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Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. is in concussion protocol, manager Aaron Boone said after Monday's 7-3 loss to the Detroit Tigers.

"Just saw him right now," Boone said. "He's in concussion protocol, so we'll kind of see how he's doing tomorrow."

Chisholm has not been diagnosed with a concussion, Boone added.

"No," Boone said when asked if Chisholm was diagnosed with a concussion. "No, he's just in the protocol."

Chisholm left the game after colliding with Jasson Domínguez in shallow right field on Hao-Yu Lee's fly ball, which Domínguez caught for the second out.

"Looks like he kind of got smoked there," said left fielder Cody Bellinger. "I haven't watched it yet, but hope he's doing good. I haven't seen him yet, so, obviously, probably get an update tomorrow on it."

Domínguez's left arm made contact with Chisholm's head after Chisholm did not peel off the route to the ball while Domínguez charged in.

"It was really unfortunate," Domínguez said. "I mean, they were playing infield in. So, as soon as he hit the ball, in my mind, I decided, 'I've got to go catch that ball.' I called it, but obviously I didn't call it loud enough. But really unfortunate, what happened."

Chisholm, who is slashing .222/.305/.398 with 12 home runs and 33 RBI through 81 games, struck out in the second inning -- his only at-bat of the game -- while batting from the cleanup spot.

He was replaced by Oswaldo Cabrera, whose 0-for-3 evening included two strikeouts.

The Orioles’ recent funk continued on Monday night as they dropped their series opener with the visiting White Sox 8-2. The Birds have now lost three in a row and five of their last six.

This game was close as could be through the first seven innings. Shane Baz was wild but effective, allowing just two runs over seven innings of work. Meanwhile, the Orioles offense blew the few chances they did create, which left no room for the bullpen to maneuver. It may not have mattered anyway since those relievers would fall apart, serving up six runs (four earned) over the final two innings of the night.

The Orioles were actually the first ones on the board. Gunnar Henderson, hitting out of the lead-off spot in this one, began the bottom of the first inning with a double. Taylor Ward moved him to third on a fly out to center field, and then Adley Rutschman got the RBI with a sac fly to left.

Baz sailed through the first two innings before running into some trouble in the third. He issued a lead-off walk to Chase Meidroth, who then scored on a Jacob Gonzalez double. The next three hitters went as follows: flyout, walk, and strikeout to put two runners on base with two outs. The O’s starter nearly limited the White Sox to just the one run, but a Kyle Teel flair that came off the bat at just 43.7 mph got past Baz and spun out of Henderson’s hand as he tried to barehand it. That allowed the runner from third to score and give the White Sox a 2-1 lead at the time.

The Birds returned fire in the bottom of the third. Blaze Alexander led off with a walk and scooted around to third on a Jackson Holliday single into right field. Henderson followed with a walk to load the bases with no one out. Surely the Orioles would break the game open here, right? Not a chance. Ward lined out, and Rutschman got his second RBI of the day with another sac fly. But that is as much as they would get with Pete Alonso striking out to end the threat with the score knotted at two runs apiece.

That would end up being the last Orioles run of the day. From the fourth inning through the end of the day, the O’s scattered a few more baserunners on walks and singles, but they couldn’t string anything together. And they went particularly quiet in the late innings, as the final 10 O’s hitters of the game went down in order.

Henderson had himself a nice night atop the order. He went 2-for-3 with a double (the Orioles’ only extra-base hit), a walk, and a run scored. Rutschman had the two RBI. Colton Cowser walked twice and also made a nice defensive play to potentially steal a home run in the fifth inning. That was really it. As a team, the Orioles went 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position and left six runners on base. On the whole, it was a pitiful performance.

Baz was the bright spot, though he wasn’t without his warts. He gave the Orioles length with his seven innings, crossing the 100-inning threshold on the season. And he showed some grit to toss 109 pitches to get to the finish line, his highest pitch total of the season. But he also issued four walks and yet again posted mediocre whiff numbers (22%). There is no doubt that Baz has been a valuable member of the staff, but not exactly the frontline arm we were promised.

Things got ugly for the Orioles once Baz was lifted. Grant Wolfram hit the first batter he faced in the eighth inning. After a flyout to Miguel Vargas, he gave up a double to Colson Montgomery to drive in the White Sox third run of the day. Wolfram struck out Teel to end his night. Rico Garcia followed and continue his latest struggles. His fist batter, Randal Grichuk, singled to make it 4-2 before Garcia wrapped up the inning. That single nearly turned into an out at the plate when Cowser threw a perfect strike from center field, but Rutschman failed to hold onto the ball.

Yennier Cano came on for the ninth and made it even worse. The first four batters of the inning went: single, double, single, double to extend the White Sox lead to 6-2. Josh Walker would come on later in the inning and should have gotten out of the inning without allowing any more runs, but an error by Blaze Alexander on a soft liner to third base scored two more runs to give us our final score, 8-2.

This was not a completely terrible game. Baz was good on the mound. Henderson had a nice night at the plate. Cowser showed some patience and flashed in the field. But man, the stink of the bullpen really overwhelmed everything. And the offense’s general ineptitude didn’t help. Could this be the downward spiral that finally dashes the hopes of the 2026 Orioles? The trade deadline is only a month away.

