Mets first. Brandon Nimmo grounds out to shallow infield, Jonathan Loaisiga to Luke Voit. Michael Conforto doubles to left field. J.D. Davis grounds out to shortstop, Jordy Mercer to Luke Voit. Dominic Smith singles to deep left field, tagged out at second, Mike Tauchman to Thairo Estrada to Luke Voit to Jordy Mercer. Michael Conforto scores.1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Mets 1, Yankees 0.Yankees third. Jordy Mercer walks. Thairo Estrada singles to deep right field. Jordy Mercer to third. Erik Kratz singles to left field. Thairo Estrada to second. Jordy Mercer scores. Luke Voit pops out to shallow left field to Luis Guillorme. Clint Frazier walks. Erik Kratz to second. Thairo Estrada to third. Aaron Hicks singles to right center field. Clint Frazier to second. Erik Kratz to third. Thairo Estrada scores. Gary Sanchez walks. Aaron Hicks to second. Clint Frazier to third. Erik Kratz scores. Mike Tauchman grounds out to shallow infield. Gary Sanchez out at second.3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors,... [More]

PHOENIX (AP) — Andrew McCutchen has relished these past few days in the Philadelphia Phillies clubhouse, having difficult, important conversations with baseball teammates about racial injustice. As a Black man in a sport that's filled with mostly white and Hispanic players, he doesn't feel it's a burden to lead in the discussions. He's just glad that on Jackie Robinson Day, they're conversations that everyone is willing to have, even if the answers aren't always clear.“People want to know what’s next, want to know the answers,” McCutchen said. “It’s OK to not have the answers, it’s OK to not know what’s next. "What’s not OK is not caring what’s next.”Major League Baseball observed a Jackie Robinson Day like no other Friday, with teams celebrating a man who broke the sport's color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. More than 70 years later, the racial reckoning continued.Eleven games were postponed this week as some teams joined other leagues like the NBA, WNBA and MLS in protesting... [More]

PHOENIX (AP) — Andrew McCutchen has relished these past few days in the Philadelphia Phillies clubhouse, having difficult, important conversations with baseball teammates about racial injustice. As a Black man in a sport that's filled with mostly white and Hispanic players, he doesn't feel it's a burden to lead in the discussions. He's just glad that on Jackie Robinson Day, they're conversations that everyone is willing to have, even if the answers aren't always clear.“People want to know what’s next, want to know the answers,” McCutchen said. “It’s OK to not have the answers, it’s OK to not know what’s next. "What’s not OK is not caring what’s next.”Major League Baseball observed a Jackie Robinson Day like no other Friday, with teams celebrating a man who broke the sport's color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. More than 70 years later, the racial reckoning continued.Eleven games were postponed this week as some teams joined other leagues like the NBA, WNBA and MLS in protesting... [More]

NEW YORK (AP) — Dominic Smith hit the go-ahead home run in his first game since tearfully pleading for help combating racial inequality, and the New York Mets beat the crosstown Yankees 6-4 in the opener of a doubleheader Friday.Smith, a 25-year-old Black man, wept Wednesday night reflecting on a recent shooting by police of a Black man in Wisconsin. Smith and his teammates were all smiles after his decisive solo shot against Chad Green in the sixth inning on what was Jackie Robinson Day around the majors. Smith’s drive followed a tying three-run shot by Pete Alonso, and Jake Marisnick also connected in the inning against Green (2-2).Clint Frazier homered and reached base four times for the Yankees, who lost their sixth in a row.Walker Lockett (1-0) pitched two scoreless innings in relief for the Mets. Edwin Díaz struck out the side in the ninth for his second save.___More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports

PHOENIX (AP) — Major League Baseball observed a Jackie Robinson Day like no other Friday, with teams celebrating a man who broke the sport's color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 while the racial reckoning continued. Ten baseball games were postponed over two days as some teams joined other leagues like the NBA, WNBA and MLS in protesting social injustice.For Twins manager Rocco Baldelli, it's a well-timed honor.“I did find it almost crazy and kind of great, after everything that went down yesterday in baseball and in sports and with our organization as well, that we come right back here today and wear No. 42 and we go out there and celebrate Jackie Robinson and everything that he’s done for our game, and really, for the nation," Baldelli said.Jackie Robinson Day is usually on April 15, but the celebration was moved to Aug. 28 this season to accommodate the COVID-19-altered schedule, which started in late July. The date was chosen because it is the anniversary of the March on... [More]

