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Mets will rely on rookies to stay in race
After last night’s disappointing defeat to the Washington Nationals, the Mets will rely on two rookie starting pitchers to keep them in the thick of the NL Wild Card race this weekend. While it’s not the ideal scenario for the Mets, they could have put forth a better effort towards last night’s game as they wasted a quality start by Noah Syndergaard. The Mets also have no other choice with Steven Matz on the shelf, and now Jacob deGrom expected to miss his next start with forearm inflammation. So now the team will turn to a rookie tonight who has one career start under his belt in Robert Gsellman, and another rookie tomorrow in Seth Lugo, who has a little more experience coming out of the bullpen but still only has three career starts. While both pitchers have found success early for the Mets, it’s going to be a tall task handed to them this weekend.
The Mets are going to have to find a way to beat the Nationals this weekend one way or the other. They have dropped seven of their last eight matchups against the division leaders after dominating them in the second half of last season to make the postseason, and ultimately land in the World Series. While I understand they have two completely different teams, the Mets did not let Daniel Murphy beat them last night, something he’s had a hand in against the Mets all season long. Which goes back to last night’s wasted opportunity that I mentioned earlier. The Mets will look to the trio who has carried them over the last two weeks, of Jose Reyes, Asdrubal Cabrera, and Yoenis Cespedes to navigate them through the next two games with two relatively inexperienced pitchers on the mound.
Lineups: Nationals vs. Mets 7:10 pm et.
Washington Nationals (78-55):
1. Trea Turner (R) CF
2. Jayson Werth (R) LF
3. Daniel Murphy (L) 2B
4. Bryce Harper (L) RF
5. Anthony Rendon (R) 3B
6. Wilson Ramos (R) C
7. Clint Robinson (L) 1B
8. Danny Espinosa (S) SS
9. A.J. Cole (R) P
SP: AJ Cole RHP (0-1, 4.97 ERA)
New York Mets (69-65):
1. Jose Reyes (S) 3B
2. Asdrubal Cabrera (S) SS
3. Yoenis Cespedes (R) LF
4. Jay Bruce (L) RF
5. Wilmer Flores (R) 1B
6. Curtis Granderson (L) CF
7. Kelly Johnson (L) 2B
8. Rene Rivera (R) C
9. Noah Syndergaard (L) P
SP: Noah Syndergaard RHP (12-7, 2.55 ERA)
Tonight’s game can be seen on SNY.
Lineups: Marlins vs. Mets 7:10 pm et.
Miami Marlins (67-66):
1. Dee Gordon (L) 2B
2. Ichiro Suzuki (L) RF
3. Martin Prado (R) 3B
4. Christian Yelich (L) CF
5. Jeff Francoeur (R) LF
6. Xavier Scruggs (R) 1B
7. Jeff Mathis (R) C
8. Adeiny Hechavarria (R) SS
9. Jose Urena (R) P
SP: Jose Urena RHP (2-5, 5.83 ERA)
New York Mets (69-64):
1. Jose Reyes (S) SS
2. Curtis Granderson (L) CF
3. Kelly Johnson (L) 3B
4. Jay Bruce (L) RF
5. Wilmer Flores (R) 2B
6. Michael Conforto (L) LF
7. James Loney (L) 1B
8. Travis d’Arnaud (R) C
9. Jacob deGrom (L) P
SP: Jacob deGrom RHP (7-7, 2.96 ERA)
Tonight’s game can be seen on SNY.
The Mets add and subtract at the same time.
After last night’s thrilling victory against the Miami Marlins, thanks in large part to Kelly Johnson, the Mets made some major moves and some minor that will have implications on the rest of their season. Continue reading
Mets recall 4 players as rosters expand.
The Mets have recalled outfielder Michael Conforto, catcher Kevin Plawecki, utility player Ty Kelly, and pitcher Gabriel Ynoa in their first wave of their September roster expansion. The Mets will have one more wave of players recalled sometime next week after the Triple-A Las Vegas season comes to a close. Continue reading
Lineups: Marlins vs. Mets 7:10 pm et
Miami Marlins (67-65):
1. Dee Gordon (L) 2B
2. Marcell Ozuna (R) CF
3. Martin Prado (R) 3B
4. Christian Yelich (L) LF
5. Xavier Scruggs (R) 1B
6. Ichiro Suzuki (L) RF
7. J.T. Realmuto (R) C
8. Miguel Rojas (R) SS
9. Jake Esch (R) P
SP: Jake Esch RHP (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
New York Mets: (68-64):
1. Jose Reyes (S) 3B
2. Asdrubal Cabrera (S) SS
3. Yoenis Cespedes (R) LF
4. Curtis Granderson (L) CF
5. Wilmer Flores (R) 1B
6. Jay Bruce (L) RF
7. Travis d’Arnaud (R) C
8. Kelly Johnson (L) 2B
9. Bartolo Colon (R) P
SP: Bartolo Colon RHP (12-7, 3.44 ERA)
Tonight’s game can be seen on SNY.
