Here is tonight’s Met lineup: Jose Reyes SS Justin Turner 2B Lucas Duda RF David Wright 3B Angel Pagan CF Willie Harris LF Nick Evans 1B Ronny Paulino C Miguel Batista RHP vs. Chris Volstad For stats, check out the series preview. Talking points: The Mets lost last night 9-3 in Florida. Chris Capuano was …
Monthly Archive: September 2011
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Thread: Mets (68-70) at Marlins (62-77)
Here is tonight’s Met lineup: Jose Reyes SS Ruben Tejada 2B Lucas Duda RF David Wright 3B Angel Pagan CF Jason Bay LF Nick Evans 1B Josh Thole C Chris Capuano LHP vs. Javier Vazquez RHP Talking points: The Mets won last night 6-3, despite a not-so-stellar performance by Mike Pelfrey, who couldn’t make it …
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Series preview: at Marlins
The Mets start a three-game set against the Marlins tonight at Sun Life Stadium. Here are the projected pitching matchups: Tonight at 7:10 ET: Chris Capuano (10-11, 4.41) vs. Javier Vazquez (8-11, 4.42) Vazquez’s last start was against the Mets on August 30. He got the win, not allowing a run in his seven innings, …
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Mets pound Hernandez, win 6-3
Today, the Mets looked to take the series from the Nationals down in Washington D.C. The Mets had won 7-3 on Friday night behind a solid six innings by R.A. Dickey and three home runs by Met hitters. Last night, the Nats jumped ahead of the Mets early with a 5-0 lead. The Mets came …
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Closing out the ninth: The case for Pedro Beato
Last night’s 8-7 loss to tha Nationals really got me thinking about the future of the Met closers role. Well, I’ve been thinking about this for weeks, but Bobby Parnell‘s blown save last night stirred up the conversation even more. To me, there’s no way Bobby Parnell should be closing games. Pedro Beato should be …
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Thread: Mets (67-70) vs. Nationals (64-73)
Here is this afternoon’s Met lineup: Jose Reyes SS Ruben Tejada SS (Reyes is fine, he’s just getting a day off) Justin Turner 2B Lucas Duda RF David Wright 3B Angel Pagan CF Jason Bay LF Josh Satin 1B Mike Nickeas C Mike Pelfrey RHP vs. Livan Hernandez Talking points: The Mets lost last night …
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