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Every good Mets season needs That Game. You know, the one that you look back on in a year or 20 and say “remember that game?” Perhaps Sunday afternoon was That Game for the 2026 New York Mets. Coming against the Yankees, that’s just a bonus.
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The Mets had lost 91 consecutive games when trailing entering the ninth inning until Tyrone Taylor and Carson Benge ended that dastardly
streak.
Clay Holmes said on Sunday that there is an outside chance that he may need a stabilizing plate surgically inserted into his broken fibula, but the most likely outcome is a natural healing.
Jorge Polanco’s Achilles bursitis probably won’t be going away this season, so the Mets’ hope is that they can get it to a point where Polanco can play mostly comfortably.
During the Subway Series, things just feel right to remember the tenure and times of upcoming Mets Hall of Famer Bobby Valentine.
Howie Rose left Sunday’s Subway Series finale before the final pitch, but when you’re going to meet Paul McCartney, exceptions can be made.
Around the National League East
Taylor Walls cleared the bases against Eury Perez with a triple and the score never flipped again as the Marlins dropped the Rivalry Weekend finale to the Rays, 6-3.
Richard Lovelady was given the opener assignment for the second time as a National, but took the loss against the Orioles in a 7-3 contest.
Not even Paul Skenes is enough to stop the Mattingly Phillies as they completed a sweep of the Pirates and moved to 15-4 since changing managers.
Around Major League Baseball
For the first time in a long time, the Mets are the cause of a column highlighting the failures and faults of a losing team. In this case, the subject is the Yankees.
The Seattle Mariners called up top prospect and recent extendee Colt Emerson for the first and, if all goes right, only time in his career.
With their pitching staff in various states of injured and hobbled, the Dodgers traded some tasty cash considerations to the Blue Jays in order to acquire starter Eric Lauer.
In his Padres debut, Lucas Giolito was scoreless into the sixth inning and even got a perfect 1-0 record for his troubles.
As Adam Macko takes his first steps onto a big league field, the Blue Jays pitcher will become the first MLB player born in Slovakia.
The tweak that knocked Jose Altuve out of the game in his last at bat on Saturday ended up being an oblique strain which earned him a swift trip to the injured list.
This Date in Mets History
Happy birthday to Mets Legend and New York native Nelson Figueroa.