This series will continue on Tuesday night in Baltimore. Trey Gibson (1-2, 5.64 ERA) is scheduled to duel with Erick Fedde (2-6, 4.34 ERA). First pitch is set for 6:35 from Camden Yards.

The June swoon that was promised arrived late, as it often does—but it is unmistakably here. The Yankees took their butts home to Yankee Stadium after an excruciating four-game sweep at the hands of the reviled Red Sox and performed in a similarly moribund fashion en route to a 7-3 loss to the Tigers. To add injury to insult, Jazz Chisholm Jr. exited the game in the top of the fourth inning after colliding with Jasson Domínguez on a popup, and entered concussion protocol.

This may seem like an awfully apocalyptic way to begin a recap of a 7-3 game, but Amed Rosario’s pinch-hit three-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning is carrying the world on its shoulders with that scoreline. Because I like you, dear readers, I will let you watch that homer first before we get into anything else. Believe me, there’s plenty of anything else to last us a tick.

Just like in Boston, the Yankees fell behind the 8-ball near instantaneously. I cannot stress enough how important a clean first inning is to a struggling team, but Ryan Weathers would not listen, coughing up a double to Tigers terror Dillon Dingler. The slugging Detroit backstop advanced to third on a passed ball, the first of several unforced mistakes tonight, before Spencer Torkelson’s two out knock brought him home for the opening tally. A conventional, if frustrating early setback.

What followed in the top of the second was a parade of silliness enabled and exacerbated by a careless throwing error from José Caballero. Had Cabellero’s throw from third base hit Paul Goldschmidt square, the runner who was already on third would have scored anyway, but the ensuing sacrifice fly from Dingler would have been a harmless final out to leave the score at 2-0. I will not fully excuse the rest of Weathers’ performance, but it is worth noting both this detail and the unfortunate fact that Weathers receives significantly less run support than his teammates. The Yankees were one-hit over seven innings by the ascendent Casey Mize in the meantime; candidly, they have done Weathers few favors, and he responded in kind.

The worst part about the frame, in which the Tigers scored four runs on five hits (and the aforementioned error), was that all but one of Detroit’s base hits (all singles) were under the 95-mph exit velocity threshold as a hard-hit ball. To be fair, all were at or above 90 mph, so they were solidly struck.

But like the penalties that decided Paraguay vs. Germany in Boston earlier in the evening, this was more of a placement rally than a power rally. There’s nothing quite like seeing five potential double play balls squeak through without being touched. Either the Yankees’ index cards need an update, or the baseball gods really had it out for Ryan Weathers. He hit the showers before the frame concluded.

By the bottom of the second inning, I was already showing my friend the ‘dibigah’ video while only keeping one eye on the game. (Please comment below what you think that fine young man is eating.) I know the recapper is not supposed to let the audience behind the curtain like this, but you have my heart, humble citizens of Pinstripe Alley. You are not alone in your suffering. Protect your peace.

Unfortunately, the worst had yet to come. Not on the scoreboard, but on the implications this baseball game may have on the remaining 78 games of the regular calendar.

First of all, Cody Bellinger dropped a fly ball. I’ll let you sit with that one.

Then, it got worse.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. must have thought he’d narrowly avoided disaster when he collided with Kevin McGonigle on a throw to second base in the top of the fourth inning. I certainly did, and surely most of the 40,506 sad saps in attendance. McGonigle had flapjacked a single to score a pair of runners—one of whom may have been thrown out at the plate had Caballero not cut off the throw in a vain attempt to throw out the precocious rookie. Like with his error in the second, they got nothing; and Chisholm got tangled up with McGonigle in the process.

Thankfully, Jazz was okay to stay in the game. Two batters later, Hao-Yu Lee hit a lazy popup toward right field. Chisholm backed out, and Domínguez traveled in from right field. Domínguez failed to communicate that he had a path to the ball, and while he caught the ball, his elbow also caught Chisholm right in the face. Jazz tumbled on his back and stayed down, eventually being led off the field by the training staff to enter concussion protocol.

The Tigers never scored again, but the damage had been done. The Yankees were down a man. Chisholm’s week-or-so from hell continues. Hopefully he does not miss an extended period of time; while his season has fallen short of expectations, he’s still a critical player for this team.

Nothing of note really happened the rest of the way with the exception of Rosario’s home run, an off-the-bench jolt in the place of Austin Wells, who is setting an ignominious kind of history.

Irritatingly, the Yankees blew through their bullpen, stapling together appearances from seven different pitchers in an attempt to hold the Tigers back for a heroic final push that was never coming. You need to be able to save your bullets in a bad stretch like this, and I’m not sure that holding the Tigers scoreless from the fifth inning onward was a wise use of ammo. I doubt it’ll be something to build upon for tomorrow, since morale can’t be high after Jazz’s early exit.

In tonight’s game thread, I asked the hypothetical question: if you were the Yankees, would you prefer a day off or a game right after the four-game sweep in Boston? It would appear the Bombers really could have used a reset day. Baseball, though, offers such favors only when it deems them necessary. This great march of steamrollers rolls on, or whatever James Earl Jones said in that stupid movie.

Same time, same place tomorrow? Yeah, sounds fun. Okay, to cut the sarcasm, a Cam Schlittler-Tarik Skubal pitching matchup is exactly what you dream for as a baseball fan. Nobody get hurt okay? That’s first pitch at 7:05 PM on Amazon Prime Video.

