Finally! The longest Met losing streak in 24 years is over! Mark Vientos singled in the tiebreaking run in the eighth inning and the Mets beat the Minnesota Twins 3-2 Wednesday at Citi Field to end the skid at 12 games. Luke Weaver threw a scoreless ninth, striking out Byron Buxton with a runner on first to end the game. Weaver came on in the eighth and got Luke Keaschall on a foul pop up to the...
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Francisco Lindor left Wednesday’s game vs. the Twins after appearing to grimace between third and home while scoring on a double in the fourth inning. The Mets said he left the game with “left calf tightness.” Lindor went into the tunnel with a trainer after he scored and did not return to play defense in the fifth. Bo Bichette moved from third to short and Brett Baty entered...
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The top of the ninth inning Tuesday started with Devin Williams on the mound in a tie game. It ended with what was left of the 32,798 who came to Citi Field hoping to witness the end of the Mets’ longest losing streak in 22 years chanting “Austin Warren.” In between, Williams was wild. He walked the first batter he faced on four pitches. He walked his second batter on six. Kody...
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Entering Monday, the Mets are second-worst in baseball runs scored (72), have hit the fourth-fewest home runs (16), walked the fourth-fewest times (64) and have the worst OBP in baseball (.288) and second-worst SLG (.336) and second-worst OPS (.624). The pitching, of course, is a story of its own. This all comes on top of a 7-15 record, an 11-game losing streak, and a tied-for-the-worst record...
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Good morning, Mets fans! How do you feel about Carlos Mendoza? The 11th loss in a row might have been the most frustrating. The Mets led 1-0 in the ninth at Wrigley Field when Michael Conforto tied the game with a pinch-hit double off Devin Williams. Nico Hoerner won the game with a walk-off sacrifice fly off Craig Kimbrel in the 10th. Lost because of the end result was that the move to start...
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