Yankees first. Luke Voit singles to right field. Clint Frazier doubles to deep center field. Luke Voit scores. Brett Gardner singles to shallow infield. Clint Frazier to third. Gary Sanchez walks. Brett Gardner to second. Clint Frazier scores. Mike Ford called out on strikes. Miguel Andujar flies out to deep center field to Jake Marisnick. Brett Gardner to third. Estevan Florial strikes out swinging.2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Yankees 2, Mets 0.Yankees second. Thairo Estrada strikes out swinging. Tyler Wade grounds out to shallow infield, Michael Wacha to Pete Alonso. Luke Voit doubles to deep left field. Clint Frazier homers to right field. Luke Voit scores. Brett Gardner strikes out swinging.2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Yankees 4, Mets 0.Mets fifth. Robinson Cano pops out to shallow infield to Miguel Andujar. Wilson Ramos grounds out to shallow center field, Tyler Wade to Mike Ford. Dominic Smith hit by pitch. Jake Marisnick reaches on error. Dominic Smith to third. Fielding... [More]

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Mets and Miami Marlins jointly walked off the field after a moment of silence, draping a Black Lives Matter T-shirt across home plate as they chose not to play Thursday night.After other games around baseball were postponed to protest social injustice, the Mets were late to take the field Thursday and never submitted a lineup to the public or the umpires. Neither starting pitcher threw any warmup pitches. The teams stood around their dugouts in full uniforms shortly before the 7:10 p.m. scheduled first pitch, and the national anthem was played and all players and coaches stood.Mets outfielder Dominic Smith — a Black man who wept Wednesday night while discussing the shooting by police of a Black man in Wisconsin over the weekend — led New York onto the field. Players took their positions, then reserves and coaches filed out of both dugouts and stood silently for 42 seconds.Members on each team doffed caps towards the other side before returning to their clubhouses,... [More]

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Mets and Miami Marlins jointly walked off the field after a moment of silence, draping a Black Lives Matter T-shirt across home plate as they chose not to play Thursday night.After other games around baseball were postponed to protest social injustice, the Mets were late to take the field Thursday and never submitted a lineup to the public or the umpires. Neither starting pitcher threw any warmup pitches. The teams stood around their dugouts in full uniforms shortly before the 7:10 p.m. scheduled first pitch, and the national anthem was played and all players and coaches stood.Mets outfielder Dominic Smith — a Black man who wept Wednesday night while discussing the shooting by police of a Black man in Wisconsin over the weekend — led New York onto the field. Players took their positions, then reserves and coaches filed out of both dugouts and stood silently for 42 seconds.Members on each team doffed caps towards the other side before returning to their clubhouses,... [More]

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Mets and Miami Marlins jointly walked off the field after a moment of silence, draping a Black Lives Matter T-shirt across home plate as they chose not to play Thursday night.After other games around baseball were postponed to protest social injustice, the Mets were late to take the field Thursday and neither starting pitcher threw any warmup pitches. The teams stood around their dugouts in full uniforms shortly before the 7:10 p.m. scheduled first pitch, and the national anthem was played and all players and coaches stood.Mets outfielder Dominic Smith — a Black man who wept Wednesday night while discussing the shooting by police of a Black man in Wisconsin over the weekend — then led New York onto the field. Players took their positions, then reserves and coaches filed out of both dugouts and stood silently for 42 seconds.Both teams then returned to their clubhouses, leaving only the black T-shirt at home.“After seeing the comments Dom made last night, it’s... [More]

In a typically awkward way, Major League Baseball has been pulled into America’s discussion about racial injustice. Some teams are playing. Some aren’t. Two teams walked off the field after the national anthem.But across the sport, one theme became clear: Baseball shouldn’t avoid potentially difficult conversations and decisions regarding social issues. Though the process may be imperfect, there was agreement that coaches, players and teams should speak their mind.“This is at the forefront now,” said Oakland infielder Tony Kemp, who is Black. “By sitting out tonight’s game, I feel like it’s just a small building block of what we want to see. These couple days are historic times in sports. One day our kids are going to look back and ask us what was going on and what did we do to help bring awareness to these issues in the world and we’re going to say, ‘One game we just decided not to play.’”Oakland's game at Texas was among seven that were postponed by Thursday evening, along with Philadelphia... [More]