Box Score

What had been metaphorical became literal when Jasson Domínguez clotheslined Jazz Chisholm Jr. right out of the game.

It was that kind of Monday for the Yankees, whose pain was self-inflicted during a contest in which the blaring speakers in The Bronx could have opted for Benny Hill.

The Yankees bungled far too many plays to compensate for an offense that has grown historically silent — held to three hits for a fourth straight game for the first time in franchise history — in what became a 7-3 loss to the Tigers for a fifth straight defeat and the eighth in 10 games.

There are myriad injuries that probably explain the struggles more accurately than a June swoon, but the recent issues defensively are not the fault of replacement players from Triple-A.

“That was a bad one,” said Cody Bellinger, whose dropped fly ball and 0-for-4 night added to the issues. “No sugarcoating that one.”

The defense was not the only issue: The offense totaled one hit in seven innings against Casey Mize before Amed Rosario stroked a three-run home run in the eighth to apply a bit of lipstick to this pig, virtually the only moment the 40,506 on hand could cheer.

There were plenty of moments to boo on an evening the Yankees (48-36) allowed five more unearned runs, making it 14 in their past five games.

Ryan Weathers turned in the shortest start of the Yankees’ season — 1 ²/₃ innings in which he allowed five runs (two earned) on seven hits and a walk — but the defense behind him (and in front of him, Austin Wells with a passed ball) helped ensure his day was brief.

“Just gave up a lot of singles, back-to-back,” said Weathers, who bemoaned not being able to put Tigers hitters away with two strikes. “Just couldn’t really stop the bleeding.”

Neither could his defense.

Perhaps Weathers’ night would have been different if Anthony Volpe could have reached a ground ball from Spencer Torkelson that became an RBI single in the first.

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Or if third baseman José Caballero had not thrown wildly to Paul Goldschmidt in the second, the first baseman unable to snowcone the ball for what would have been the inning’s second out.

Instead, a fly ball from Dillon Dingler became a sacrifice fly rather than the inning’s third out.

Two singles, a walk and three runs later, Weathers was gone and the bullpen merry-go-round began spinning.

An ugly, two-run fourth inning — in which Bellinger dropped a fly ball at the wall and Chisholm and Domínguez converged on a shallow fly ball, Chisholm smacking into Domínguez’s elbow, exiting the game and entering concussion protocol — all but sealed it.

“Couple really good defenders that didn’t complete plays today,” Aaron Boone said of the misplays that arose from generally reliable fielders.

The manager was less understanding of an offense that mustered one hit against Mize — a third-inning leadoff double from Spencer Jones, who would finish the inning on second — and has not totaled more than three hits in a contest since the opener in Boston (in which they scored just three runs).

There is no Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, Trent Grisham or Ryan McMahon — the latter two expected back this week — and there is no one picking up the slack.

Ben Rice is 0-for-18 in his past five games.

Bellinger is in a 2-for-27 rut.

It’s 0-for-12 for Goldschmidt.

“We’ve got to do a better job, obviously,” Boone said. “We’ve run up against some tough pitching for sure over these last several days, even going back to the Detroit series. But we’ve got to get some guys putting a little more pressure [on opposing teams].”

Several Yankees denied feeling extra pressure given who is not around.

But whatever the cause, both their offense and defense are in poorly timed slumps.

“Especially when we’re not swinging it like we’re going to typically, you got to take care of the ball,” Boone said, “and we haven’t done a good enough job of that.”

The Red Sox entered the game having just swept the Yankees. They faced the Nationals who have one of the best offenses in baseball, but who have the same run differential coming into Monday’s game as the Red Sox (+5). Ranger Suarez looked to continue Boston’s streak of pitching that has been absolutely nails in this hot streak. 

James Wood didn’t waste any time getting out of the park – three pitches, to be exact. This is a daunting way to start against the offense with the most runs scored in 2026. But, Ranger would then meet nine consecutive batters with a first pitch strike and stayed clean. Even when that streak ended in the fourth inning, he struck out two and got out of the inning unscathed. 

 It also didn’t take long for the Red Sox to answer, when Willson Contreras hit a ball waaaay back for his 18th home run of the season. It was incredible to see him overcome with emotion given everything happening in his home country right now. And no sooner did I type that than Caleb Durbin also took a Mikolas pitch into the Monster. Before the Nationals even recorded five outs, the Red Sox had five runs to go with eight hits. Nikolas would hang in there for seven innings even despite giving up six runs, so it was a resilient start, and I’m sure the Nationals didn’t mind him staying in for 100 pitches saving the bullpen. 

And of course, as umpires do, they ruined the whole game’s mood by later ejecting Contreras, who had made a positive headline with his emotions, following the REPREHENSIBLE and UNTHINKABLE (note the obvious sarcasm) crime of tapping his helmet mimicking an ABS challenge in dismay of being rung up on a third strike. I mean, have we EVER had an umpire eject someone based on a first base ruling on a swing? To make matters worse, in the top of the seventh, the crew chief needed to come in relief of the crew to check the count. Guess umpires can’t count to four? When robots do finally take over officiating this game, it won’t be too soon.

The game continued to be 6-1 until Suarez ran into some real trouble when the Nationals got a bit more patient and drove in a few runs. But Suarez got out of the jam and continued the trend of the rotation always giving the team a chance to win (we won’t talk about the rest of the team itself, though). The Red Sox now have twelve straight quality starts.

