Good morning, Mets fans! Put it in the books. The Mets filed out of the dugout after Sunday’s 7-2 loss to the Phillies in their home finale and tipped their hats in the direction of the radio booth to honor Mets Hall of Famer Howie Rose. The 72-year-old who was born in Brooklyn and went to high school and college in Queens had called his last game after 40 seasons covering the team. Rose...
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D’Andre Smith made sure that Triple-A Syracuse would have at least one more meaningful game to play in September. The Mets were two outs from missing the playoffs when Smith hit a walk-off, two-run home run for a 5-4 win over Lehigh Valley Saturday that kept them a half-game back of Rochester in the International League second-half standings with one game to play. See the homer here....
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Vidal Bruján homered, Justin Hagenman threw four innings of one-run ball, and Jefferson Rojas made it four straight Triple-A games with a hit as Syracuse beat Lehigh Valley 6-2 Friday to close within a half-game of a spot in the International League playoffs. The third-place Mets have won four in a row and eight of 10. They are trailing second-half co-leaders Rochester and Indianapolis, who both...
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Three games at Triple-A for Jefferson Rojas, three home runs. The organization’s top prospect, who was promoted after Double-A Binghamton’s season ended last Sunday, went 2-for-4 with a solo homer, a double, three RBIs and three runs scored in a 9-8 win over Lehigh Valley on Thursday that kept Syracuse’s slim playoff hopes alive. The Mets are 1 1/2 games back of Rochester and...
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Pete Alonso didn’t flip his bat after he tied the game in the ninth inning Tuesday with his 300th homer. He threw it and shouted and after he circled the bases to Citi Field cheers and “Fire Stearns” chants he took a curtain call. “It’s just crazy, how things kind of unfolded,” starter Sean Manaea (two earned runs, 5 1/3 innings) said after the Mets (69-82)...
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