Plummeting Mets Swept By Giants
The untimely slide dropped New York from a half-game back in the NL East to 7 1/2 behind first-place Atlanta.
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The untimely slide dropped New York from a half-game back in the NL East to 7 1/2 behind first-place Atlanta.
After leading the NL East for nearly three months, the Mets are seven games behind the division-leading Braves.
The Yankees remained four games behind first-place Tampa Bay in the AL East.
The Mets had hoped for a jolt in shortstop Francisco Lindor's return after five weeks away with a right oblique strain.
In a historic matchup between two of baseball's hottest teams, the New York Yankees kept right on rolling.
Javier Báez stepped up to the plate for the first time in 12 days and promptly smacked an RBI double off the Dodger Stadium wall.
The surging Dodgers have won nine consecutive games, matching a season-best win streak. Six of those wins have come against the Mets, who have dropped eight of nine overall.
The Yankees moved to 21-5 since dropping three of four at Boston in late July.
Pete Alonso hit his 27th home run and had an RBI infield single in the eighth, but the Mets lost for the seventh time in their last eight games.
The Yankees also won by at least five runs for the first time since beating Baltimore Aug. 4.
The Dodgers moved within 2 1/2 games of the NL West-leading San Francisco Giants, who were idle. The defending World Series champions haven't been in first place since the end of April.
The Yankees are 19-5 since losing three of four in Boston July 22-25.
New York, which has won 18 of 23, now holds one of two AL wild cards in a tight three-way race that includes the Red Sox and Oakland Athletics.
Entering Wednesday, the Mets' 450 runs were third-fewest in MLB, ahead of only Texas (446) and Pittsburgh (431).
It took the New York Yankees just over six weeks to erase a 10 1/2-game gap between them and the Boston Red Sox.
New York has won 10 of 13 and pulled within two games of Boston for an AL wild-card spot. The Yankees open a three-game series against the Red Sox with a day-night doubleheader Tuesday.
Max Muncy hit a pair of two-run homers and Max Scherzer worked out of some trouble over six solid innings Sunday, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 14-4 rout of the New York Mets.
Rougned Odor hit a two-run homer, Nestor Cortes pitched six solid innings and the New York Yankees beat the Chicago White Sox 5-3 on Sunday.
Cody Bellinger hit a tiebreaking double in the 10th inning to lift the Los Angeles Dodgers over the Mets on Saturday night.
New York manager Aaron Boone got his 300th win.
In the middle of the game, Los Angeles Dodgers hitter Max Muncy stepped out of the batter's box and pointed to the stands. A green laser could be seen flashing over his eyes.
The Mets began a stretch of 13 straight games against talented NL West teams Los Angeles and San Francisco by losing for the eighth time in 12 games.
Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton each hit two-run homers for the Yankees in the top of the ninth off All-Star closer Liam Hendriks (7-2), as the movie-themed throwback event became a home run hitting contest into the cornfield.
Eight thousand strong converged on the Dyersville cornfield to witness a baseball game an Aaron Judge home run away from the movie's iconic field.
Heading into a stretch of 13 straight games against talented NL West teams San Francisco and Los Angeles, the Mets won their third straight, their best string since taking three in a row from June 14-16.
