Pitcher Mike Minor's Arm, Bat Lead Braves Over Mets 6-1
Mike Minor took a two-hit shutout into the eighth inning after hitting a double and single himself, leading the Atlanta Braves over the New York Mets 6-1 Thursday night.
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Mike Minor took a two-hit shutout into the eighth inning after hitting a double and single himself, leading the Atlanta Braves over the New York Mets 6-1 Thursday night.
So if it's not just a matter of the physical, what about the metaphysical? Do the Mets foster a losing culture? Do new players arrive as optimists and leave as cynics?
"We'll play to tie another time," Mets manager Terry Collins said. "We've got to win this game. We're short pitching, we're short on the bench. We don't have a lot of moves if we go extra innings."
Jason Heyward hit a leadoff home run off Zack Wheeler, Julio Teheran won his third straight start and the Atlanta Braves beat the New York Mets 3-2 Wednesday.
He flamed out during his first stint in New York, but Chris Young may soon get another chance.
Juan Lagares hit a two-run homer and ran down one ball after another in center field, sending Dillon Gee and the New York Mets to a 3-2 victory.
The lovable actor, who tragically died on August 11 at the age of 63, pretended he was Russian and had the entire booth cracking up. A foul ball came crashing into the booth and Williams snared it.
There are several teams in pennant races that would love to add the veteran starter, but the fact that he's owed $11 million in 2015 makes him a less attractive commodity.
The Mets close out the month of August with a six-game homestand against the Atlanta Braves and Philadelphia Phillies after going 2-3 on their California road trip. And while Lucas Duda stayed hot, David Wright was not.
Nobody is ever going to blame yet another lost season on Wright alone, but there is no denying he's had some major problems throughout this 61-70 catastrophe. And now he's hurt again.
It's one of the rarest -- and most exciting -- plays in baseball. The New York Mets turned a triple play in the sixth inning of Sunday's game against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Lucas Duda homered twice, drove in a career-high five runs and was involved in the New York Mets' first triple play in over four seasons, allowing a grieving Bartolo Colon to breeze to an 11-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday.
Adrian Gonzalez had the kind of game that has enabled him to drive in 100 or more runs six times in his big league career. And he's closing in on another one.
Dan Haren overcame a leadoff homer by Curtis Granderson and a pair of failed sacrifice bunt attempts to help the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the error-prone New York Mets 6-2 on Friday night.
Bartolo Colon feels a sense of duty during a trying time for him personally.
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"We're not out of it yet," the usually reserved, quiet slugger said on Wednesday. "Everybody in the room feels like we have a chance, so we're going to go with that."
Lucas Duda hit a three-run homer, Eric Campbell also connected and the New York Mets beat the Oakland Athletics 8-5 on Wednesday to snap a three-game losing streak.
This lineup has got to go, at all costs. Guys like Castro and Stanton have got to be looking like attractive targets right now, regardless of money or the talent outlay to get them.
Crisp hit a tiebreaking three-run triple in the fourth inning to help Scott Kazmir earn his career-best 14th win, and the A's beat the New York Mets 6-2 on Tuesday night to snap a five-game losing streak.
The New York Mets ended their homestand with a whimper, dropping the final two games of their four-game set with the Chicago Cubs.
The five-game run matches the club's longest streak. New York also went five games with no more than four hits in 2004 and 1963.
The mother of Mets pitcher Bartolo Colon has died at the age of 63.
Kyle Hendricks and two relievers held New York to four or fewer hits for the fifth straight game, Anthony Rizzo and Javier Baez hit long homers, and the Chicago Cubs rallied for a 4-1 victory over the Mets on Monday.
