Category: New York Mets

Even with Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw having an off night, home runs from Cody Bellinger, Justin Turner and Chris Taylor sent the Dodgers to their 10th win in 11 games, a 10-6 victory over the Mets on Monday at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers racked up a season-high 17 hits and handed Kershaw a 7-0 lead after two innings. Mets starter... more

The Mets entered this weekend’s four-game series against the Nationals hoping to pull closer to contention in the as-yet uncompetitive National League East. Instead, it’s the Nats who have taken advantage of the opportunity, widening their division lead back to double digits with a 7-2 win Friday night at Citi Field. Allowing just four hits and leaning on a career-high-tying... more

The Mets fell into a familiar pattern over the first two months of this season, playing well at times only to lose difficult games on Sunday afternoons. Some of their most memorable losses came with the sun up on Sundays, including a blowout in Washington on the final day of April. Behind Jacob deGrom’s dominant outing and first career homer,... more

Few themes around baseball have been as consistent the past two seasons as Daniel Murphy’s superhero act and the Mets’ injury woes. So it came as little surprise that on a day in which the Mets absorbed troubling news on four of their players, Murphy took no mercy with another standout performance against his former team. Murphy collected hits in... more

Curtis Granderson joined the 300-home run club in a timely fashion. Granderson led off the eighth Wednesday night by launching a tiebreaking homer for No. 300 of his career, and Lucas Duda added a three-run homer in the five-run inning to lift the Mets to a 9-4 victory over the Cubs and a series win. Mets.com: Read More more

Long after Julio Teheran and Matt Harvey provided some encouraging signs during their pitching matchup Friday night at SunTrust Park, the Braves saw a couple of their youngest players construct a quick-strike ninth inning that resulted in a 3-2 walk-off win over the Mets. Dansby Swanson capped a two-hit performance by turning a sharp grounder to center field into a... more

As the Mets begin to reconstruct their injury-depleted starting rotation, they can only hope Steven Matz continues to be as efficient as he was Saturday night while helping secure a doubleheader sweep with an 8-1 win over the Braves at SunTrust Park. “It was great, especially sweeping the doubleheader,” Mets right fielder Jay Bruce said. “It’s good to have Matz... more

Michael Conforto provided the early spark and Seth Lugo showed no rust on the mound or at the plate as his successful season debut helped the Mets claim a four-game series victory with Sunday afternoon’s 2-1 win over the Braves at SunTrust Park. “I think that we needed these wins in our division so that it can put us up... more

The Mets ended their 14-game road home run streak on Sunday in Atlanta but started a new one at Citi Field on Monday night. Asdrubal Cabrera belted two leadoff home runs and Jay Bruce added a two-run shot to back Jacob deGrom, who threw his second career complete game, and power the Mets to a 6-1 victory over the Cubs.... more

Cubs manager Joe Maddon stopped at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Tuesday, but not to light a candle for his team. “I really avoid praying for success as a group, hitting or pitching,” Maddon said. “That’s not what candles are for.” It wasn’t divine intervention either that prompted Maddon to insert Anthony Rizzo into the leadoff spot, but it worked. Rizzo... more

The Rangers rode a big offensive night from their outfielders and snapped a four-game losing streak with a 10-8 victory over the Mets at Globe Life Park on Tuesday night. The Rangers were especially rough on Mets starter Jacob deGrom, who went four innings and tied a career high by allowing eight runs. Rangers left fielder Delino DeShields, center fielder... more

The Mets scratched across an unearned run vs. Rangers closer Matt Bush in the top of the ninth and pulled out a 4-3 victory at Globe Life Park on Wednesday night. The win gave the Mets a split of their two-game series, and the Rangers have now lost 12 of 16. Mets.com: Read More more

Even if their poor start to the season still clouds the picture, the Pirates have quietly played solid baseball for the better part of a month. Their 11-1 thumping of the Mets on Sunday ensured the Bucs a three-game series victory at Citi Field, improving them to 12-9 since May 13. No National League Central team has been better over... more

A surprise nomination for one of baseball’s best offenses so far this season, the Brewers continued chugging along Wednesday despite the presence of one of the National League’s top pitchers. Eric Thames homered to spark a seven-run attack against Jacob deGrom, leading Milwaukee to a 7-1 win over the Mets at Citi Field. Homering for the first time in 16... more

Their superlative start to the season in jeopardy, the Brewers shuffled out of Citi Field late Tuesday night hefting the weight of seven losses in their last nine games. For the better part of a fortnight, they were mortal. Then they engineered the exact turnaround they needed, riding Chase Anderson’s seven shutout innings in Thursday’s series finale to a 2-1... more

Not often this season have the Pirates enjoyed the types of breezy games their offense is built to win, but Friday certainly qualified. Backup catcher Elias Diaz tallied six RBIs, becoming one of three Bucs to homer in a 12-7 win over the Mets at Citi Field. Starting at catcher in place of Francisco Cervelli, who was a late scratch... more

The Mets got another strong performance from a starting pitcher Monday, and not coincidentally, they got another win. Rookie right-hander Robert Gsellman allowed just one earned run in seven innings, and the Mets beat the Brewers, 4-2, at Citi Field for their third win in the last four games. Gsellman also drove in two of the Mets runs with a... more