Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets are back in playoff position. They pulled off a come-from-behind 9-7 win over the Cubs on Tuesday — which proved to be the difference in getting them back into the third Wild Card spot. They trailed 6-1 early, but the bullpen and three home runs helped them outlast Chicago. The Reds lost 4-2 to the Pirates. The Diamondbacks, meanwhile, came back from down 4-0 to...
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The Mets’ grip on the postseason is fading fast. Sunday’s 3-2 loss to the Nationals was their 11th defeat in the last 15 games, and this one carried more weight than most. It dropped them into a tie with the Reds at 80-76 for the final NL Wild Card spot. The catch? Cincinnati owns the tiebreaker, leaving New York on the outside looking in. The Diamondbacks (79-77) lurk just one game back, while...
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In their second-to-last game of the Triple-A regular season, Syracuse fell 5-3 to the Lehigh Valley IronPigs. The offense produced three runs in the second but nothing after, going 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position and leaving nine on base. The bullpen couldn’t hold the lead, giving up a homer in the sixth and three runs in the eighth. Triple-A Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs (87-60) 5, Syracuse...
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After 22-year-old Jonah Tong was out-dueled by former Met Jacob deGrom last Friday — something that many likely relate to — he could have continued his brutal stretch and allowed his youth and inexperience to defeat him. For the sake of Tong and the Mets, they are lucky that this reality did not come to pass. Instead, Tong he five magnificent innings in which he allowed just one unearned run on...
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David Peterson’s outing on Wednesday at Citi Field ended in frustration as the Mets fell 7-4 to the Padres. The left-hander labored through five innings, allowing six runs on six hits with one strikeout and three walks. He threw 85 pitches and left trailing 6-2. Peterson got into a jam immediately when a sharp single by Fernando Tatis Jr. and a walk to Luis Arráez set the table for San Diego in...
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