Mets Morning News for June 26, 2024
Mets Morning News for June 26, 2024
Meet the Mets
The Mets took the first game of the Subway Series on Tuesday night, defeating the Yankees 9-7. It was a slugfest for the Mets, who were powered by the long ball, led by Mark Vientos and his hot bat. Vientos hit two more homers on Tuesday night, both coming off Gerrit Cole. Harrison Bader added a homer off his former teammate as well, and Brandon Nimmo got in on the fun with a homer of his own. The Mets appeared to break the game open in the sixth and seventh inning, leading 9-1. But then the Mets’ bullpen struggled mightily and Aaron Judge hit a grand slam in the top of the eighth to make it 9-7. Luckily, despite no Edwin Diaz, the bullpen bent but did not break and secured a win to improve to just one game under .500.
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Starling Marte is heading to the injured list with a knee injury. The bone bruise Marte has is an injury he has dealt with for quite some time.
Edwin Diaz began his 10 game suspension on Tuesday for a sticky substance violation.
Several Mets’ players offered their congratulations to Howie Rose on reaching 50 years on radio in New York.
Kodai Senga hopes to begin a rehab assignment next week.
David Lennon writes recent positive trends for the Mets may be here to stay.
Around the National League East
The Braves game against the Cardinals was rained out. They will play a doubleheader in St. Louis this afternoon.
The Nationals fell to the Padres 9-7.
Bryce Harper’s solo home run was the Phillies lone run on the night as they fell to the Tigers.
The Marlins snapped their road losing streak with a win over the Royals in Kansas City.
Around Major League Baseball
Dallas Keuchel was traded to the Brewers by Seattle.
The Athletic looks at how an obsession with strikeouts has spread throughout baseball.
The Subway Series could foreshadow an offseason battle for Juan Soto.
Yesterday at Amazin’ Avenue
Steve Sypa looks at which minor leaguers put up the best numbers over the last week for the Mets.
Vasilis Drimalitis previewed the Subway Series.
Allison McCague looked at how Mets’ pitchers fared over the past week.
A new episode of A Pod of Their Own came out!
This Date in Mets History
Rusty Staub delivered his eighth straight pinch hit on this date in 1983, tying a major league record.