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Mets Continue to Struggle amid more concerns

Published: April 20, 2011

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FLUSHING, NY – Jon Niese pitched six innings and his defense helped a bit. However the New York Mets starter, in his fourth outing, threw a season high 113 pitches and walked five which did not help. More so, the Mets offense has become a concern as they were limited to four hits as the [...]

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Diamondbacks have the Mets number handing them another loss

Published: July 31, 2010

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New York – Last week at Chase Field in Phoenix Arizona the Diamondbacks handed the New York Mets a three-game sweep. That continued, in what would be a dismal 2-9 west coast trip for New York that had them looking for redemption at Citi Field Friday evening, However, Mike Pelfrey continued to have his first [...]

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Dickey and Davis Lead the Way in 4-0 Victory over Cardinals

Published: July 30, 2010

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New York – Starting pitcher R.A. Dickey went a season-high eight and one-thirds innings, giving up only four hits to help the New York Mets (52-50) blank the St. Louis Cardinals (56-46) by the score of 4-0 in afternoon baseball at Citi Field on Thursday. Dickey (7-4) was able to stretch his scoreless streak this [...]

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Will AJ Burnett’s Self-Inflicted Injury Hurt Yanks?

Published: July 18, 2010

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Bronx, NY —The emotional and poignant Old-Timers’ Day ceremony with additional tributes to the recently deceased Yankees owner George Stenbrenner and former public address announcer Bob Sheppard moved all in the sold-out ballpark on Saturday. The most publicized event of the regularly scheduled contest between the two contenders for the American League East crown in [...]

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FASTBALL WORKED FOR SANTANA SO DID HIS HOME RUN

Published: July 7, 2010

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New York – Joey Votto swung, missed and struck out off a Johan Santana fastball in the first inning.  The Cincinatti Reds would strand Brandon Phillips at third who led off the game with a double. Santana would only get better as the game went along, because his fastball was that good and it allowed [...]

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Gem By Hernandez Good As One Thrown By Lee

Published: July 1, 2010

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Cliff Lee the Seattle Mariners left hander did his job going the route and took care of the New York Yankees the night before. Wednesday night it was Felix Hernandez the right hander pitcher of the Mariners who did his part. He also went the distance but his pitching gem may have been better than [...]

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Mets get another series opening win against Twins

Published: June 26, 2010

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New York – When they get to the dog days of August and the September stretch, the New York Mets will certainly know that winning the first game of a series was important, And it certainly looks like the Mets could have an interesting final two months of the season based on what has been [...]

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ANOTHER SHUTOUT FOR THE METS; THIS TIME TIGERS ARE VICTIMIZED

Published: June 24, 2010

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New York -   R.A. Dickey could have completed the game and after eight innings Wednesday evening at Citi Field he had the ability to do so. The knuckleball was working, and so was the fastball. But New York Mets manager Jerry Manuel had another intention. Bring in closer Francisco Rodriquez for the ninth even though [...]

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Yanks Blank Mets, 4-0

Published: June 21, 2010

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Bronx, NY—The old baseball maxim “good pitching always stops good hitting” was proved true again during the Sunday afternoon, Father’s Day, ballgame at Yankee Stadium between the Yanks and Mets. After being shut out by Mets pitching two days earlier, the Yankees returned the favor as CC Sabathia blanked the Mets for eight innings to [...]

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Pelfrey was off but not Reyes in Mets loss to Yanks

Published: June 20, 2010

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Mike Pelfrey and Phil Hughes both 9-1 coming into Saturday’s game at Yankee Stadium have been nothing but spectacular for the Mets and Yankees. The Mets winners of eight straight games, and the Yankees, losers of their last three were hoping for something special from their premiere pitchers. But Jose Reyes of the Mets connected [...]

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