The Mets’ weekend against Philadelphia ended with two losses in three games, but the calendar isn’t slowing down. Toronto and Atlanta are next on the schedule, and the club heads into the week still searching for something that looks like a turn.
There was at least a little movement on the injury front Sunday morning. Clay Holmes was throwing off flat ground at Citi Field, which is a positive step, even if it’s only that. Francisco Lindor, meanwhile, had the quietest Sunday of all: a day off across the board.
Jorge Polanco also offered a small bit of encouraging news. On his rehab assignment, he said he feels stronger than before and believes, for now, that he should be able to make it back to the big league squad.
Kodai Senga had a better outing than usual coming out of the bullpen, but one decent afternoon won’t automatically put him back in his old rotation spot.
There was also a Citi Field cameo from Knicks forward OG Anunoby, who visited the park, threw out the first pitch to childhood hero Jose Reyes and, notably, did not bounce it.
On Twitter, Steve Cohen said he will be addressing fans and media “soon” as the season keeps sliding past the halfway point.
And with Andy Green serving as Mets manager strictly on an interim basis, former Cubs manager David Ross said he wouldn’t mind being the permanent guy in the chair.
Elsewhere around the National League East, Luis Garcia Jr. powered the Nationals with two home runs and five RBIs in a 6-4 win over Pete Alonso’s Orioles. Bryan Torres, who had been in the minors since 2015, kept living the major league dream with a go-ahead homer that lifted the Cardinals past the Marlins, 2-1.
Chris Sale struck out 10 and dropped his ERA to 2.10, but the Braves still somehow fell again, this time 3-2 to the Giants. Kyle Schwarber also hit a milestone, becoming the first player in baseball this season to reach 30 home runs and doing it faster than any Phillie in history.
Around baseball, the oddity machine kept humming. Ump Cam technology once again produced what looked like a shot of Jazz Chisholm Jr. staring into a Ring doorbell camera in a bad mood.
The Mariners added Buddy Kennedy, who in 2025 played for both teams that would go on to meet in the World Series. Josh Naylor’s return to Cleveland turned ugly when Austin Hedges loudly told him, in front of cameras, that nobody even likes him.
And at Fenway Park, the Red Sox kept the Yankees hitless through the first half of the game for the third time in four games and beat them for the fourth straight time at home.
The Reds had their own rough Sunday. Eugenio Suarez will remain out after being hit on the left hand by a pitch, while Elly De La Cruz is still around despite an ankle sprain.
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