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What had been metaphorical became literal when Jasson Domínguez clotheslined Jazz Chisholm Jr. right out of the game.
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Try it freeIt 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.
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 Lakers declined Nick Smith Jr.’s $2.5 million team option for the 2026-27 season, making the guard an unrestricted free agent.
The decision, which was first reported by ESPN, will help give the Lakers over $50 million in cap space entering free agency on Tuesday.
Free agency officially starts at 3 p.m. on Tuesday.
Smith signed a two-way contract with the Lakers on Sept. 29 after being waived by the Hornets earlier in September 2025 after two seasons with the Hornets.
He averaged 6.2 points and shot 39.5% on 3-pointers in 30 regular games with the Lakers before being converted to a standard NBA contract in April ahead of the playoffs.
Smith was the No. 27 pick in the 2023 NBA Draft.
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?)
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!
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.
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.
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The Yankees opened their six-game homestand with a flat performance in Monday's 7-3 loss to the Detroit Tigers.
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.
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.
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Try it freeEven 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.
Former England captains and the nation’s leading cricket journalists are concerned that Ben Stokes has left their men’s Test team in a deep hole a year out from a home Ashes series.
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.
-- 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.
Yesavage continued his rookie season, after bursting onto the scene in the postseason last year, with another great outing.
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— 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
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— SNY (@SNYtv) June 30, 2026
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.
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
NHL clubs had until 5 p.m. ET on Monday to submit qualifying offers to their pending restricted free agents, and the Detroit Red Wings have made their decisions.
Defenseman Simon Edvinsson and 2019 seventh-round (191st overall) pick Carter Gylander were the only players to receive qualifying offers from the Red Wings. At the same time, 2021 third-round (70th overall) pick Carter Mazur was among the many players who were not offered one.
By extending qualifying offers, the Red Wings preserve their matching rights if either player signs an offer sheet with another club once free agency begins at 12:00 p.m. ET on July 1. Both players also have the option of accepting their qualifying offer or continuing negotiations on a new contract with Detroit.
#LGRW qualified RFAs Simon Edvinsson and Carter Gylander.
— NHL News (@PuckReportNHL) June 30, 2026
No QO for Carter Mazur, Wojciech Stachowiak, Alexandre Doucet, Michael Milne, Jakub Rychlovsky, and Wojciech Stachowiak. @PuckPedia
⬇️ UFA no-QO list: https://t.co/R7UtnHHaG5
All players that were not extended offers will now become unrestricted free agents, though the Red Wings still have the option of re-signing them.
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Edvinsson, whom the Red Wings selected in the first round (sixth overall) of the 2021 NHL Draft, has become arguably Detroit's second-most important defenseman behind Moritz Seider.
He appeared in 72 games this season, reaching a new career-high in goals with nine while adding 16 assists for 25 points. He underwent surgery after re-aggravating an existing injury during a late January contest, but eventually returned to the lineup in late February.
Speaking of injuries, Mazur has suffered more than his fair share, the first of which came just seconds into his first NHL contest in March 2025.
He was also limited to just 16 regular-season games in 2025-26 with the Grand Rapids Griffins, during which he tallied 11 goals and five assists; he also added five goals and an assist in eight Calder Cup Playoff games.
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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.