CHICAGO FIRST PITCH: The Mets’ seven-game trip to St. Louis and Chicago comes to a close this afternoon at Wrigley Field. Dillon Gee (2-5, 6.13 ERA) opposes Cubs left-hander Travis Wood (4-2, 2.
CHICAGO FIRST PITCH: Matt Harvey Day has arrived. Harvey, who has suffered four straight no-decisions despite producing a 1.98 ERA during that span, aims for his first win since his April 19 duel with Stephen Strasburg.
ST. LOUIS FIRST PITCH: With their record having dropped to nine games under .500 this early in a season for the first time since 2001, the Mets send Jonathon Niese to the mound in a 1:45 p.m. ET series finale in St.
ST. LOUIS -- Terry Collins struggled to find new analysis after the Mets suffered their sixth straight loss, 4-2 to the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night at Busch Stadium. “It’s no secret.
ST. LOUIS -- Terry Collins expressed remorse Wednesday for saying a day earlier: “I don’t answer to fans. They don’t play this game." The original comment came in response to questioning of how the Mets handled Jordany Valdespin getting hit by a pitch Saturday against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
ST. LOUIS FIRST PITCH: The task does not get any easier for the struggling Mets, who try to snap a five-game losing streak tonight at Busch Stadium. Winless Shaun Marcum (0-3, 8.59 ERA) opposes right-hander Shelby Miller at 8:15 p.
ST. LOUIS -- Dillon Gee is out of answers. "I don't know what's going on," Gee said after surrendering six runs (five earned) in four innings Tuesday as his ERA ballooned to 6.13. "I don't even know what to say, really.
ST. LOUIS -- Terry Collins became agitated with continued questions about Jordany Valdespin getting plunked Saturday. That was especially evident when the manager was asked pregame Tuesday about whether the Mets hung Valdespin “out to dry” by pinch-hitting him when there was a reasonable suspicion ’Spin would be hit with a pitch.
Terry Collins has used five different cleanup hitters this season. He has used seven different No. 5 hitters. Now, the manager has concluded, enough is enough. The run producers will be going back to their designed spots, with limited tinkering.
Terry Collins could see the Pirates retaliating against Jordany Valdespin for his admiration of his ninth-inning homer Friday, but the manager doesn't think Pittsburgh would go after David Wright. Jordany Valdespin #1 CFNew York Mets 2013 STATS GM28 HR3 RBI11 R12 OBP.
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