Clinging to a one-run lead in the 10th inning in Baltimore Tuesday, Carlos Mendoza had a choice. He could stick with All-Star Edwin Díaz, who had thrown 10 pitches in a 1-2-3 ninth inning, or he could put the game in the hands of Huascar Brazobán. Since May 1, Díaz had allowed one earned run in 24 innings pitched. In the same time frame, Brazobán had surrendered 16 earned runs in 26 innings...
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Brandon Sproat hurled five scoreless innings of two-hit ball and struck out eight Friday for Triple-A Syracuse. Sproat, 24, widely considered the organization’s top pitching prospect to start the year, has had a disappointing season (5.05 ERA), but has put together two excellent performances in a row (11 scoreless innings, 14 strikeouts, four walks) just as the (big league) Mets find...
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Juan Soto’s second Subway Series as a Met started off a lot better than the first. The slugger went 3-for-4 with a two-run homer, and Jeff McNeil hit a go-ahead, two-run shot in the seventh inning to lift the Mets to a 6-5 victory in the opener of a three-game set against the Yankees at Citi Field. The Mets’ ever-thinning pitching staff bent, but didn’t break. Justin Hagenman,...
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Sean Manaea gave up three runs (two earned) in three innings for Double-A Binghamton and threw 39 of 60 pitches for strikes in his first rehab start since June 19. After that start, he said he had pain in his left elbow. An MRI showed loose bodies, he received a cortisone shot and was shut down from throwing for two to three days. Jesse Winker, also playing for Binghamton, homered in his second...
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Reed Garrett entered with a man on in the sixth, a one-run lead and the first four Milwaukee batters he faced Wednesday did this: RBI double, single, walk, grand slam. After the game, he summed up his performance: “It just sucked. No other way to put it, it just sucked today.” Garrett relieved Clay Holmes, who had thrown 90 pitches through 5 1/3 innings in what would be the...
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