Category: New York Mets

The relay approached perfection, propping up a Mets team sorely in need of some. With two men on base in the ninth inning Sunday, Yoenis Cespedes tracked down Miguel Rojas’ hit in the left-field corner, firing in to Asdrubal Cabrera. The cutoff man fielded it and “made a sweet spin move to hit me right in the chest,” as catcher... more

Jay Bruce continues to haunt the Phillies. The Mets’ right fielder ripped two home runs in Wednesday night’s 5-4 victory at Citi Field. He hit a two-out, three-run home run to right field against Vince Velasquez in the sixth inning to hand the Mets a one-run lead. The Phillies tied the game in the eighth, but Bruce answered. He hit... more

Noah Syndergaard looked unhittable in the first inning Thursday night at Citi Field. He struck out the side on 14 pitches, flashing his 100-mph fastball. It looked like a long night ahead for the Phillies, but they scored three runs in the second inning and two runs in the third in a 6-4 victory, winning their first series against the... more

The Nationals and the Mets have exchanged the National League East title during the past three seasons and the two teams are the favorites in the division again in 2017. That increases the importance of their 19 matchups this season, the first of which required extra innings to decide Friday night’s game at Citi Field. In his first at-bat in... more

The Nationals won their seventh-consecutive game as Daniel Murphy hit a first inning grand slam and Ryan Zimmerman added a two-run shot as the Nationals topped the Mets. New York got home runs from Michael Conforto and Neil Walker. Zack Wheeler allowed the Murphy slam, then closed his start with six scoreless innings. Max Scherzer got the win, working eight... more

The Braves carried a six-game losing streak into Citi Field on Wednesday, while the Mets came into the night having lost four straight. Both streaks could not remain intact. In the end, Julio Teheran’s years-long mastery of the Mets trumped any more recent trends. The Braves starter held New York to two runs in 6 1/3 innings of an 8-2... more

Landing at LaGuardia Airport this week with a six-game losing streak in tow, the Braves needed something to jolt them out of their recent malaise — and quickly. The Mets gave it to them in the form of their own miserable week, which included a pair of defeats and the losses of their two biggest stars. Mets.com: Read More more

Anthony Rendon began the day without a homer and only five RBIs in 22 games this season. But his career performance helped lead to a record-setting day for the Nationals’ offense in a 23-5 victory over the Mets on Sunday afternoon. The Nats’ 23 runs were the most in Nationals/Expos history, and their 23 hits and seven homers were the... more

Michael Conforto provided early indication this night might be a little different for Julio Teheran and then he further frustrated the Braves ace during a five-run fourth inning that gave the injury-depleted Mets a much-needed lift in claiming a 7-5 win at SunTrust Park on Monday night. Mets.com: Read More more

While backing Jacob deGrom’s shaky start at the expense of their old friend, Bartolo Colon, on Wednesday night at SunTrust Park, the Mets received a career-high-tying five RBIs from Jose Reyes and guaranteed themselves a winning road trip with a 16-5 victory over the Braves. Mets.com: Read More more

After watching the Marlins send 11 to the plate and score six times in the fourth inning, the Mets responded with their own big frame in the seventh. Eleven hitters went to the plate, and backed by T.J. Rivera’s two-run double and Wilmer Flores’ two-out bases-loaded walk, New York stunned Miami, 8-7, on Friday night at Citi Field to take... more

All it took were injuries to their two best players for the Mets to transform into one of the National League’s most potent teams. New York’s offense remained at a boiling point throughout Saturday’s 11-3 win over the Marlins, the Mets’ third straight victory and their sixth in eight games. For the fourth time in five nights, the Mets batted... more

Their rotations in flux, the Marlins and Mets each found themselves in need of spot starts on Sunday. For the Marlins, things worked out as well as they could have hoped. For the Mets, the opposite was true. Jose Urena carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning of a 7-0 victory at Citi Field, giving the Marlins six innings of... more

The Mets earned a measure of revenge for their National League Wild Card loss to the Giants last October, scoring a 4-3 win Monday on Neil Walker’s walk-off single in the ninth. The winning rally began when Michael Conforto drew a leadoff walk off Josh Osich in the ninth inning, moving to second when Wilmer Flores greeted Hunter Strickland with... more

The Mets shot out to an early lead Tuesday at Citi Field and never looked back in a 6-1 win over the Giants. Zack Wheeler pitched six effective innings against his old organization, Neil Walker hit a two-run triple and Michael Conforto homered, allowing the Mets to breeze to their eighth victory in 11 games. Mets.com: Read More more

It had been exactly two years since the Giants won a game that they trailed after eight innings, their offense consistently unable to provide late drama. But the Mets are experts in all sorts of drama. Amidst that perfect storm, the Giants came from behind against Mets closer Jeurys Familia to score four runs in the ninth on Wednesday, earning... more

Michael Conforto scored four runs, drove in three and finished a single shy of the cycle for the Mets, but the Brewers mounted their biggest comeback in six years, erasing a six-run deficit for a wild 11-9 win on Mother’s Day at Miller Park. Keon Broxton sparked the comeback with a two-run home run in the sixth inning, Jonathan Villar... more