But, of course, this is the dynamic National’s offense, so at 6-3 the game was far from over. Luckily, Danny Coulombe and the Red Sox got the benefit of that disgraceful umpiring and got the benefit of a ground ball turned into a double play to get out of the seventh. After a rough night against his former team in the pinstripes, Aroldis Chapman had the night off as Garrett Whitlock came in to slam the door.  Nationals manager Blake Butera threw the kitchen sink at Whitlock with two pinch hitters, but the door was indeed slammed. The Red Sox are now winners of six of their last seven (six seven, six seven), eight of their last eleven, five straight, are nine games under 500 and even less of a step below whatever we consider to be a fight for the last playoff slots in a year when a sub-.500 record might capture a dance in October. (But hey, let’s still be realistic, right?) 

Three Studs

Ranger Suarez: 6 IP, 3 ER, 5 H, 1 BB, 8 K

Willson Contreras: 1-2, HR and a funny helmet tap. 

Anthony Seigler: 2-3, 2B, R. Kyle Harrison may be awesome this year, but I kinda like this guy and Durbin!

Two Duds:

Jarren Duran: 0-4, 2 K.
Even this is being nitpicky given that he came through last night and the strikeouts were inconsequential, anyway.

And, of course, the umps (namely, Nic Lentz) who really showed their ass tonight. Luckily, it didn’t really become a factor in this one.

Play of the Game:

I mean, how can it not be that Contreras home run? Especially given the yell for his home directly after. Cool stuff. Durbin’s home run was a close second. “Home Run Durbin” really is different guy offensively in the last month, to pair with his very serviceable defensive play.

Arizona is coming off a series to forget in Tampa, where they were swept. In the three losses in Tampa, Arizona managed a total of four runs in those three losses, mostly against some pedestrian pitching. Even Drew Rasmussen did not have his best stuff going when he managed to keep the Arizona offense mostly silent. If there was ever a good time to face the Giants, now, at home, after a rough road trip is the time. San Francisco is even doing Arizona the favour of sending Tyler Mahle to the mound for the first game. A win tonight against the Giants gets the Diamondbacks back to .500 for the season. That’s not terribly impressive, but it is an important first step in convincing Mike Hazen to remain a potential buyer at the trade deadline.

The Yankees opened their six-game homestand with a flat performance in Monday's 7-3 loss to the Detroit Tigers.

Takeaways

1. Ryan Weathers' shortest outing of 2026 came at a time when the Yankees (48-36) needed a boost. The Tigers (36-49) knocked New York's southpaw out after he allowed five runs (two earned) on seven hits in his season-low 1.2 IP. Weathers (3-6, 4.08 ERA) threw 35 strikes on 55 pitches before manager Aaron Boone pulled him for right-handed reliever Yerry De los Santos with Detroit jumping out to a 5-0 lead on the Yankees after Hao-Yu Lee's two-run single in the second inning. While catcher Austin Wells' first-inning passed ball and third baseman José Caballero's second-inning fielding error hindered Weathers, New York's starter was ultimately not on his game. Weathers struck out three and walked one in his shortest start since April 4 when he lasted 3.2 IP during the Yankees' 9-7 win over the Miami Marlins.
2. Second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr.'s collision with right fielder Jasson Domínguez on a one-out fly ball by Lee in the fourth inning and the Yankees' deficit at 7-0 after Kevin McGonigle's two-run single added injury to insult. Domínguez recorded the out, but not before Chisholm's face hit Domínguez's left arm. Oswaldo Cabrera replaced Chisholm after an injury timeout and posted an 0-for-3 night with two strikeouts.
3. The Yankees were scoreless until pinch-hitter Amed Rosario's three-run home run against Drew Sommers in the eighth inning. Rosario's eighth homer of the season gave New York a pulse but was too little, too late with one out in the eighth inning and the Yankees needing four more runs over the remaining five outs.
4. New York's skid ties a season-high five games, the longest since the Yankees' April 8-12 stretch with defeats against the Athletics (two) and Tampa Bay Rays (three). With the Yankees' loss to the Tigers, the Rays (48-33) are a full game and a half ahead of New York in the AL East standings.

Who's the MVP?

Casey Mize. The Yankees had no answers while the Tigers' starting right-hander struck out 10 and allowed one hit -- center fielder Spencers Jones' leadoff double in the third inning -- while throwing 58 strikes on 88 pitches in seven innings.

What's next

The Yankees and Tigers continue their three-game series Tuesday at 7:05 p.m. New York RHP Cam Schlittler (8-4, 1.62 ERA) and Detroit LHP Tarik Skubal (3-4, 3.32 ERA) are set to start.

The Texas Rangers scored six runs while the Cleveland Guardians scored three runs.

With a need for an opener, a lineup that would have perhaps been questionable if it had been for Round Rock, and a bulk pitcher that I suspect was on the mound for Texas tonight because he was close enough in proximity to make it to the ballpark in time, the Rangers showcased the state of the American League this season albeit with a gutsy victory over the AL Central-leading Guardians on ESPN’s Monday Night Baseball.

Because the schedule is quite inconvenient for Texas at this point and time, there was a lot of necessities that otherwise I’d imagine they would have liked to avoid tonight. All that accomplished was spotlighting some unsung heroes, however.

For example, Tyler Alexander opened for the Rangers despite saving the previous two games, something no one has ever done in the history of the game.