Final Recap: Mets 7- Marlins 4
The New York Mets (68-64) defeated the Miami Marlins (67-65) by the final score of 7-4 tonight. For a full boxscore recap follow the link below…
Game Notes:
- Coming in as a pinch-hitter and a defensive replacement, Curtis Granderson went 2-2 with 2 HRs and 3 RBIs.
- Asdrubal Cabrera went 2-4 with a 2-run HR.
- Jose Reyes went 4-5 with a double and two runs scored.
- Wilmer Flores was 2-4 with an RBI single.
- Seth Lugo pitched six innings while allowing 2 runs on 5 hits, while walking 1 and striking out 4.
- Jeurys Familia needed just one out to pick up his 43rd save of the season matching his career high and tying the franchise record.
Here come the Mets full steam ahead! The Mets are playing some of the best baseball they have played all summer and are continuing to make a push to secure a Wild Card birth. The Mets will sit either 2.5 or 2 games behind St. Louis depending on the final score of that game later tonight. The Mets also passed Miami in the Wild Card standings and have an opportunity to add to that lead over the next two games. While it has been such a trying season for this team, they somehow manage to continue to fight and claw their way back into the playoff picture.
Curtis Granderson, who has been struggling this season, was not in the original starting lineup but he played a huge factor in tonight’s game. The Grandyman hit a pinch-hit home run for Seth Lugo in the bottom of the sixth, and then slugged a two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh after being inserted into right field. In what has been a difficult season for Granderson, it was nice to see him have a big role in tonight’s victory and maybe tonight’s game can get his bat going in the right direction over the final month of the season.
Jose Reyes has also changed the dynamic of this lineup and continued his torrid hitting with a 4-5 night. The energy Reyes brings to the team and also his production at the top of the lineup has done wonders for this team since his acquisition. Reyes has hit .356 in August for the Mets, joining red-hot teammates Yoenis Cespedes and Asdrubal Cabrera who have been carrying this team over the past two weeks. Regardless of this seasons outcome, Reyes has proven more than enough to both the organization and the fans that he deserves to be a Met next season.
Despite giving up a two-run homer to Christian Yellich in the first inning, starter Seth Lugo quickly put it in his rearview and rolled for five scoreless innings. Lugo has been quite a pleasant surprise for Mets fans, and despite his numbers in the PCL friendly ballparks I was a big fan of the way his stuff looked in Spring Training. Lugo will continue to make starts for the Mets down the stretch and he could be the Mets unsung hero if they somehow make the playoffs, as he has helped solidify the back of the rotation despite all the injuries and push backs. Lugo after tonight’s start has a sparkling 2.60 ERA.
Look I’m sure with the way things have gone lately I’ll be in for some kind of bad injury news tomorrow from the Mets, somehow someway. I just have learned to expect it. But tonight’s win is extremely satisfying and I will bask in it’s glory until I hear otherwise.
- The Mets will have a chance to take a huge series victory in the third game of their critical four-game series with the Marlins tomorrow night. First pitch is scheduled for 7:10 pm et and can be seen on SNY.
- The rotation’s rock Bartolo Colon (12-7, 3.44 ERA) will toe the rubber for the Mets against Marlins right-hander David Phelps (7-6, 2.52 ERA).
The injuries just keep on coming…
The Mets announced some troubling news this afternoon as Steven Matz has had a setback with his shoulder strain and will no longer pitch Thursday night. At this point the Mets are hopeful that Matz will resume throwing eventually and pitch next week, but manager Terry Collins is not as optimistic. There certainly is a fear from Collins that Matz may not pitch for the rest of the season with this latest setback. Matz had told reporters that an MRI of his shoulder revealed no structural damage but did show irritation of his rotator cuff. Jacob deGrom will move up a day from his scheduled start on Friday, and pitch in Matz’s place on Thursday. Matz has not pitched since August 14th when he one-hit the San Diego Padres through 7.1 innings of work.
Collins also expressed a lot of concern for Neil Walker and his back issue, as Walker is out of the starting lineup for the third straight game. Collins suggested that Walker will have to manage his injury from here on out if he wants any shot of playing down the stretch, and it could be a real possibility the second baseman could be lost for the season. It’s certainly frustrating news which seems to come once a day from the Mets, as Walker has clearly been the Mets second best offensive player this season. Even if Walker is able to play down the stretch, the way Collins made his injury sound, he may not be an everyday player. The 30-year old second baseman was slashing .389 with six home runs and ten RBIs in 18 games during the month of August.
