Facing the NL Cy Young award winner, New York Mets starter Jonathon Niese knew the only way to beat his counterpart, Roy Halladay, would be by keeping the game as close as possible.
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The Philadelphia Phillies entered Friday night having scored four or fewer runs in 16 of their first 24 games to start the season. Their home run production was also nothing to boast about, as they ranked 21st in baseball with 20 home runs.
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Ryan Howard hit two homers, including a grand slam, and drove in six runs to back rookie fill-in Vance Worley and lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 10-3 victory over the New York Mets on Friday night. Howard launched a two-run shot into the second deck in right field off starter Mike Pelfrey in the fourth inning to give Philadelphia a 2-0 lead.
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A pair of old pros played a big part in ending the New York Mets’ six-game winning streak.
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New father Ian Desmond homered and tripled in his first game back from paternity leave and Livan Hernandez pitched eight strong innings to lead the Washington Nationals past the New York Mets 4-3 Thursday night. Desmond's solo home run in the fifth was his third of the season and it gave Washington a 4-2 lead.
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It is easy to see the numbers in baseball, to measure the statistics and to chart the ups and downs of a player and a team. But it's not so simple to measure the emotion of a player and the effect it can have on a team. But the New York Mets saw that fire Wednesday and were…
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Atlanta pitching coach Roger McDowell issued an apology on Wednesday in response to a fan's complaint that McDowell spewed homophobic comments, made crude sexual gestures and threatened to knock out his teeth with a bat before the Braves played the San Francisco Giants over the weekend.
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The New York Mets have gotten off to an inauspicious start to the 2011 campaign, but things are looking good right now as the Mets are on a four-game winning streak heading into Tuesday night’s game which opens a three-game series in Washington. The Nationals are 1.5 games ahead of the last-place Mets in the National League East, so if New York can stay hot, they can pull themselves out of the division cellar.
One of the Mets’ major problems is their pitching, from the starters to the bullpen, and that’s not going to be good for their baseball betting odds. The Mets have just eight quality starts, three of which have come from the 1-3 Jonathon Niese, they have converted 63% of their save opportunities, they’ve given up 22 homers and their 85 walks are second in the National League. We have no idea when lefty Johan Santana is going to be available to pitch, and there were whispers that the two-time Cy Young winner won’t come back at all in 2011. Chris Young has been their best pitcher, by far, but everyone knows he is just one sneeze away from going back to the disabled list.
Offensively, the Mets are decent, although there is room for improvement. Jose Reyes looks like he’s close to his 2005-2008 form, before injuries slowed him down. Ike Davis, Carlos Beltran and David Wright are all hitting the ball well, and Beltran is the real surprise here as no one knew what to expect after knee problems. Jason Bay has come off the disabled list and he looks like he has some of his power back, which the Mets need. But power isn’t completely necessary if the Mets, led by Reyes, can continue to steal bases, and they’re currently third in the National League in that category.
However, it doesn’t matter how many runs the Mets score, their pitching has to improve, especially in a division with Philadelphia and their star-studded rotation, not to mention Atlanta, Florida and even Washington, who all rank in the top six in the league in ERA (the Mets are 13th). Keep an eye on the pitching staff in New York.
Washington Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman resumed baseball activities Tuesday for the first time since going on the disabled list April 9, and though he was able to do some "firm tossing," in the words of manager Jim Riggleman, and some light running, the…
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Josh Thole had three RBIs, including a two-run double that put the Mets ahead run in the sixth inning, and New York ran its winning streak to five games Tuesday night with a 6-4 win over the Washington Nationals. Thole's double to the corner was just beyond the reach of left fielder Michael Morse and brought home Jason Bay and Ike Davis, breaking a 3-3 tie.
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