Corey Seager was on the bench as he slowly works his way back to regular playing time. Evan Carter and Alejandro Osuna were in against left-handed starter Parker Messick because Wyatt Langford just hit the shelf and Brandon Nimmo was unavailable after crashing into the right field fence in yesterday’s finale in Toronto.

Because of the thin outfield, the Rangers had Ezequiel Duran in right field which meant they needed a second baseman. Tonight, that meant the debut of Cam Cauley, who was called up earlier today.

Needing to stitch together basically a bullpen game, the Rangers also tasked Jacob Latz with yet another two-inning save after Jakob Junis, following a shaky seventh in which he allowed Cleveland’s third run, was unable to toss two innings as he exited with an injury to start the eighth.

And then there was that bulk guy, Chris Paddack, he of the 4.83 career ERA and 6.96 ERA for two previous teams entering tonight’s game for Texas. There’s the likelihood that Paddack won’t even be a Ranger in a couple of days or weeks, but for tonight, they needed him.

Paddack allowed two runs in four innings. When he exited, the Rangers trailed 2-1 but despite the fact that he was basically as advertised, he also did just enough to keep Texas in the game and allowed them to complete a comeback.

Down 2-1, the Rangers tied the game in the top of the sixth when Jake Burger singled for a two-out RBI. In the top of the seventh, Cauley made his presence – especially his speed – felt with his first career hit, a one-out triple.

Starting shortstop Nicky Lopez singled in Cauley to give the Rangers a 3-2 lead and then Justin Foscue doubled in Lopez with two outs. Up 4-2, the Guardians scored off Junis in the bottom of the seventh but the Rangers gave Latz a couple of insurance runs when Foscue doubled in two runs including Carter after Carter’s second hit against a lefty on the evening and Cauley after the rookie drew a walk.

The Rangers hadn’t been above .500 since they were 14-13 back on April 25. Now, thanks to a lot of “this is just the way it has to be” that worked out tonight, the Rangers have won more games than they’ve lost.

Player of the Game: It was a patchwork effort tonight but Foscue’s two RBI doubles in the two biggest rallies of the evening stand out. Foscue continues to be more of a weapon against left-handed pitching than perhaps I’ve given him credit for and tonight he was instrumental in Texas claiming the win.

Up Next: The Rangers will have Jacob deGrom on the mound for the final game of June, and maybe some more of their regular hitters will be in the lineup versus RHP Tanner Bibee for Cleveland.

The Tuesday evening first pitch from Progressive Field is scheduled for 5:40 pm CDT and will be back on the Rangers Sports Network.

TORONTO — Sean Manaea’s contract leaves him as a difficult sell before the Aug. 3 trade deadline, but his recent work should at least intrigue teams in need of pitching.

Monday night the left-hander would have finished with a second six-inning start in his last four if not for Francisco Lindor’s fielding error that prevented Manaea from escaping the frame.

Even so, Manaea departed with a respectable two earned runs allowed over 5 ²/₃ innings in the Mets’ 2-1 loss to the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre.

The Mets, who lost for the ninth time in 10 games, were overmatched at the plate by Trey Yesavage and the Blue Jays bullpen. It was the team’s third loss in four games under interim manager Andy Green.

Manaea, who owns a 4.71 ERA, is only halfway through a three-year contract worth $75 million, and the Mets could choose to keep him as a potential 2027 rotation piece.

But if the Mets were to receive a decent offer for the left-hander — who has pitched to a 3.54 ERA over his last nine appearances — it would behoove them to listen.

More likely, the Mets would be open to dealing Freddy Peralta, a free agent after this season with a higher upside than Manaea.

Another starting pitcher with value, Clay Holmes, is still several weeks away from returning as he rehabs a fractured right fibula.

Manaea, with sinker, cutter and sweeper as part of the mix, has regained the confidence of a pitcher who helped lead this rotation in 2024.

“I feel like a pitcher,” he said. “I can go in and out, with sinkers, cutters. I am definitely not throwing as hard as I used to, so I am trying to just get guys out how I can.”

Manaea, who surrendered three hits and two walks over 90 pitches, didn’t receive enough help, defensively or offensively.

Included in the Mets’ night of misery was an 0-for-9 performance with runners in scoring position.

“We have put ourselves in position to score runs, especially the last game, not so much this game,” Green said. “I think we squared up a number of balls today. I think we ended up in a situation where very few things fell for us today, but when we had the opportunity to get the big hit and there was a punch-out too often for us.”

Juan Soto’s misplay on leadoff hitter George Springer’s line drive in the first gave the Blue Jays a 1-0 lead.

Springer’s shot landed in front of Soto and bounded behind him, rolling to the fence.

A.J. Ewing booted the recovery, allowing Springer to score on what was ruled a triple and a Ewing error.

“When you have an outfield like that, where it bounces a lot, you have to be aware because you can give up extra bases really easy,” Soto said. “I have just got to be aggressive. That was my mindset. Just be aggressive, come through the ball instead of trying to play back and maybe bounce over my head, but I actually just stopped.”

Luis Urías’ leadoff double in the fifth led to the Blue Jays going ahead 2-0 on Myles Straw’s sacrifice fly.

Urías’ double snapped a string of eight straight batters retired by Manaea, who got rolling after walking Urías to begin the second.

