The slugging first baseman provided all of the offensive power in the New York Mets’ 3-2 victory over the Washington Nationals on Saturday before 42,996, the second-largest crowd in Citi Field history.
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Following their epic homerless streak, the Mets have rocked 26 long balls in the last 19 games.
Teixeira, who went three-for-four with two walks, had been tied with Cleveland’s Nick Swisher at 13 games homering from both sides, according to STATS. If all goes just right, the Mets could be in first place, all by themselves, by 10 o’clock.
“Tonight was one of those nights when I made two mistakes, and it looks a lot worse than it was”, Zimmermann said. The Mets starting pitching is ridiculously strong. They now combine the two and it is the greatest thing since the last time salty met sweet.
Metsiest stat of the night: The Mets are actually one game behind the Nationals in the loss column. The Mets have 57 games remaining as well. Whether ultimately due to inalterable density or destiny, this was once again the case during their series sweep against the Nationals.
The win went to Fernando Rodriguez (2-1) as the Athletics earned a split of the four-game set in a series that pitted two last-place teams.
The right-hander, who entered with a 1.34 ERA in seven career starts against the Nationals, was backed by a string of exceptional defensive plays as the Mets carried a 1-0 lead into the eighth.
Overall, it was a huge weekend for the up and coming Mets. Once the Met bats started rolling there was no looking back. That’s simply not the case. He says he felt good but the test will be how he feels in the days after the workouts. We see it when teams win and even when teams lose. Hansel Robles allowed a grand slam to Derek Norris to trim their lead to two. The teams were on pace to win 85 games. Cespedes then singled for his first hit with the Mets, and by the time Duda plunked the facing of the second deck with his 21st homer of the season, the chanting crowd of 35,374 was in a full-out frenzy. The Mets and Yankees are at least in the mix, both in first place in August at the same time since 2006. Not one reached base. We’ll hit on all of the biggest moments from the day that you may have missed, while providing highlights, photos and interesting stats. Remember when the Nats blew a 9-0 lead against the chasing Braves in July of 2012? With the Mariners up 4-1, Tom Wilhelmsen came on to pick up the save. His three hits were almost half of the entire team total (eight). Momentum may be a factor, but don’t overrate it. That’s achievable. “We’ve got to make up some ground here so we can stay in the hunt”. He didn’t play the final game of the Padres series on Thursday, but he was back in the lineup Friday night against the Nationals and Mets fans let him know they were happy to see him. They were all the offense Syndergaard would get and need.
But there may be several club hassles, asThe Washington Post and MLB.com considered that Storen and his cause, Brodie Van Wagenen, faced with Washington universal professional Mike Rizzo in New York July 30, presumably to speak about Storen’s part using the confederacy…
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Also in game-winning form was Clayton Kershaw for the LA Dodgers, as he shut out their city rivals the Los Angeles Angels for eight innings in what was ultimately a 3-1 win.
