Riley's Slam, 6 RBIs Power Braves To Rout Of Mets
Jeff McNeil and Brandon Drury each hit a two-run homer for the Mets after they trailed 10-1 in the fourth.
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Jeff McNeil and Brandon Drury each hit a two-run homer for the Mets after they trailed 10-1 in the fourth.
The Mets split a doubleheader in which they scored just one run for the third time in franchise history.
Acquired from Tampa Bay in a trade Friday, the 41-year-old lefty stepped right into New York's injury-thinned rotation and delivered for the NL East leaders.
George Springer, a free agent target of the Mets in the winter, put the Blue Jays ahead 1-0 in the third inning with his eighth homer of the season off All-Star Taijuan Walker (7-4).
The Mets are 5-1 in Megill's six starts.
Hill, who's 41, was 6-4 with a 3.87 ERA in 19 starts this year.
Smith's grand slam was the second by a Met this season. Francisco Lindor logged the first on July 9 against the Pirates.
Even with the loss, the Mets still have a league-best .625 winning percentage (35-21) at Great American Ball Park.
Pitcher Taijuan Walker thought the ball had rolled foul and tossed it aside, but the home plate umpire ruled the ball fair, resulting in three runs.
Jeff McNeil hit a tiebreaking single in the 11th inning, Kevin Pillar added a three-run homer and the New York Mets went deep seven times Monday to pull out a wild 15-11 win over the Cincinnati Reds.
Trailing 6-0 in the first inning, the Mets rallied to salvage a rugged weekend at PNC Park.
The Mets ace first experienced the tightness before the All-Star Game and determined on Friday that he would be unable to make his scheduled start on Sunday.
J.D. Davis hit a pair of two-run homers for New York in his first start since coming off the 60-day injured list, and rookie starter Tylor Megill pitched six scoreless innings.
Mets star shortstop Francisco Lindor left in the fifth inning with soreness on his right side — moments before a hot-tempered shoving match between the teams on the field.
Pete Alonso danced to his second straight Home Run Derby title, besting Shohei Ohtani, Trey Mancini and Juan Soto on a night of record long balls in the thin Rocky Mountain air of Coors Field.
The NL East-leading Mets jumped out to a 5-0 lead against Chase De Jong in the first on a two-run homer by Francisco Lindor and a three-run shot by Michael Conforto.
The Mets played their 10th of 13 doubleheaders this season. It is their most doubleheaders since playing 13 in 1979.
A night after being postponed because of weather for the second time in a week, New York won for the fifth time in seven games.
Howard Johnson and his family put out a call on social media, asking for help paying for Tanner's medical expenses after the child lost part of his foot in a tragic lawnmower accident.
Johnson says his nearly 2-year-old grandson, Tanner, was involved in a tragic lawnmower accident that severed part of his left foot.
The teams will play a single-admission twinbill beginning at 4:10 p.m. Saturday, trying to make up the game during Pittsburgh's only scheduled visit to the Big Apple this season.
DeGrom allowed two runs and four hits in seven innings with 10 strikeouts and no walks — his seventh start with double-digit strikeouts this season.
Pete Alonso pulled into second base and wind-milled his big arm — a little air guitar on center stage at Citi Field. Halfway through an injury-riddled season, the Mets keep hitting the right notes.
Gio Urshela hit a three-run homer and the New York Yankees saved a little face by beating the Mets 4-2 Sunday night to avoid a Subway Series sweep.
All of their "Let's go Mets!" chants got minimal pushback at this Subway Series opener, what with many Yankees fans sensing this season has already gone off the rails.