Braves 8 Mets 7 You can’t say the Mets didn’t fight back. They erased three leads by Braves during the ballgame, but couldn’t convert a fourth, as Atlanta outlasted the Mets in a dozen innings. The Braves jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first frame, but the Mets tied it up in the … Read more
Mets 4 Braves 3 Though it wasn’t quite as impressive as the first seven innings of the opener, game two also delivered an old-fashioned pitchers’ duel. Mike Pelfrey and Jair Jurrjens set down batters like bowling pins for the bulk of the game, and by the time both exited their numbers were similar. Jurrjens allowed … Read more
Braves 8 Mets 3 Start a new streak tomorrow. The Mets’ seven-game winning streak came to an end at the hands of Derek Lowe and the Braves, though you couldn’t fault Johan Santana. For the second time this season, the Mets lost a game in which Santana allowed ZERO earned runs. Ouch. It was a … Read more
Don’t look now, but the Mets who couldn’t get out of their own way a little over a week ago have ripped off seven straight wins and eight of their last ten. They’re 11-6 at home and one game in front of the Phillies as the NL East leaders. Meanwhile, the Braves oftentimes resemble a … Read more
Adam Rubin has a Mets-Phillies series preview chock full of stats. Toasty Joe reworked an open letter to Mets fans originally written by a Philly journalist. Joe wrote it last Saturday but it is still relevant … and hilarious. Another link I’m late to, but is remarkably also relevant, is a video of Chan Ho … Read more
Mets 4 Braves 3 This game was a lot closer than it should’ve been. The truth is, the Mets should have won this game by at least six or seven runs — maybe nine or ten. You don’t like my “negative” take? Feel free to pick up your pom-poms and move on to another Mets … Read more
Mets 6 Braves 4 For once, the Mets displayed some “edge”, as well as some moxie, in coming back to beat the Braves in the later innings after falling behind early. And David Wright, of all people, was the one to deliver the go-ahead bomb. The Braves jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the … Read more
Insulated by our New York cocoon, we may not know what exactly is going on with the Braves — outside of what we can glean from the stat lines and the ESPN highlights. So, we’ve called on Mac Thomasonfrom BravesJournal.com to give us a quick update on the Atlanta Nine. 1. Vazquez vs. Maine & … Read more