Lindor snapped a streak of 11 straight batters retired by Yesavage with a homer leading off the seventh that pulled the Mets within 2-1.

The blast was Lindor’s third this season and first since returning from the injured list last week.

Ewing got drilled by a pitch in the inning and was thrown out attempting to steal second, ending the frame.

The Mets tried to rally in the ninth, but Mark Vientos and Ronny Mauricio both struck out against Louis Varland with the tying and go-ahead runs on first and second.

“We chased,” Green said. “Not the at-bats you are hoping to have, not the at-bats they are hoping to have, but you are hoping to find anything to put in play to hope something plays out well for us.”

The Tigers opened their series in New York with a 7-3 win over the Yankees, largely in thanks to a dazzling start from Casey Mize.

The Yankees limped their way home after a rough series against the Red Sox, and I imagine both they and their fans were hoping for an easy series against the Tigers. New York is, after all, only one game out of first in the AL East. But as we’ve seen this season, being near the top of the standings in the AL doesn’t mean much this season. The Tigers, meanwhile, just dropped three of four games to the Astros and were really looking for a win in general. They had Casey Mize on the mound up against Ryan Weathers for the Yankees.

Dillon Dingler got things going with a one-out double in the first. With two outs, Spencer Torkelson singled, bringing Dingler home for the first run of the game.

Hao-Yu Lee got a two-out double, and there was a brief pause as Lee made a really rough and ugly slide into the base and was obviously pretty hurt, but he stayed in the game. And he also got to go back to the dugout not long after, as Jahmai Jones struck out to end the inning. Casey Mize then came in and got the Yankees out in order.

Zach McKinstry started the second with a leadoff single, and then one out later, James Outman singled to bump McKinstry to third. Matt Vierling reached safely on a throwing error by third baseman Jose Caballero, scoring McKinstry. Then Dingler hit a sac fly to score Outman (is he Safeman when he scores?).

Kevin McGonigle singled, followed by a walk to Spencer Torkelson. With the bases loaded, Lee really came through, singling to left to score two more runs.

That was it for Weathers, who was replaced by Yerry De los Santos, and also the end of the game for Jones, who was pinch-hit for Kerry Carpenter. The Tigers were done scoring for the inning, but they had a 5-0 lead after two and chased the starter from the game. Not. Too. Shabby. Mize had been given a nice long break, and it suited him just fine as he came back in to get another 1-2-3 inning against the Yankees.

The Tigers went three-up, three-down in the top of the third. In the bottom of the inning, the Yankees finally got their first baserunner in the form of a leadoff double from Spencer Jones. But Mize wasn’t fazed by a runner in scoring position as he got the next three outs in a row.

Vierling singled to start the fourth, then Dingler reached on a fielding error by Bellinger, who seemed to get mixed up trying to avoid a collision with the outfield wall and missed the catch. Dingler ended up on second and Vierling on third, so when McGonigle singled, he was able to score two more runs.

McGongigle ended up on second in another ugly slide, this one taking down Jazz Chisholm Jr. Everyone appeared to be okay afterwards. With two outs, there was a long pause as the second out of the inning resulted in a painful collision between Chisholm and outfielder Jasson Dominguez. This time, Chisholm did end up leaving the game after staying on the ground for quite some time. It looked as if he took the arm of a running Dominguez right to the face. Aaron Boone took the opportunity to also swap his pitcher at the same time, bringing in Tim Hill, who got the final out of the inning. In the home half, Mize continued to do his part to maintain the pace of play by getting the Yankees out in order once again.

The Tigers went 1-2-3 in the top of the fifth, and the Yankees did the same in the home half.

The Yankees headed back to their bullpen in the sixth for Jake Bird. With two outs, Kevin McGonigle called for a replay review, saying he was hit by a pitch, and the call on the field was overturned, and he was granted first base. It ended up not mattering as the next batter was the third out of the inning. In the home half, even through six innings, Casey Mize was throwing some of the most disgusting pitches I’ve ever seen, with insane tunnelling that none of the batters could get a read on. The side went 1-2-3 again, all on strikeouts. Ryan Yarbrough was the new Yankees pitcher. Carpenter walked. Then McKinstry singled. For the last out of the inning, Outman was, well… out, man… thanks to an ABS challenge for a called ball that was actually strike three. Mize had another three-up, three-down outing in the bottom of the sixth, and he was so confident in his stuff that even as a called strike was being challenged, he was walking off the mound and back to the dugout.

The Yankees were really working their bullpen tonight, dipping back in to bring out Camilo Doval, who got the Tigers out in order. Mize’s day was done after seven, with a final line of 7.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 10 K on 88 pitches. This might have been one of the best Mize starts we’ve seen not just this season, but possibly one of his top 5 of 10 ever. Just gorgeous pitching. He was replaced by Drew Sommers. Jasson Dominguez got a leadoff walk, then with one out, Jones doubled, bumping Dominguez to third. A pinch-hitting Amed Rosario then homered, scoring three runs and really messing with the incredible game Mize had built to that point. Sommers did turn it around to get the next two outs, but the score was a lot tighter than it had been.

Against new pitcher Brent Headrick, Carpenter got a ground-rule double over the outfield wall with two outs. A blooper ended the inning, and the Tigers needed someone out of the bullpen who could get three outs. Someone. Anyone? Well, we’ll try it with Drew Anderson. Anderson got the job done, getting the side out in order. The Tigers got the win and the Yankees got their fifth straight loss.

