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If you didn’t enjoy the first walk-off loss of the weekend, I have very bad news for you.
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Thankfully, the Mets mission to become Dodgers East hasn’t’ resulted in any financial crimes to this point.
For A.J. Ewing to come out clean on the other end of his slump, he can just look to his fellow psychopath and Nolan McLean as roadmaps.
Though it ultimately meant nothing, as most things do,
Jared Young’s game-tying hit was the latest in a long stretch of timely hits by the first baseman.
If the Mets aren’t entertainment enough, some guy in the stands hit a flying leg drop, Matt Hardy-style from two rows up on some unsuspecting brawler.
Around the National League East
In the Little League Classic, Michael Harris II and the Braves gave the kids a show, beating the Brewers 4-2 in a 22-hit contest.
Down to their last strike, the Phillies scored six times, capped off by a Kyle Schwarber walk-off home run, and defeated the Cardinals, 6-4.
The Nationals continued their long descent to The Mets Zone of the NL East, falling to the Marlins for the third time in a row, this time 6-2.
Proving that walls are just a temporary obstacle, Jacob Young clambered up the Marlins’ left-center field wall and started a double play.
Around Major League Baseball
Shohei Ohtani islikely to make his grand return to the mound during the Dodgers’ next homestand.
Barely a week after Pete Crow-Armstrong became the first player in eons to start a game with a homer, end that same game with a homer, and start the next game with a homer, Randy Arozarena has matched him.
The first of two statues to be revealed at Coors Field this summer, a 15-foot-tall bronze Larry Walker was revealed outside the main gate in Denver.
Inside the stadium, Jimmy Herget was stung right on the UCL by a bee on the mound and went on with his business.
With his 120th consecutive day on the injured list in the books, Garrett Crochet has lost his option to opt-out of the remainder of his contract after the 2030 season.
As they continue their wild card push, the Diamondbacks lost one starter voluntarily and one to injury as they designated Zack Littell for assignment and placed Michael Soroka on the injured list.
He may be the best pitcher on planet Earth, but that doesn’t mean Jacob Misiorowski is immune from getting dunked on by a pre-teen in a game of ping pong.
During the Little League Classic, Commissioner Rob Manfred revealed the Blue Jays and the Cubs to to be the participants in the 2027 edition of the game next August.
This Date in Mets History
On this date in 2015, the Mets set a new franchise record with eight home runs in a single game against Philadelphia.
