Pittsburgh 7, at N.Y. Mets 11

NEW YORK (Interstat) — In a wild Opening Day slugfest that defied pregame projections, the New York Mets outlasted the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-7 on Thursday at Citi Field before a crowd of 41,449. The game, which took 3 hours and 8 minutes, featured a combined 21 hits and was a stark departure from the Interstat game simulator’s projection of a 1-0 Mets victory. The teams instead combined for 18 runs, easily surpassing the pregame over/under line of 6.5. The most important sequence of the game unfolded in the bottom of the first inning, immediately after the Pirates had seized early… Read more...