Mets walk-off Phillies to add some drama to historic homestand
Nearly perfect for the Mets, April added the perfect component on Wednesday. 7 games on the home stand, 7 wins. This took them to their final batting. Sterling Marte finished the drama with a walk-off RBI single in 10 innings, sending the Mets into a 4-3 victory for the Phillies at Citifield and a three-game […]
Knicks ready for tough homestand against Western Conference standouts
Knicks will fight the next five games at home, but all games starting with a rapidly rising Kings on Saturday will be against Western Conference. Sacramento has won 10 out of 12 races under Doug Christie, since Mike Brown was dismissed at the end of December with 13 wins and 18 losses. The four games […]
Pete Alonso confident this won’t be final Mets homestand
Knowing that Francisco Lindor would miss at least a few days with a back injury, David Stearns and Carlos Mendoza called an emergency team meeting before Monday night's series opener against Washington. The leadership felt it necessary to meet to discuss the absence of the Mets' most important player at this crucial juncture. Then the […]
Mets’ dreadful play continues with ugly loss to lowly A’s in start key homestand
The road trip from hell was over, but the Mets brought home their hellish losing streak. Carlos Mendoza’s team had a prepared excuse for a 10-game, four-city, 10-day trip that ended with a three-game blitz in Seattle. On Tuesday, they had no such alibi. Pete Alonso’s fall on his face Bottom of the 6th inning. […]
Starling Marte could make Mets return from injury during homestand
SEATTLE — Manager Carlos Mendoza will be the one to address a right fielder shortage if one does occur, but for now the Mets manager is only “excited” that the team may soon get another piece back. Starling Marte played in right field for Double-A Binghamton on Sunday. The veteran outfielder was hitless and walked […]
Mets start homestand with momentum-draining loss to Marlins
Tuesday was supposed to be the Mets’ first step towards getting back into National League wild-card contention. Instead, it was a repeat of the same thing during a mostly ugly season, especially in Queens. The Mets lost the first game of the series, 4-2, to the lowly Marlins at Citi Field, where they have struggled […]