The Mets (19-21) are nearly a quarter of the way through the 2024 season, and just now are they facing the division rival Phillies (29-13) for the first time. Entering Monday’s action, the Mets have been subpar to average, whereas the Phillies have had the best record and the second-best run differential in baseball. The first meeting between these two teams this year was a wild affair,...
The lows get lower for the 2024 New York Mets. On a day when they, once again, broke out the City Connect jerseys, and Christian Scott made his Citi Field debut, the Mets offense no-showed and were almost no-hit by Max Fried and the Atlanta Braves bullpen as they dropped this one 4-1 to Atlanta. The only ounce of offense for the Mets came on J.D. Martinez hitting his first home run of the season...
A sizable track record of avoiding the long ball during a long career ended in short order. Jose Quintana had started his career going 1,837 consecutive innings without allowing three home runs in one frame, per the SNY broadcast. That streak ended Friday as Ronald Acuña Jr., Ozzie Albies and Matt Olson took him deep in the third inning and the Atlanta Braves (23-12) beat the Mets, 4-1, at Citi...
When the Mets (17-18) faced the Cardinals (15-20) just over a week ago at Citi Field, it was an ugly series loss for the Mets. The Mets lost the first two games but salvaged a win in the final matchup. This time around, the Mets grabbed the first game of the series 4-3 to record their first win on their road trip. The Mets scored an unusual first inning run off of St. Louis starter Kyle...
On a day where Christian Scott was impressive and battled through a tough beginning to his outing, the New York Mets dropped another game and another series with a 3-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays. Scott came to play, and so did Starling Marte and Reed Garrett, but that was all. It’s the third series the Mets have lost in their last four, and they are now back under the .500 mark at 16-17....
Fall down seven times, stand up eight. That’s a Japanese proverb. The Mets got to Aaron Civale for seven runs. Jose Quintana gave up eight. That’s not a baseball proverb (or a winning formula.) Quintana had his worst outing of the season – giving up eight earned runs on 10 hits in 2 2/3 innings – as the Mets dropped the opener of their six-game road trip to Tampa Bay 10-8...
It is a rare day when the New York Mets (16-15) do not have Francisco Lindor in the starting lineup. He was out of the lineup Thursday after leaving Wednesday’s game early with an illness. But the shortstop still found a way to make an impact in Thursday’s game. Not only did Lindor have a two-run double in the sixth to help erase an early four-run deficit, but he ended up delivering a...
The Chicago Cubs shut out the New York Mets 1-0 in game three of the series at Citi Field, which ended on a controversial play at home plate. Pete Alonso was thrown out at the plate to end the game. The play was reviewed, and the call stood. “I think they got the call wrong,” Carlos Mendoza said. Jose Buttó (0-2, 2.57 ERA) took the loss for the Mets and Shōta Imanaga improved to 5-0...
The Mets (14-14) opened their series with the Cubs (18-11) at Citi Field on Monday evening. A game that carried so much excitement and anticipation wound up crashing down on the Mets, who surrendered two runs in the ninth inning of a tie game to fall to the Cubs 3-1. Luis Severino (2-2, 2.31 ERA) took the mound for the Mets, and for the second straight outing, he remained perfect his first time...
Pete Alonso conjured his magic for historic homer No. 200 on Harry Potter Day at Citi Field, but Adrian Houser had nothing in his bag of tricks. The Mets fell 7-4 to the St. Louis Cardinals. Alonso’s 403-foot, two-run blast to right in the fifth inning off Sonny Gray was his eighth of the season. It brought New York to within two runs after the Cardinals had built a 6-0 lead. The Cardinals...
Francisco Lindor homered twice, Tyrone Taylor homered and doubled and Sean Manaea walked the tightrope as the New York Mets (13-11) beat the San Francisco Giants (12-14) 8-2 at Oracle Park to snap a three-game losing streak and finish their six-game West Coast trip at 3-3. The bats were a welcome sight for the Mets after scoring a total of three runs in their past three games. Lindor ended the...
The Mets (12-10) traveled to San Francisco (11-13) on Monday to continue their West Coast road trip after winning two out of three against the Dodgers in Los Angeles. Jose Quintana (1-2, 4.21 ERA) took the mound against righty Keaton Winn (2-3, 3.54), but Quintana’s early season struggles with command continued, and it allowed the Giants to coast to a 5-2 win. Quintana entered the day with...
