The Mets issued nine walks, including two with the bases loaded, went 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position, and the Braves finished off a three-game sweep Thursday with a 7-1 victory at Truist Park. The Mets have lost six in a row to fall into a first-place tie with the Phillies, whom they visit this weekend. Clay Holmes (7-4) walked the lead-off man in the fourth and fifth innings and they...
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Tyrone Taylor entered Tuesday with two extra-base hits in June. He matched that in his first two at-bats. The center fielder blooped a double off Ronald Acuña’s glove in the second to drive in two runs in the second inning and homered to left on an 0-2 pitch from Spencer Schwellenbach in the fifth to give the Mets a 4-1 lead. The Braves rallied for three runs to tie it in the eighth and...
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After June 1, former first-round pick Kevin Parada was hitting .171 for Double-A Binghamton. However, after a huge last few weeks, he has that average up to .219, a season-high, off the back of a month of June that has seen the catcher slash .371/.439/.800. He continued this strong play on Saturday, for the first-place Rumble Pones (Double-A), as he hit two doubles. Triple-A...
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Frankie Montas hasn’t been sharp in any of his five minor-league outings and Friday night was his worst performance yet. The nine-year veteran was lit up for eight runs in 1 2/3 innings. Before the game, David Stearns said Montas is “still feeling his way back” from the lat injury that was discovered after he felt pain in a February bullpen session before spring training. He...
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New York finished off a sweep of the Washington Nationals on Thursday at Citi Field, but an injury to Kodai Senga cast a cloud over the 4-3 victory. Senga was covering first base in the sixth inning on a bouncer to Pete Alonso, who threw the ball high and caused the pitcher to leap and reach back with his right leg to step on the base. Senga tumbled to the ground, grabbed at his right leg in the...
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