Meet the Mets
For at least two days, the Mets didn’t look quite back, but at least they were playing in a satisfactory and recognizable way. That ended on Sunday as Those Mets emerged again, blowing a late lead and denying themselves a feel-good series sweep before facing Philadelphia.
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Don’t look now, but Mark Vientos just maybe might possibly be back.
Brandon Sproat’s stint coming out of the bullpen was more or less
just keeping him ready for anything that can happen at any moment.
Around the National League East
The Washington Nationals very rudely didn’t prevent the Mets from sliding to seven games back in the division, losing a 3-2 contest to the Phillies.
One NL East team did help a New York team as the Marlins closed their series with Toronto with a 5-3 victory at home.
For the moment, Chris Sale is penciled in to make his return from the injured list for the Braves next Saturday.
Around Major League Baseball
On Sunday afternoon, the Brewers held a celebration of Bob Uecker’s life with teammates in attendance, memories shared, and “Ueck” stitched across the back of every player’s jersey.
Cal Raleigh hit a pair of home runs to tie and then break Salvador Perez’s 2021 record for most home runs in a season by a primary catcher with his 48th and 49th.
In the championship of the Little League World Series, Chinese Taipei took down Las Vegas in a 7-0 shutout to clinch their first title since 1996 and 18th overall.
Paul Skenes made the 50th start of his big league career and closed it with a lower ERA to this point than every single starting pitcher in baseball history except Vida Blue.
Major League Baseball will have their first Field of Dreams game since 2022 next year as the Phillies and the Twins will take their talents to an Iowan cornfield.
There is no closure to be found in California as the Dodgers and Padres finished their series with both teams tied at the top of the NL West.
A fractured left foot has put Marcus Semien on the sidelines and he is likely to remain there until the end of the year.
The Reds won on Sunday and brought themselves back to within 1.5 games of our Beautiful Mets and the third Wild Card position.
With two pitchers, including their All Star closer, on administrative league due to a gambling investigation, the Guardians are left with no choice but to keep playing and hope for a good outcome.
This Date in Mets History
On this date in 1985, Dwight Gooden became the youngest pitcher in baseball history to win 20 games.
