Gonzalez Outpitches Niese As Nationals Edge Mets 1-0
Gio Gonzalez struck out nine in seven crisp innings on one of his favorite mounds, outpitching Jonathon Niese to lead the Washington Nationals over the New York Mets 1-0 Saturday night.
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Gio Gonzalez struck out nine in seven crisp innings on one of his favorite mounds, outpitching Jonathon Niese to lead the Washington Nationals over the New York Mets 1-0 Saturday night.
Matt Harvey outpitched Max Scherzer, barely, and the New York Mets backed their ace with a lot of fancy fielding before breaking away from the Washington Nationals 4-0 Friday night.
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The phrase that must have reverberated through Alderson and Cashman's heads this week sounds like the same one heard outside any casino in Vegas: "You win some, you lose some."
Wilmer Flores and the Mets seemed to be off to such a perfect start Thursday night. Then the shaky shortstop made yet another error, fumbling away a routine double-play grounder, and things quickly unraveled.
Stephen Strasburg settled down in a hurry after a rocky start and the Washington Nationals beat the New York Mets 8-2 on Thursday night.
Colon's productivity on the mound -- in addition to the leadership he brings off it -- will likely make him unavailable come July, unless a team blows Alderson away with an offer.
Bartolo Colon's bid to be the first five-game winner of 2015 was thwarted Wednesday, as was his chance at joining Dwight Gooden and Pedro Martinez in an exclusive Mets club.
Giancarlo Stanton homered and drove in three runs, Ichiro Suzuki added a three-run homer in the eighth to blow the game open and the Miami Marlins topped the New York Mets 7-3 on Wednesday night.
Michael Morse hit a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning that sent the Miami Marlins to a 4-3 victory over the New York Mets on Tuesday night.
Daniel Murphy hit a three-run homer with one out in the ninth inning, and the New York Mets snapped the Miami Marlins' five-game winning streak with a 3-1 comeback victory Monday night.
De Blasio was taken aback by how well Brewers fans treated their city's mayor at the ballpark. He's not used to that in the Big Apple.
Kevin Long knows a thing or two about Derek Jeter from his eight years as hitting coach in the Bronx. And he sees some of No. 2 in the Mets' captain.
The Bombers responded and the Amazin's came back with a haymaker. But the knockout punch went to NY (AL) -- er, the Yankees.
The 2015 Mets are the fourth major league team from New York or Brooklyn to record a 10-game (or longer) winning streak in April.
After a sensational start, the Mets made four errors Sunday night and reverted back to the shoddy brand of baseball that's led to six straight losing seasons.
Alex Rodriguez hit his 659th home run to move within one of Willie Mays for fourth place on the career list, and the New York Yankees took advantage of one mistake after another by the New York Mets.
After getting back in the win column on the latest "Harvey Day," the Mets will look for Jonathon Niese to continue the best stretch of his career Sunday night against the New York Yankees in the finale of this Subway Series.
Matt Harvey finished one out shy of a complete game, earning his first win against the team he rooted for growing up and leading the New York Mets to an 8-2 victory Saturday over the crosstown rival Yankees.
Michael Pineda used a biting slider while pitching impressively into the eighth inning to help the New York Yankees end the crosstown rival Mets' 11-game winning streak.
It certainly was cold for fans watching the showdown at Yankee Stadium on Friday night.
The Mets are the talk of the town. But the Yankees could steal the back pages by denying the Amazin's their franchise-record 12th straight win Friday night.
On Thursday night, after it was revealed that the 22-year-old would miss his start, he received some criticism on Twitter. He didn't take it well, and responded.
You may not always agree with Mike Francesa, but the baritone bard of New York City sports is spot-on about one thing: the Subway Series was planned by a blind man.
The annual Mets-Yankees showdown has had its share of memorable moments. These are the best of the best.