Final: Tigers 7, Yankees 3

Mets 1 Blue Jays 2

It was great to see Bo Bichette back in Toronto. He seemed touched by the ovation the fans gave him.

After seeing the Jays down a bunch of runs early in the last several games, the great start from Trey Yesavage was very nice to see. He went 6.2 innings, allowing just 3 hits, 1 earned (on a Francisco Lindor home run), no walks, with three strikeouts. He was helped out by some nice catches in the outfield by Nathan Lukes and Myles Straw.

And, when he left the game, with a runner on first and two out, Brandon Valenzuela made a perfect throw to second for a caught stealing on Luis Urías. Just a perfect throw, right to the bag. The easiest third of an inning Mason Fluharty has ever thrown.

Tyler Rogers pitched the eighth and gave up a one-out double, bringing Juan Soto up with the tying run at second. The Jays decided to walk Soto and pitch to Bo. Considering Soto is a lefty and Rogers is much better vs. right-handed hitters, was the right move, but it cause us some anxiety. But Bo tapped the first pitch back to Rogers.

Louis Varland got the ninth, with a one-run lead. Francisco Lindor lined one hard to left but Straw made the catch. Jared Young ground one up the middle, that Clement went a long way to get and then seemed to have trouble getting out of his glove, for a single. A.J. Ewing walked on six pitches, putting the tying run on second. Mark Vientos (after challenging a strike call and being wrong) struck out. Ronny Mauricio, in hero or goat time, decided goat, striking out. Save #17. Varland threw 23 pitches. I’m guessing he won’t pitch tomorrow.

We didn’t score much, but Springer, leading off the game lined one to left field that Soto, sort of, attempted to catch, even though it bounce 5 to 10 feet in front of him and skipped past him. Center fielder A.J. Ewing, backing up the play, booted it and Springer scored on a ‘triple’ plus an error. You could have called it a double and a two base error. Either way, we were up one early. Something very unusual for our Jays lately.

And, we got a run in the fifth. Luis Urías, who appeared to be guessing sinker, hit one to the wall for a double. Yohendrick Piñango ground out to move Luis to third and Myles Straw, after popping one up near the plate that no Met could get to, hit a sac fly.

We had a shot to add to the lead in the eight. Lukes walked, Vlad singled. But Kazuma Okamoto struck out, Ernie Clement (who was Glement in one of the graphics Sportsnet used) flied out and Brandon Valenzuela struck out.

We only had four hits. Springer, Vlad, Clement and Urias had a hit each. Vlad also had a 107.1 mph line out as well (.860 expected BA but very nice catch) and A 111.1 mph ground out (only .590 EBA). I’m hoping it is a good sign.

Bo went 0 for 4, which was kind of him. Bo, let’s continue that for two more days.

Jays of the Day: Yesavage (0.28 WPA), Varland (0.16) and Rogers (0.12).

No one had the Other Award.

Tomorrow we have Kevin Gausman (4-6, 4.36) hoping to bounce back from two lousy starts in a row. Nolan McLean (4-5, 4.03) starts for the Mets

The Mets lost the series opener to the Toronto Blue Jays, 2-1, on Monday night.

Here are the key takeaways...

-- Sean Manaea made his fourth straight start since joining the starting rotation earlier this month and his defense failed him from the first batter of the game when Juan Soto misread the bounce on the artificial turf after charging hard on a leadoff hit by George Springer. The ball hopped over Soto’s glove and rolled all the way to the left field wall.

Backing up was center fielder A.J. Ewing, who got to it as quickly as he could, but he juggled the ball in his glove and let it pop out, which allowed Springer to keep rounding the bases and sprint home for a leadoff little league home run. The play was officially ruled a triple and a fielding error on Ewing, but it was Soto’s misplay that was most costly.

The run was charged to Manaea after two groundouts, a hit by pitch and a single followed, but if Soto kept the ball in front of him and kept Springer at first base, Manaea would have gotten out of the inning unscathed.

Nevertheless, the left-hander pitched well and limited the Blue Jays to two runs over 5.2 innings while allowing three hits, two walks and a HBP. He would’ve made it through six innings, and possibly more, but once again an error, this one by Francisco Lindor with two outs in the sixth, extended his outing. Manaea walked the next batter he faced before getting pulled.

-- Meanwhile, the bats were quiet for the Mets for the first six innings against Toronto starter Trey Yesavage. Yesavage held New York scoreless and to two hits for six innings until Lindor made up for his error and hit a home run to lead off the seventh inning. 

Yesavage hit Ewing two batters later and left after 6.2 innings with a runner on first base. Mason Fluharty came in for relief but only threw two pitches before Ewing was caught trying to steal second base to end the inning. It was Ewing’s sixth caught stealing this season.

-- The Mets’ bullpen kept the Blue Jays off the board for 2.1 innings to give their offense a chance to tie or take the lead, but the offense squandered chances in the eighth and ninth innings.

In the eighth, Francisco Alvarez doubled with one out before Soto was intentionally walked with two outs which brought up Bo Bichette who was making his return to Toronto for the first time since he left in free agency. Bichette got a standing ovation in his first at-bat, but he finished 0-for-4, including in the eighth when he grounded out to the pitcher to end the threat.