In unrelated news the Mets demoted pitcher Rafael Montero to Double-A Binghamton, and recalled right-handed pitcher Logan Verrett from Triple-A Las Vegas. It’s a bit surprising that the Mets brought up another pitcher instead of opting for depth on a thin bench. Verrett will provide the Mets with a fresh arm out of the bullpen. The 26-year old right-hander has produced a 3-8 record with a 5.36 ERA in 85.2 innings pitched at the MLB level this season.
Lineups: Marlins vs. Mets 7:10 pm et.
Miami Marlins (67-64):
1. Dee Gordon (L) 2B
2. Marcell Ozuna (R) CF
3. Martin Prado (R) 3B
4. Christian Yelich (L) LF
5. Xavier Scruggs (R) 1B
6. Ichiro Suzuki (L) RF
7. J.T. Realmuto (R) C
8. Adeiny Hechavarria (R) SS
9. Tom Koehler (R) P
SP: Tom Koehler RHP (9-9, 3.85)
New York Mets (67-64):
1. Jose Reyes (S) 3B
2. Asdrubal Cabrera (S) SS
3. Yoenis Cespedes (R) LF
4. Jay Bruce (L) RF
5. Alejandro De Aza (L) CF
6. Wilmer Flores (R) 2B
7. James Loney (L) 1B
8. Rene Rivera (R) C
9. Seth Lugo (R) P
SP: Seth Lugo RHP (1-2, 2.51 ERA)
Tonight’s game can be seen on SNY.
Final Recap: Mets 2 – Marlins 1 (10)
The New York Mets (67-64) defeated the Miami Marlins (67-64) in walk-off fashion tonight in ten innings by the final score of 2-1. For a full boxscore recap follow the link below…
Game Notes:
- Yoenis Cespedes went 3-5 with a walk off solo HR in the bottom of the 10th.
- Jose Reyes was 1-5 with a double and would score the tying run on a wild pitch in the bottom of the 8th.
- Rafael Montero went 5 innings in his first big league start of the season while allowing no runs on two hits. He walked 6 and struck out 3.
- Addison Reed had a rare off night as he pitched an inning while giving up 1 run on 2 hits. He walked none and struck out 1.
WHAT A WIN!! Tonight’s game felt like a playoff game and rightfully so between two teams in the thick of the NL Wild Card race. The Mets were able to walk off on the heroics of none other than our star player Yoenis Cespedes, as he deposited a 92 mph fastball deep into the left center field seats to give the Mets a much needed win in extras tonight. I will be watching that home run over and over for the next 24 hours as it was simply a thing of beauty.
The Mets over the past week and a half with Cespedes in the lineup have some sort of magic that follows them, similar to last season and it’s hard to ignore it. Down 1-0 in the bottom of the eighth after Addsion Reed was touched up for a run in the top of the inning, Jose Reyes led the bottom of the inning off with a double, and advanced to third on a fly ball from Alejandro De Aza. Reyes would then come home and score on a violent collision at home plate with Marlins pitcher A.J. Ramos who had thrown a wild pitch to the backstop. Reyes would be down for a few moments as he looked severely injured, but he eventually hopped up to the delight of the Citi Field crowd and remained in the game.
With Jacob deGrom’s start being pushed back to Friday and the Mets calling up Rafael Montero to take his place from Double-A, you have to agree the pitching tonight exceeded expectations. Montero and the bullpen went toe to toe with the Jose Fernandez who always stymies the Mets, and gave the Mets a chance to pull off tonight’s victory. While Montero was a bit erratic on the mound and flirted with danger multiple times, he danced around it and ultimately oddly pitched five scoreless innings with six walks. You can’t make this stuff up, but of course we will take it! And shout out to the bullpen who despite Addison Reed’s off night (hey it happens) pitched incredibly the whole night! A combined five innings of one run ball with three hits and six strikeouts is getting it done.
The Mets won’t gain any ground on the Cardinals tonight as the Cardinals won, and they will still sit 2.5 games behind them for the final NL Wild Card spot. They are now even however with the Marlins in the standings and could pass them tomorrow night with another victory.
- The Mets and Marlins will play the second game of their critical four-game series tomorrow night with first pitch scheduled for 7:10 pm et. You can watch tomorrow’s game on SNY.
- Impressive rookie Seth Lugo (1-2, 2.51 ERA) will toe the rubber for the Mets and face off with Marlins right-hander Tom Koehler (9-9, 3.85 ERA).
Above The Mendoza 