants

Game recap September 1: Matz more like it

Steven Matz was utterly dominant in his 25th start of the 2018 season, tossing seven innings of one-run ball against an Andrew McCutchen-less Giants offense. The former top prospect has battled injuries in his brief career, clearing the 20-start plateau only once since making his debut in 2015. He hasn’t escaped the usual nicks and dings […]

MLB: Game One-New York Mets at Philadelphia Phillies

Game recap August 16: This is why we can’t have nice things, because baseballs hit them in the hand

Game One: Mets 24, Phillies 4 Game Two: Phillies 9, Mets 6 Just over two weeks after an epic drubbing by Washington — where they lost by 21 runs on July 31 — the Mets saw things from the other side of the equation as they scored the most runs in franchise history, which included […]

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Game recap July 31: There’s always a new low

Primer Zack and Jake are still here. That’s good! Bautista and Mesoraco are still here. That’s bad. Both will pass through waivers. That’s good! The Nationals didn’t blow it up. That’s bad. This game (Steven Matz vs Tanner Roark to start a two game set in D.C.) comes with free frogurt. That’s good! The frogurt […]

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Game recap July 21: Nothing’s changed

That the Mets 7-6 loss to the Yankees in the second game of the Subway Series wasn’t even the third biggest team-related story of the day tells you all you need to know about what’s been going on in Flushing this year. News broke late Friday night of an impending trade with the Athletics for […]