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The Mets scored a whopping thirteen runs as they completed a sweep of the Guardians. Nolan McLean wasn’t at his best, but shortly after Cleveland made things close, Francisco Lindor hit a three-run home run to open up a lead that grew even larger later in the game.
Choose your recap: Amazin’ Avenue, Faith and Fear in Flushing, New York Daily News, New York Post, The Athletic
Laura Albanese writes about the effect that playing well the rest of the way this season could have on the Mets’ future and why
it makes sense to use Kodai Senga as a high-leverage reliever.
Abbey Mastracco writes that the Mets showed fire during their sweep of the Guardians.
Tim Britton writes up some takeaways from the Mets’ sweep of the Guardians.
Bo Bichette knows that this season might have gone better for the Mets if he had played better, but he’s focused on the present.
Jefry Yan is going to enjoy playing his game at the major league level.
Around the National League East
The Phillies scored seven runs in a win over the Nationals.
Bryce Harper isn’t necessarily going to be Philadelphia’s everyday right fielder despite their post-deadline roster construction.
Around Major League Baseball
In an absurd game that saw Red Sox tie things up in the bottom of the ninth at Fenway Park before the White Sox and Red Sox combined to score eight runs from the tenth through twelfth innings, Boston won the game in the bottom of the thirteenth for its eight-straight win.
The Twins took advantage of the Mets’ win in Cleveland with a victory over the Royals, which pulls them even with the Guardians and within a half-game of the final AL Wild Card spot.
Longtime Giants broadcaster Mike Krukow announced that he’s retiring at the end of the season.
The Tigers scored eleven runs and shut the Mariners out to make for an easy win.
Gabe Speier received a three-game suspension for throwing at Gleyber Torres.
Pete Crow-Armstrong scored a walk-off run after stealing third base in extras and forcing an error by the Blue Jays that allowed him to score easily.
Dustin May’s Brewers debut was a success, and Milwaukee beat the Pirates.
The Reds beat the A’s by a 6-5 score, but they also placed Hunter Greene back on the injured list.
The lifeless Orioles lost a game to the Angels.
The Padres scored five runs and beat the Diamondbacks, which pulls them within one game of Arizona for the third Wild Card spot in the NL.
ESPN asked various baseball executives about the moves that were—or weren’t—made at the trade deadline.
MLB.com polled all of its experts on the trade deadline happenings.
Here’s a set of hitter power rankings from MLB.com.
Brittany Ghiroli writes about competitive windows and how they don’t always cooperate with teams that think they’re in them.
This Date in Mets History
Jim Hickman became the first Met to hit for the cycle in a game at the Polo Grounds on this date in 1963.
