The bar for the batting title is unusually low this year -- and that's creating wild races for the honor in both leagues.Vladimir Guerrero Jr. leads the majors in hitting right with a .321 average, an
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(AP) -- Jeff McNeil hit a tiebreaking homer leading off the seventh inning, and the New York Mets beat Philadelphia 3-2 Sunday night, damaging the Phillies playoff hopes.The Phillies blew a two-run l
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... you agree to our . The Phillies stranded 10 runners McNeil also sparked the Mets' rally in the fifth with a leadoff single. Tomas Nido followed with a double ...
This hellish season for Jeff McNeil has featured it all — a slow start, a strained hamstring, a demotion in the lineup, a position change forced upon him after the acquisition of Javier Baez. It has b
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... seven games back of the Cardinals, who hold the final NL wild-card spot. The Mets and Phillies (76-73) were tied when McNeil began the bottom of the seventh a ...
Among the Mets’ strengths — perhaps an unexpected one — amid this underwhelming season has been their bullpen. But as the team has tanked in recent weeks, falling to the very fringes of postseason con
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... s. Fair play … and pay Players with the Mets’ High-A affiliate, the Brooklyn Cyclones, and their opponents, the Phillies’ Jersey Shore club, wore wristbands with ...
(AP) -- Eddie Rosario became the second Atlanta player in a month to hit for the cycle, Max Fried pitched seven strong innings and the Braves beat the San Francisco Giants 3-0 Sunday in a matchup of
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(AP) -- Lewin Díaz led off the bottom of the 10th with a two-run homer off Chad Kuhl, and the Miami Marlins beat Pittsburgh 6-5 Sunday to deny the Pirates what would have been their first series swee
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(AP) -- Juan Soto homered to back Paolo Espino, and the Washington Nationals beat Colorado 3-0 Sunday to end the Rockies' rare five-game road winning streak.Soto hit a 454-foot drive in the third inn
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(AP) -- Curt Casali hit a two-run single in the fourth that held up, Alex Wood made an impressive three-inning return from COVID-19, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Atlanta Braves 2-0 on Saturd
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... anta had its NL East lead trimmed to 1 1/2 games after the Phillies beat the Mets. San Francisco Giants' Curt Casali (2) hits a two-run single in front of Atl ...
For the Mets, the thrill of scoreboard-watching season has yielded to the inevitability of elimination-number season. Other games around the majors still matter in the Mets’ context, sure, but only as
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... k — continue to dwindle. In the NL East, their elimination number is 10. The Mets (72-77) are 5 1/2 games behind first-place Atlanta. In the NL wild-card ra ...
(AP) -- Jean Segura had his first multi-homer game in almost five years and Aaron Nola snapped a nine-start winless streak, leading the surging Philadelphia Phillies over the New York Mets 5-3 Saturd
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... y to extend the lead to 5-1. Dominic Smith had a pinch-hit RBI single in the Mets seventh. Nimmo homered leading off the eighth. Philadelphia Phillies' Jean S ...
(AP) -- Ke'Bryan Hayes doubled twice and survived a ninth-inning tumble on the pitcher's mound in the game's second failed attempt to catch a poup, helping the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Miami Marli
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Noah Syndergaard is closing in on a return to the majors — for real this time, the Mets hope. He is set to begin this week his third minor-league rehabilitation assignment of the year. After likely mu
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... etting him into competition," manager Luis Rojas said Saturday. Although the Mets have talked about using Syndergaard as a reliever, Rojas mentioned the possi ...
Suspended for the season because he tested positive for a steroid, Robinson Cano has remained a presence — and a respected voice — from afar for the Mets. Cano had lunch Thursday with Edwin Diaz, with
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... after this season. Davis remains under team control for 2022 and beyond. The Mets also have a pair of third-baseman prospects — Brett Baty with Double-A Bingh ...
(AP) -- Kyle Freeland struck out seven over six innings, Trevor Story hit a three-run homer and the Colorado Rockies beat the Washington Nationals 6-0 Saturday.Brendan Rodgers had three hits, includi
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