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Well, well, well… that’s how you go out there and inspire everyone to believe in you again, Mr. Zack Wheeler. You go out there and toss six innings of one-run ball, allow only three hits and one walk, then strike out six as the cherry on top of the

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There aren’t many pitchers that pitch seven innings of scoreless baseball, and you can say that wasn’t the most dominating performance we’ve seen this year from that guy. Rafael Montero is one of those guys. Montero’s four strike outs was his lowest total of the year thus far, but the

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Domingo Tapia rebounded nicely after a poor outing in his last start. While Tapia was not dominating, he pitched effectively enough to limit Charlotte to only one run in five innings. Charlotte threatened to score in the second inning, but Tapia was able to escape without allowing a run.

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Adam Rubin provided us all with a little update on Matt den Dekker today when he reported that den Dekker is only swinging with his left hand and is going to attempt swinging with both hands next week. Terry Collins said den Dekker’s wrist suffered disuse atrophy while in a

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Las Vegas 51s @ Fresno Grizzles, 10:05pm EST Zack Wheeler (3-1, 4.13 ERA) vs. Shane Loux (5-2, 4.09 ERA) Wheeler heads to the mound for the third time since hitting the disabled list for a week and will try to get himself back on track. While he likely won’t

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New Hampshire 8, Binghamton 7 The Binghamton Mets failed to hold an early five-run lead and fell to the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, 8-7, in the series opener on a hot Friday night at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium. B-Mets starter Logan Verrett was tagged for eight runs on eleven

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Las Vegas 7, Reno 0 The Las Vegas 51s used a five-run fifth inning Friday to beat the visiting Reno Aces for the third straight night, 7-0. The 51s limited Reno to just two runs in the three-game winning streak, taking three of four games in the series at

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Savannah 6, Kannapolis 2 The Savannah Sand Gnats scored first on Maikis De La Cruz’s two-run homer in the third inning and never trailed in defeating the host Intimidators 6-2 on Friday night. Savannah (32-22) kept Kannapolis (19-33) off the scoreboard for eight of nine innings behind stalwart pitching

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Omar Quintanilla was officially added to the roster yesterday to take Ruben Tejada‘s spot, who landed on the 15-day DL with a strained right quad. Q’s departure left a void on Wally Backman‘s roster that needed to be filled. The Mets filled it with minor leaguer Rylan Sandoval, who will

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Ben Badler of Baseball America held his weekly Hot Sheet Prospect Chat this afternoon. All of the questions he’s answered can be seen here. Ryan from New York asked Badler who had the highest ceiling in the Mets’ farm system out of a group that includes Rafael Montero, Domingo

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