If before the season started, someone told you the Mets were in first place by 3.5 games at the All-Star break, you probably would have been happy. If that same person told you the Mets had that lead despite consistent double digit players on the IL, including 17 at one point, including five of the [...]
The Pirates scored two runs in the top of the ninth to earn a come-from-behind win over the Mets, 6-5, and claim a split of the four-game series before the All-Star break. For most of the year, the Mets were terrific when they scored first, but both losses in this series happened when the Mets [...]
Stop me if you've heard this one before but the Mets played a doubleheader and split. At least this time they varied the outcome a bit, as they dropped the first game and took the second game of the twinbill against the Pirates Saturday at Citi Field. In the nightcap, Pete Alonso homered and the [...]