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Mets and Miami Marlins jointly walked off the field after a moment of silence, draping a Black Lives Matter T-shirt across home plate as they chose not to start their scheduled game Thursday night.The national anthem was played and all players and coaches stood.Mets outfielder Dominic Smith — a Black man who wept Wednesday night while discussing the shooting by police of a Black man in Wisconsin over the weekend — then led New York onto the field. Players took their positions, then reserves and coaches filed out of both dugouts and stood silently for 42 seconds.Both teams then left the field, leaving only the black T-shirt at home.It was not immediately clear if the Mets and Marlins planned to resume their game. ___More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports

NEW YORK (AP) — Mets slugger Dominic Smith doesn't care if white teammates join him in kneeling for the national anthem. Doesn't need them to cut a check to his charity, either.“If you give your time, that’s the only way we can change,” he said.Smith spoke through tears Wednesday night after deciding for the first time to protest during “The Star-Spangled Banner” before New York played the Miami Marlins. It was a last-minute decision, spurred by reports he'd seen moments earlier about athletes boycotting games across the country.While the Mets were at Citi Field, three Major League Baseball games were postponed, along with games in the NBA, Major League Soccer and the WNBA. The athlete-driven protests are a reaction to the shooting by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Sunday of Jacob Blake, a Black man, apparently in the back while three of his children looked on.By the time Smith recognized the gravity of actions being taken by other professional athletes, the Mets and Marlins were deep... [More]

NEW YORK (AP) — Mets slugger Dominic Smith doesn't care if white teammates join him in kneeling for the national anthem. Doesn't need them to cut a check to his charity, either.“If you give your time, that’s the only way we can change,” he said.Smith spoke through tears Wednesday night after deciding for the first time to protest during “The Star-Spangled Banner” before New York played the Miami Marlins. It was a last-minute decision, spurred by reports he'd seen moments earlier about athletes boycotting games across the country.While the Mets were at Citi Field, three Major League Baseball games were postponed, along with games in the NBA, Major League Soccer and the WNBA. The athlete-driven protests are a reaction to the shooting by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Sunday of Jacob Blake, a Black man, apparently in the back while three of his children looked on.By the time Smith recognized the gravity of actions being taken by other professional athletes, the Mets and Marlins were deep... [More]

Mets first. Brandon Nimmo strikes out swinging. Michael Conforto singles to shallow left field. J.D. Davis singles to right field. Michael Conforto to third. Dominic Smith pops out to shallow left field to Miguel Rojas. Robinson Cano doubles to deep right field. J.D. Davis to third. Michael Conforto scores. Pete Alonso grounds out to shortstop, Jonathan Villar to Lewin Diaz.1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Mets 1, Marlins 0.Mets third. Michael Conforto homers to right field. J.D. Davis grounds out to second base, Jonathan Villar to Lewin Diaz. Dominic Smith strikes out swinging. Robinson Cano singles to shallow left field. Pete Alonso strikes out swinging.1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Mets 2, Marlins 0.Marlins fourth. Matt Joyce doubles to shallow center field. Jesus Aguilar grounds out to shallow infield, Jacob deGrom to Pete Alonso. Matt Joyce to third. Corey Dickerson grounds out to first base to Pete Alonso. Matt Joyce scores. Brian Anderson called out on strikes.1 run, 1 hit,... [More]

Marlins fourth. Jon Berti walks. Jesus Aguilar pops out to Dominic Smith. Corey Dickerson singles to shallow right field. Jon Berti to third. Brian Anderson doubles to shallow left field. Corey Dickerson scores. Jon Berti scores. Lewin Diaz grounds out to first base, Dominic Smith to Jared Hughes. Brian Anderson to third. Jonathan Villar strikes out swinging.2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Marlins 2, Mets 0.Marlins sixth. Jon Berti walks. Jesus Aguilar lines out to center field to Juan Lagares. Corey Dickerson grounds out to shallow infield, Jeff McNeil to Dominic Smith. Brian Anderson hit by pitch. Lewin Diaz grounds out to shortstop, Luis Guillorme to Dominic Smith.1 run, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Marlins 3, Mets 0.

