Tag Archive | Johan Santana

Spunky Mets unable to complete Subway Series finale comeback in 6-5 loss to Yanks

The New York Mets (39-34) showed a ton of heart and spunk, but were unable to defeat their crosstown rival the Yankees (43-28) in a tough 6-5 loss on Sunday night baseball action. The Bombers have now won their fifth straight individual series against the Mets. Amazin’s starter R.A. Dickey had one bad inning, which […]

Double-digit night for RA as Mets Blank Orioles: 5-0

R.A. Dickey and his amazing knuckleball keeps on floating along, as the potential All-Star game pitcher continues to make history at Citi Field. It was the combo of Dickey and Ike Davis that lead the New York Mets (36-32) to a 5-0 shutout over the Baltimore Orioles (39-28) in Monday Night baseball action. “I have […]

Mets sweep not in the Cards in 5-4 loss

The New York Mets (31-24) were certainly hoping for a series sweep of the reigning World Series Champion the St. Louis Cardinals (28-27) but the bullpen let the victory slip away by a final score of 5-4. “We have got to keep playing, and executing,” said Mets manager Terry Collins of taking 3-out of-4 from […]

1495 Sports Mets Manager Chat

1495 Sports was on hand through the Examiner.com site for the June 4, 2012 Terry Collins pre-game press conference, and the skipper went into depth on various topics with members of the New York Media. Here is the first edition of the Manager Chat, as Collins was candid on many subjects including the success of […]

Hall of Fame Day for Mets in 6-1 victory over St. Louis

The New York Mets (31-23) had a Hall of Fame Day in their 6-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals (27-27) in MLB action on Sunday. With the victory New York now stands in a three-way tie in the National League East standings with Washington and Miami. On the day that closer John Franco was […]

Historical No-Hitter as Santana blanks St. Louis

From Seaver to Darling to Gooden the New York Mets have had a long tradition of great pitching in New York. The one thing that has always eluded the franchise in Queens, who is now celebrating their 50th Anniversary, was the no-hitter. On a rainy Friday night at Citi Field, Johan Santana finally reached that […]

Hot time in the Citi, as Mets blank Padres: 9-0

New York Mets (26-21) manager Terry Collins must be a clairvoyant, either that or it was just good timing by his team-as both Mike Nickeas and the rest of the squad heated up for a 9-0 victory over the San Diego Padres (17-31) on Saturday afternoon baseball. In his pre-game press conference Collins had stated […]