# L G M

new york mets blog. because the lows are so fucking low, the highs are the highest of any. steph/26/favorite players: wright, degrom, matz, flores.

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180923 NYM@WSH | amed rosario opens the game with a lead-off single and the first run of the game, giving the mets an early lead in the top of the first

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180923 NYM@WSH | faced with bases loaded and only one out, steven matz makes a slick glove flick to get the out at home. matz escapes the inning giving up only 3 runs, but it is a step back after a string of solid outings, his worse since his first start from the DL on august 16th

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180923 NYM@WSH | conforto, have yourself a night! in addition to driving in 3 of the mets' 8 runs, conforto makes a game-saving catch on the slippery outfield in the bottom of the 9th inning

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180923 NYM@WSH | facing bases loaded with bryce harper at the plate, todd frazier makes a perfect catch of a foul pop-up to end the inning

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180923 NYM@WSH | michael conforto's first triple of the year clears the bases, allowing the mets to regain their lead over the nationals. in a resurgent second half of the season, conforto's 27 RBIs in september (and counting!) leads the major league; his 50 RBIs post all star break is 3rd most

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180923 NYM@WSH | in just his 47th game start, rookie jeff mcneil has his third four-hit game in his major league career — four consecutive singles, a walk, and only one out. 40% (19) of mcneil's starts since his july 24th debut have been multi-hit games

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180921 NYM@WSH | with a runner in scoring position and a degrom W on the line, todd frazier starts a 5-4-5 double play, catching the nationals' spencer kieboom in between bases to end the inning

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180916 NYM@BOS | despite not being in top form, jacob degrom holds the highest-scoring offense in the MLB to 3 runs, striking out 12 in 7 IP. as the cy young race draws to the finish line, degrom extends his major league record of consecutive starts with 3 runs or less to 27, and still leads the entire MLB with a 1.78 ERA

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180917 NYM@PHI | “ladies and gentlemen, announcing the return of michael conforto!” returning to top all-star form in the second half of the season, michael conforto sets a new career high of 6 RBIs in one game to put the mets up 9-4 over the phillies

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180902 NYM@SF | amed rosario and brandon nimmo celebrate a 4-1 win over the san francisco giants

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180902 NYM@SF | in the midst of a largely disappointing season of DL stints and struggling, non-dominant starts, noah syndergaard throws down the hammer with a two-hit complete game. it is the first complete game of his career

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180902 NYM@SF | showing more of his clutch contact hitting, rookie jeff mcneil knocks in two runs with a single, giving noah syndergaard run insurance in the top of the 8th

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180902 NYM@SF | “he was a complete pitcher today […] the best performance i’ve seen from him, as a pitcher, in a met uniform” — keith hernandez. noah syndergaard gets the last out of his first career complete game with a 11th strikeout at 99MPH

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180902 NYM@SF | noah syndergaard pitches the first complete game of his career, striking out 11 and giving up only 2 hits and 1 run in 114 pitches. his most dominant game of the season occurs after a particularly disappointing start at chicago, in which syndergaard said, “i just feel like every five days right now i'm just kind of wasting my ability to throw a baseball.” he had also only pitched into at least the 8th inning once before this season, 7.1 IP back in april

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180823 SF@NYM | “i was frustrated, but i still got to make a pitch there [...] i made it 1-2. so i had three more chances to make a pitch and i wasn’t able to do it.” jacob degrom reflects on his 3-1 loss to the san francisco giants

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180823 SF@NYM | “i told him, ‘you can’t miss it. i thought it was a strike and you can’t miss that’” — jacob degrom. the usually easy-going degrom barks at home plate umpire tony randazzo, increasingly angered by missed calls, especially a blown strike three call that would have been the third out of the inning but instead leads to a walk and RBI double. degrom would also later say, “nobody’s perfect out there. just like we make mistakes, leave balls over the middle that get hit, you can’t expect [the umpires] to be perfect”