Mets can’t complete sweep against Marlins in disappointing loss
For the weekend, good just wasn’t enough. The Mets won the first two games of the series against a weakened Marlins team and needed to finish off Sunday’s game with a sweep, given the tough schedule ahead of them. Instead, a weak offense and poor relief work at Citi Field meant the Mets finished 3-3 […]
Team GB sweep up three more golds and make fast track start on fab Friday | Paris Olympic Games 2024
British runners got off to a blistering start on the track at the Stade de France, following a fantastic Friday in Paris in which the British team won seven medals, including three golds. Athletes who reached the top of the podium on the seventh day of competition included Bryony Page, who became Britain’s first Olympic […]
Luis Severino roughed up by Twins as Mets fail to finish sweep
Without their acquired ace and with Kodai Senga injured, the most obvious path for the Mets to force a stoppage would be to transform their Game 1 postseason starter from 2024 Luis Severino to 2018 Luis Severino. On Wednesday, Severino threw a pitch that looked very similar to the 2023 version. On the other side […]
Yankees on fire as they hang on to complete sweep of Phillies
PHILADELPHIA — The Yankees emerged from the trade deadline as the hottest team in baseball. A trip that started disastrously ended with a comeback, falling to 10-23 on Friday night in Boston in a loss that is a contender for the worst loss of the year. The Yankees defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 6-5 on Wednesday […]
Franciso Lindor’s homers lead Mets’ rout of Yankees to sweep Subway Series
Against every other team this season, Gerrit Cole has allowed two home runs in 25 ⅓ innings. In 9 2/3 innings against the Mets, Cole allowed seven home runs. Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor watches his two-run home run in the fifth inning against the Yankees on July 24 at Yankee Stadium. Jason Zenz, New York […]
Cheatle Fails to Answer How Firearm Got to Rooftop, When Last Sweep Occurred
Kimberly Cheatle, head of President Joe Biden’s Secret Service, did not answer questions about whether the shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, brought the gun to the roof or whether it was already there before the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. Cheatle also did not say when the final search took place ahead of Trump’s […]
Mets demolish Yankees to complete two-game Subway Series sweep
The skies opened up in the bottom of the fifth inning, and shortly after Francisco Alvarez’s RBI double, the rain, although not drizzling, turned into a torrential downpour that led to the game being halted after 87 minutes of heavy rain. It was a fitting match on a night when the Mets thundered and the […]
F1 Academy Spanish Grand Prix: Abbi Pulling delivers a qualifying sweep
Heading into the third race weekend of the 2024 F1 Academy schedule, the big question was whether anyone could keep up with Abi Pring. In Friday’s qualifying session, the answer was no. The Alpine driver won Friday’s qualifying and will start both races at this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix in first place, but Pring certainly […]
Trump win, GOP sweep would fuel inflation: Moody's Analytics
A recent report from Moody’s Analytics found that inflation could accelerate again if former President Trump wins the White House and Republicans take control of Congress. In a so-called Republican sweep scenario, which forecasters give a 35% chance of success, consumer price inflation would accelerate from 3% in 2024 to 3.6% in 2025, according to […]
Mets’ offense explodes with 11 runs to complete sweep of Padres
If hitting is truly contagious, then other players in the Mets’ lineup are also infected with the disease spread by the DH. J.D. Martinez’s batting is as good as ever, but he was just one of the contributors in the sweep that saw the Pirates beat the Padres 11-6 in front of 31,054 fans at […]