Matz Wins 5th Straight Start, Grandy Homers As Mets Take Out Dodgers
The moment of truth for the New York Mets came in the eighth inning, when reliever Jim Henderson did what he was called on to do — pitch out of a jam with a two-run lead.
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The moment of truth for the New York Mets came in the eighth inning, when reliever Jim Henderson did what he was called on to do — pitch out of a jam with a two-run lead.
Mike Francesa opened his show Monday discussing t the Mets, who finished the weekend on a positive note after winning the final two games of their four-game series against the Padres.
The card featuring Colon's home run sold 8,826 copies, shattering the previous record of 1,808 cards from Jake Arrieta's no-hitter.
The Mets took sole possession of first place in the National League East for the first time this season, thanks to the pitching and hitting heroics of Bartolo Colon and Matt Harvey.
With two outs in the second inning and a pitcher with a .089 career average at the plate, an announcer can usually start thinking about the transition to the commercial break.
Matt Harvey struck out a season-high 10 in six innings, Yoenis Cespedes homered again and the New York Mets escaped a bases-loaded jam with no outs in the eighth inning to beat the San Diego Padres 4-3 Sunday and salvage split of the four-game series.
New York's Bartolo Colon became the oldest player to hit his first major league home run, connecting Saturday night less than three weeks before his 43rd birthday, to help the New York Mets to a 6-3 victory over the San Diego Padres.
For only the second time since they've been New York Mets together, Jacob deGrom and Noah Syndergaard have lost back-to-back games.
Things have gone so well for the Mets lately that it seems a shame to bring up Matt Harvey's problems.
Colin Rea flirted with the first no-hitter in San Diego Padres history in stifling the New York Mets, 5-3, on Thursday night.
Matt Harvey is overrated and the Mets should think about trading him, a fan of the team told WFAN's Mike Francesa on Thursday.
Granderson runs an Instagram account called "@wefollowlucasduda" that includes videos and photos of the slugger.
Whatever the reason may be for Matt Harvey's slow start, his agent, Scott Boras, is laying no blame at the Mets' door.
Steven Matz allowed two hits in 7 2/3 shutout innings on Wednesday afternoon and Lucas Duda hit two of New York's four homers as the Mets cruised past the Atlanta Braves 8-0 at Citi Field.
With Tuesday's defeat, Matt Harvey looks more like the Joker than the Dark Knight.
