Soroka Wins 8th Straight Decision, Braves Mash Mets
Mike Soroka won his eighth straight decision, Ozzie Albies homered and drove in four runs, and the surging Atlanta Braves beat the New York Mets on Monday night.
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Mike Soroka won his eighth straight decision, Ozzie Albies homered and drove in four runs, and the surging Atlanta Braves beat the New York Mets on Monday night.
Names like Willie Stargell, Chase Utley, and Chipper Jones come to mind when you say the phrase "Met killer." You can officially add the Cardinals' Paul DeJong to that list.
The New York Mets placed pitcher Noah Syndergaard on the 10-day injured list with a strained right hamstring.
Syndergaard (5-4) reached for his right hamstring after throwing a pitch in the seventh, who quickly walked off the field with a bit of a limp.
Familia gave New York its major league-leading 16th blown save. He was booed loudly after striking out pitcher John Gant to end the inning and has a 6.91 ERA
DeJong grounded an RBI single off Edwin Díaz in the 10th inning, and the Cardinals quickly completed their rally from a night earlier to beat the New York Mets 5-4 Friday.
The game between the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets was suspended because of rain Thursday night
Alonso hit a three-run homer in the first inning off an ineffective James Paxton, J.D. Davis and Carlos Gómez also went deep.
Gio Urshela and Luke Voit homered off Zack Wheeler in a five-run fourth inning, and the New York Yankees tied their season high with 15 hits in a 12-5 rout of the Mets.
The scheduled Subway Series opener between the New York Mets and New York Yankees was postponed because of rain.
With four wins in five days, the New York Mets are riding some momentum into the Subway Series.
Four days after returning to the lineup, the second baseman was placed on the 10-day IL again by the New York Mets with tightness in his left quadriceps.
Steven Matz struck out 10, Pete Alonso moved closer to the Mets' rookie home run record and New York beat the Colorado Rockies 5-3 on Saturday night.
The New York Yankees placed right-hander Masahiro Tanaka on the paternity leave list. But it will be a short stay, with his next start on Monday against the Mets.
"He said it wasn't on purpose, so it wasn't on purpose," Desmond said after the teams got into a bench-clearing scrum late in Colorado's testy 5-1 victory Friday night.
