Christian Scott was one strike away from working his way out of a first-and-third, nobody-out jam in the second inning. He had Joey Ortiz in an 0-2 hole and fired a 97 mph fastball up in the zone. Ortiz lofted a fly ball to the right field warning track, where Brett Baty had a chance to make the play. He didn’t, two runs scored, and Ortiz cruised into third with a triple. Christian...
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A day after Zac Thornton dropped the H from the end of his first name, he picked up his first major-league W. Thornton allowed three hits over six scoreless frames, struck out two and walked one in the 4-0 win Tuesday in front of 30,016 at Milwaukee. He upped his scoreless innings streak to 18, the longest by a Met rookie since Steven Matz’s 19 in 2016. (The franchise record is John...
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Jonathan Santucci set a career-high in strikeouts, punching out 13 of the 17 batters he retired in Double-A Binghamton’s 7-3 loss Sunday to Akron. But he also gave up five runs (four earned) on six hits, walked two, threw a wild pitch and took the loss. The lefty has fanned 31 and walked seven in his last three starts. The Mets selected him in the second round of the 2024 Draft out of...
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Good morning, Mets fans! Two weeks to the trade deadline. Rival executives told Bob Nightengale of USA Today that they believe Francisco Lindor will be traded this winter, but will remain a Met through the Aug. 3 trade deadline. Lindor has five years and $160 million left on his contract after this year, making him tough to deal by the deadline. He also has a full no-trade clause. Nightengale...
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MJ Melendez cracked two homers and Luis Robert Jr. added one in Triple-A Syracuse’s 15-2 Saturday night romp of Buffalo. Melendez is on quite the heater, with seven homers in 10 games. Robert Jr. is swinging the bat well, too; 9-for-21 with two homers and a double in his last five games. Christopher Morel also connected for the second-straight night and for the fourth time in his last six...
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