Then, in the ninth, Jared Young got on base with a one-out single and Ewing walked to put the tying run at second base and the winning run on first. But in a similar spot late in the game as Sunday’s game against the Philadelphia Phillies, the Mets couldn’t cash in as Mark Vientos and Ronny Mauricio both struck out swinging to end the game. Mauricio’s at-bat was particularly bad as he swung at two pitches out of the zone.

-- New York went 0-for-9 with RISP.

Game MVP: Trey Yesavage

Yesavage continued his rookie season, after bursting onto the scene in the postseason last year, with another great outing. 

Highlights

Bo Bichette gets a nice hello from Rogers Centre☺️👏 pic.twitter.com/CyurseSjZN

— SNY (@SNYtv) June 29, 2026

Austin Warren throws a strike with the bases loaded to end the 6th inning😤 pic.twitter.com/XjlIZGZaTD

— SNY (@SNYtv) June 30, 2026

FRANCISCO LINDOR HOME RUN!! pic.twitter.com/mkCOVqkSvb

— SNY (@SNYtv) June 30, 2026

What's next

The Mets and Blue Jays continue their three-game series on Tuesday night with first pitch scheduled for 7:07 p.m. on SNY.

RHP Nolan McLean (4-5, 4.03 ERA) and RHP Kevin Gausman (4-6, 4.36 ERA) are set to start.

After another series loss to the Phillies, the Mets headed north to take on the Blue Jays in Toronto. Bo Bichette was making his return to the Rogers Centre after six-plus seasons as a member of the Blue Jays. Sean Manaea was getting the start against the Mets, facing off against rookie phenom Trey Yesavage.

The game definitely could’ve had a better start for the Mets. After a top of the first where Juan Soto doubled with one out and was promptly stranded at second, they followed that up with an incredibly embarrassing bottom of the inning. George Springer led off the inning with what was probably only a single if fielded correctly, but when it bounced past Soto it turned into a triple. But before he got to third, A.J. Ewing bobbled the ball which allowed Springer to score. It was the only blip on Manaea’s radar in the first inning, but it was another bad look for a team familiar with looking bad in 2026.

It was a quiet back-and-forth after the first, with both sides trading a baserunner here or there but both Manaea and Yesavage keeping things mostly locked down. In the bottom of the fifth, Manaea found himself in a bit of trouble. Luis Urías led off with a double, and was moved to third on a Yohendrick Piñango ground out. Myles Straw hit a sacrifice fly to drive Urías in as the second run of the game for the Blue Jays.

Manaea lasted only a few more batters, exiting with two outs and two runners on in the bottom of the sixth. He left having allowed two earned runs on three hits and two walks, with four strikeouts on his ledger. Warren got the Mets through the sixth inning without allowing either baserunner to score. 

The Mets showed signs of life in the top of the seventh. After a delay of game after Vladimir Guerrero Jr. not being on the field when the inning was supposed to begin, Francisco Lindor hit a solo home run to lead off the inning. Ewing was hit by a pitch with one out, and after giving up a deep fly out to Mark Vientos, Yesavage was finally pulled from the game in favor of Mason Fluharty. The Mets ran themselves out of the inning, when Ewing was thrown out trying to steal second during Eric Wagaman’s (pinch-hitting for Brett Baty) at-bat.

The Mets had an up-and-down eighth inning on both ends. Facing former Met Tyler Rogers in the top of the inning, Ronny Mauricio led off with a hit…swinging his bat and hitting Francisco Alvarez when both were inexplicably in the on-deck circle. Alvarez recovered well enough to hit a one-out double. After Juan Soto was intentionally walked with two outs, Bo Bichette came up with an opportunity to show out in his former home. But he grounded out, stranding both runners and keeping the Mets in the deficit. In the bottom of the inning, Austin Warren got himself into trouble, giving up a walk and a single to lead off the inning. He was pulled in favor of the newly-recalled Joey Gerber who got two strikeouts with a fly out in between to strand both runners and keep it a one-run game.

In the top of the ninth, the Mets threatened, with a single and a walk putting two runners on with just one out. But Vientos and Mauricio struck out as the second and third outs, closing the book on the first game of the series in Toronto and handing the Mets their fifth loss in six games, putting them 15 games below .500. They face the Blue Jays again tomorrow, with Nolan McLean getting the start and Kevin Gausman starting for the Blue Jays.

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What’s WPA?

Big Mets winner: A.J. Ewing, +10% WPA
Big Mets loser: Mark Vientos, -26% WPA
Mets pitchers: +10% WPA
Mets hitters: -60% WPA
Teh aw3s0mest play: Francisco Lindor’s home run in the seventh, +12.4% WPA
Teh sux0rest play: Ronny Mauricio and Mark Vientos’s ninth inning strikeouts, -14.0% WPA each

Series preview: The Giants are playing better than the Dbacks right now — wait, what?
https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/san-francisco-giants-game-information/108335/series-preview-the-giants-are-playing-better-than-the-dbacks-right-now-wait-what

Seems to have been accidentally overlooked, don’t expect much, just wanted to throw something up.

The Dodgers visit the A’s on their third and final stop of this long road trip.

Monday’s game info

• Teams: Dodgers at Athletics
• Ballpark: Sutter Health Park, West Sacramento
• Start time: 6:40 p.m. PT
• TV: SportsNet LA
• Radio: AM 570 (English), KTNQ 1020 AM (Spanish)