MIAMI (AP) — Michael Conforto hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the ninth inning Wednesday, and the New York Mets beat the Miami Marlins for the third night in a row, 5-3.Jacob deGrom pitched six shutout innings and left with a lead, but Miami scored against the Mets' bullpen on a wild pitch and two bases-loaded walks for a 3-all tie going into the ninth.Brandon Nimmo walked with two out against Brandon Kintzler (1-2), and Conforto hit his fourth homer to center field, a shot estimated at 425 feet.“With how great Jake was,” Conforto said, “it feels good to get that win tonight.” “It’s a big homer,” Mets manager Luis Rojas said, “and one of those wins we haven't haven't had this year — in the ninth to take a lead with two outs, especially after blowing a save.”DeGrom struck out seven, walked none, allowed four hits and departed after throwing 91 pitches. Working for the first time in 10 days after skipping a turn because of neck stiffness, he touched 100 mph in the first inning and 98 in... [More]

Mets second. Robinson Cano grounds out to shallow infield, Eddy Alvarez to Jesus Aguilar. Pete Alonso singles to left center field. Luis Guillorme doubles to shallow left field. Pete Alonso to third. Wilson Ramos out on a sacrifice fly to deep right field to Lewis Brinson. Luis Guillorme to third. Pete Alonso scores. Amed Rosario strikes out swinging.1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Mets 1, Marlins 0.Mets seventh. Dominic Smith doubles. Robinson Cano grounds out to shallow infield to Pablo Lopez. Dominic Smith to third. Pete Alonso is intentionally walked. Luis Guillorme singles to shallow right field. Pete Alonso to second. Dominic Smith scores. Wilson Ramos flies out to right field to Lewis Brinson. Amed Rosario strikes out swinging.1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Mets 2, Marlins 0.Marlins seventh. Francisco Cervelli walks. Eddy Alvarez reaches on a fielder's choice to shallow infield. Francisco Cervelli out at second. Logan Forsythe singles to shallow infield. Eddy Alvarez to... [More]

MIAMI (AP) — Michael Conforto hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the ninth inning Wednesday, and the New York Mets beat the Miami Marlins for the third night in a row, 5-3.Jacob deGrom pitched six shutout innings and left with a lead, but Miami scored against the Mets' bullpen on a wild pitch and two bases-loaded walks for a 3-all tie going into the ninth.Brandon Nimmo walked with two out against Miami closer Brandon Kintzler (1-2), and Conforto hit his fourth homer to center field, a shot estimated at 425 feet.DeGrom struck out seven, walked none, allowed four hits and departed after throwing 91 pitches. Working for the first time in 10 days after skipping a turn because of neck stiffness, he touched 100 mph in the first inning and 98 in the sixth. Edwin Diaz (1-0) walked in a run in the eighth but pitched a perfect ninth, getting all four of his outs via strikeout.Miami’s Pablo Lopez allowed two runs in 6 1/3 innings, raising his ERA to 2.42.The Marlins have lost five games in a row to... [More]

Mets third. Amed Rosario flies out to deep center field to Monte Harrison. Tomas Nido flies out to deep right field to Magneuris Sierra. Brandon Nimmo homers to center field. Jeff McNeil lines out to left field to Matt Joyce.1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Mets 1, Marlins 0.Mets fourth. J.D. Davis homers to center field. Michael Conforto walks. Robinson Cano strikes out swinging. Pete Alonso singles to center field. Michael Conforto to second. Dominic Smith doubles to deep left field. Pete Alonso to third. Michael Conforto scores. Amed Rosario grounds out to third base, Brian Anderson to Jesus Aguilar. Tomas Nido flies out to deep center field to Monte Harrison.2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Mets 3, Marlins 0.Marlins fourth. Jonathan Villar strikes out on a foul tip. Matt Joyce doubles to deep right center field. Jesus Aguilar doubles. Matt Joyce scores. Corey Dickerson pops out to shallow left field to J.D. Davis. Brian Anderson singles to right center field. Jesus Aguilar scores.... [More]

Marlins first. Jonathan Villar singles to shallow right field. Jesus Aguilar strikes out swinging. Matt Joyce doubles to deep right center field. Jonathan Villar scores. Brian Anderson walks. Lewin Diaz lines out to center field to Brandon Nimmo. Francisco Cervelli walks. Brian Anderson to second. Matt Joyce to third. Eddy Alvarez grounds out to first base, Pete Alonso to Robert Gsellman.1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 left on. Marlins 1, Mets 0.Mets second. Michael Conforto walks. Robinson Cano singles to shallow left field. Michael Conforto to second. Pete Alonso walks. Robinson Cano to second. Michael Conforto to third. Dominic Smith doubles to deep right center field. Pete Alonso to third. Robinson Cano scores. Michael Conforto scores. Wilson Ramos reaches on a fielder's choice to third base. Pete Alonso out at home. Amed Rosario doubles to deep right field. Wilson Ramos to third. Dominic Smith scores. Brandon Nimmo grounds out to shallow infield to Lewin Diaz. Jeff McNeil called out on... [More]