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Two Ace Left-Handers, One Series at Stake For Mets-Yankees

Posted: 20th June 2010 by Sammy Makki in MLB
NEW YORK-- Unless these two teams meet each other in the World Series, this will be the final time they face one another until 2011. The Yankees and the Mets are playing their sixth and final game against each other today, with the season series hanging in the balance. The Mets can win the season series from the Yankees for the first time since 2008, or the Yankees can earn ...

Streak Over for Mets as Long Balls Hurt Mike Pelfrey

Posted: 19th June 2010 by Sammy Makki in MLB
NEW YORK-- Mike Pelfrey, for the second consecutive start, didn't have his greatest stuff. His fastball was flat and his sinker had no bite, as the Mets lost the battle of long balls. The game got off to a roaring start for the Mets as Jose Reyes lead off with a home run off Phil Hughes. Pelfrey though, would give the run right back in the first, as he gave up two ...

Make it a Great Eight for Mets as They Shut Out Yankees

Posted: 18th June 2010 by Sammy Makki in MLB
NEW YORK-- Now we can say that the Mets are an elite team, and a force to be reckoned with. After winning six consecutive road games against teams that they should beat in the Orioles and Indians, the Mets not only went into Yankee Stadium and beat the Yankees for their eighth straight win and seventh on the road trip, they shut them out. Almost everyone was predicting the Mets to ...

Takahashi Solid, Homers Propel Mets to Win

Posted: 12th June 2010 by Sammy Makki in MLB
BALTIMORE: It's finally happened. The Mets have won a road series for the first time in 2010. Albeit against the Orioles, the Mets have gotten that story out of the way, helped out by a bounce back from Hisanori Takahashi. The Mets got off to a fast start against lefty Brian Matusz, as Jose Reyes hit a leadoff home run, his third of the season. The Mets only had five hits in ...
BALTIMORE: July 25 and 26, 2009. Seems like random dates from last year's awful season. Those dates are actually of meaning. It was the last time the Mets won consecutive road games. On those dates, the Mets played in Houston after losing the first game and took the series. This time, having not won a road series this season and having not won back-to-back road games since those dates, it should come ...

Rain Forces Mets-Padres to Play Thursday Doubleheader

Posted: 9th June 2010 by Sammy Makki in MLB
Game One- 1:10pm NEW YORK-- Winning series at home for the Mets is becoming an automatic. The Mets have won seven of their last eight series' at Citi Field and will go for their 10th consecutive home victory today with their ace Johan Santana on the mound. This has been the issue in all of Santana's seasons with the Mets so far; he doesn't get any run support. On the ...

Mets Have Gol”ten” Opportunity To Win Series From Padres

Posted: 9th June 2010 by Sammy Makki in MLB
NEW YORK—Winning series at home for the Mets is becoming an automatic. The Mets have won seven of their last eight series at Citi Field and will go for their 10th consecutive home victory tonight with their ace Johan Santana on the mound. The issue has been the same in all of Santana's seasons with the Mets so far—he doesn't get any run support. On the previous road trip, Santana threw ...
NEW YORK: How must teams feel coming to play the Mets at Citi Field? It's become a house of horrors for opposing teams, as only nine games have resulted in a Mets loss in their home. Asking the Mets players, none of them can come up with a legitimate reason why they can't take their act on the road. Manager Jerry Manuel, though, thinks the road wins will eventually come. "If we continue to ...

Behind Takahashi, Mets Shutout Phillies Again

Posted: 26th May 2010 by Sammy Makki in MLB
NEW YORK— For the second consecutive game, the Mets shutout the two-time defending National League champion Phillies. For the second consecutive start, Hisanori Takahashi shined for the Mets. Looking for another home series win, the Mets went about trying to beat the Phillies again and behind Hisanori Takahashi, scored enough runs to win the game. In the second inning, Takahashi was helped out by the 16-foot high fence in left field, ...

Mets Execute On Offense As They Defeat Phillies

Posted: 25th May 2010 by Sammy Makki in MLB
NEW YORK-- After two thrilling wins against the defending AL champion Yankees, the Mets opened up their series with the defending NL champion Phillies, looking to gain ground in the NL East. They sent knuckleballer R.A. Dickey to the mound, trying to throw the Phillies off balance for a second straight game as they faced Tim Wakefield on Sunday. Dickey, coming off of a solid outing against the Nationals in his first ...