“The ball slipped out like a wet bar of soap,” play-by-play man Andy Freed said on the Rays’ TV broadcast, which was a great description and made sense since the game had started after a 51-minute rain delay and the ball could have been a little wet.

Tylor Megill took the mound in the fourth inning with the Mets up 2-1, but some poorly executed pitches and one fielding error allowed the Rays to put up five runs in New York's eventual loss on Saturday.

Taylor Walls and Yandy Díaz had two hits and two RBIs apiece and the Tampa Bay Rays remained hot with an 8-4 win over the New York Mets on Saturday. Junior Caminero homered to lead off a five-run fourth inning for Tampa Bay,

The Mets’ season-long strength suddenly does not seem as strong. For two and a half months, through fluctuating results from a hot-and-cold offense, the Mets have been able to rely upon a group of

In his own words, Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns is “frankly never really concerned about having too much” starting pitching, because he’s been around long enough to know there’s no such thing.

Taylor Walls y el cubano Yandy Díaz aportaron dos hits y dos carreras impulsadas cada uno, y los Rays de Tampa Bay siguieron enrachados al doblegar el sábado 8-4

Every run the Mets scored was unearned, and they snapped a six-game win streak despite three Rays' errors. All that erased a strong start by Holmes, who allowed one run and three hits in five innings, striking out three and walking two.

The New York Mets had a brutal start to their three-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays. On Friday night, the Mets blew a 5-1 lead in the top of the sixth in