Free agent Conforto has shoulder surgery, will miss season
Conforto spent his first 6 1/2 seasons with the Mets before becoming a free agent last fall. He turned down an $18.4 million qualifying offer from the team in November.
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Conforto spent his first 6 1/2 seasons with the Mets before becoming a free agent last fall. He turned down an $18.4 million qualifying offer from the team in November.
The NL East-leading Mets lost for just the second time in seven games.
The Nets face a team that just won't let them get anything going.
The Rangers had their four-game winning streak snapped.
Yankees players ran to the spot to quell the disturbance.
Ilya Sorokin stopped 30 shots in dropping to 1-3-1 in his past five starts.
Jon Gillies, who was minutes away from his first NHL shutout, made 26 saves in his first start in a month.
Starling Marte legged out an RBI single in the 10th inning that helped the Mets move past a blown four-run lead and beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-5.
Reliever Michael King helped keep New York ahead by striking out eight in three innings.
The Rangers clinched home-ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs.
Nikita Okhotiuk scored in his NHL debut and Jesper Boqvist also scored for the Devils.
Francisco Lindor had 3 hits, including a home run, in the 6-2 victory as New York improved to 10-4.
The Bombers were shut out for the third time this season and their 39 runs are their fewest through 13 games since 1972.
The series shifts to Brooklyn for Game 3 on Saturday night.
The crowd, announced at 17,268, rose to its feet as soon as the Yankees made the third out of the eighth.
