Jon Niese Striking Out Brian McCann

Mets starter Jon Niese threw a complete game shutout and even helped his own cause by hitting a RBI single to help his team to their first win 7-0 this afternoon. A five-run fifth inning helped to knock out opposing starter Jair Jurrgens out the game after only 4 1/3 innings.

The Mets stay home for their next series against...

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Daniel Murphy's Homer in the 2nd Inning



Chipper Jones had two hits including this go ahead double in the 6th.

It looked like R.A Dickey was pitching two different games out there. "It's the nature of the knuckleball,...

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Mets offense struggled to get anything going offensively as the Mets season opener went by pretty uneventfully as they lost 6-1.

Mets only blow offensively came from the bat of Lucas Duda who hit his first of the season off of Tim Hudson in the 2nd. Johan Santana threw 5 shutout innings before running into trouble in the 6th giving up 2 runs from a...

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Hope springs eternal at this time of the season. Everyone begins in first and fan bases throughout America (and Toronto) believe it's their year. This isn't anything different in Flushing as the New York Mets look to surprise some people in the loaded NL East. With a finally healthy Johan Santana and stars David Wright and Ike Davis ready bounce back from injury riddled seasons this Mets club is ready to prove all the projections wrong. It all begins with opening...

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