A horrific seventh inning led to the Mets’ seventh-straight loss. The Phillies scored six runs in the frame and went on to beat the Mets 10-2 Friday at Citizens Bank Park to drop New York (45-31) into second place in the National League East. Philadelphia (46-30) has won eight of nine. Reed Garrett faced four batters to start the seventh with the score tied at 2 and didn’t record an...
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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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