LF Yoenis Cespedes hit his 15th homer Monday in the third inning against RHP Luis Cessa. Cespedes homered for the third straight game, and it marked the fourth time he has done so. Cespedes last homered in three straight games Sept. 1-4, 2015.

OF Yoenis Cespedes has 10 home runs in 18 games at Citizens Bank Park, the most he has in any visiting ballpark.

OF Yoenis Cespedes hit his 150th career home run Friday night. Cespedes turned around a 96-mph offering from Nick Pivetta and hit it 429 feet. It was the 13th homer of the season for the 31-year-old.

LF Yoenis Cespedes hit his 11th home run and has hit safely in nine of past 10 games, going 13-for-41 in that span with two home runs, four doubles, two triples and eight RBIs in that span. In 10 career games at Coors Field, Cespedes is 14-for-41 with five homers and 12 RBIs. In 19 career games against the Rockies, Cespedes is 22-for-73 with six homers and 15 RBIs.

LF Yoenis Cespedes went 2-for-4 with one RBI on Tuesday. In eight games at Coors Field, he's hitting .387 (12-for-31) with three doubles, four home runs and 10 RBIs. Cespedes has at least one hit in seven of eight games on the Mets' current road trip, going 11-for-31 (.355).

LF Yoenis Cespedes was back in the Mets lineup Wednesday after leaving Tuesday night's game with tightness in both quad muscles. But Collins said Cespedes' quads remain an issue moving forward. "We're going to have to watch him," said Collins. Cespedes was 1-for-4 Wednesday night after going 3-for-4 with a homer, a triple and three RBIs Tuesday. His quads tightened when he was running out the triple and scoring on an error. Cespedes is 16-for-47 (.340) in 12 games since the All-Star break.

LF Yoenis Cespedes fell a single shy of the cycle Tuesday night. He was 3-for-4 with a double, triple and homer for three RBIs and two runs scored. Cespedes' 10th homer of the season was his fourth in six career games at Petco Park. Tuesday marked the sixth time this season that Cespedes had three or more hits in a game.

LF Yoenis Cespedes returned to the lineup Monday, when he went 0-for-5 and hit into a game-ending double play in the Mets? 6-3 loss to the Cardinals. Cespedes, who has played in just 45 games this season due to a variety of leg injuries, sat out Sunday's game as a precaution after jamming his hip while trying to make a sliding catch Saturday night. He is batting .273 with nine homers and 20 RBIs this season.

LF Yoenis Cespedes (hip) did not play Sunday, when the Mets fell to the Colorado Rockies 13-4. Manager Terry Collins said it was a precautionary day off for Cespedes, who was hurt while making an awkward slide for a sinking liner in the sixth inning of Saturday night's game. Cespedes, who has been limited to 44 games this year due to a variety of leg injuries, took out a huge chunk of the turf in left field while trying to make the catch. Collins said he expects Cespedes to play Monday, when the Mets begin a four-game series against the Cardinals. Cespedes is batting .281 with nine homers and 20 RBIs this season.

LF Yoenis Cespedes (left hip) left in the sixth inning of the Mets' 8-3 victory over the Rockies Saturday night. Cespedes, who has played just 44 games this season because of a variety of leg injuries, landed awkwardly while trying to make a sliding catch of a sinking liner by Rockies 3B Nolan Arenado. The ball landed just in front of Cespedes, who took out a huge chunk of the grass in left field during the attempt. Cespedes was slow to get up and did a handful of stretching exercises before walking off the field with manager Terry Collins and trainer Ray Ramirez. Cespedes and Collins expressed confidence Cespedes would be fine, though Collins indicated he would likely hold Cespedes out of the lineup Sunday as a precaution. Cespedes went 1-for-3 on Saturday and is batting .281 with nine home runs and 20 RBIs this season.

LF Yoenis Cespedes snapped out of a slump Friday night, when he went 4-for-6 with an RBI in the Mets' 14-2 win over the Rockies. Cespedes entered Friday just 5-for-40 in his last 10 games but singled in the first, doubled and scored in the third, singled later in the third and beat out a run-scoring infield single in the eighth. The four-hit game was the third of the season for Cespedes and his first since June 17. Cespedes is batting .280 with nine homers and 20 RBIs in 43 games this season.

OF Yoenis Cespedes (.281, 9 homers) was in the starting lineup Wednesday before the game was rained out. He did not play Tuesday after he got a leg cramp when he tried to make a shoestring catch on the game-winning hit in the last of the ninth by Ryan Raburn in a 3-2 loss Monday.

LF Yoenis Cespedes (leg cramp) did not play Tuesday after he came up limping when he almost made a shoestring catch in the last of the ninth on the game-winning hit by Ryan Raburn of the Nationals on Monday. Mets manager Terry Collins said after Tuesday's game he hopes the outfielder can be in the starting lineup Wednesday.

LF Yoenis Cespedes came up limping when he almost made a shoestring catch in the bottom of the ninth inning on the game-winning hit by Washington's Ryan Rayburn on Monday. Manager Terry Collins said after the game it is unlikely the slugger will be in the starting lineup on Tuesday. "It's just a cramp. It could have happened to anybody," Cespedes said through a translator. Did he think he had a shot to catch the ball? "For a moment I thought so, but as it kept on going I just realized that the possibility of that kept going down."

Bryce Harper cranked a pair of home runs in his most recent game, but that power won't be on display just prior to this year's All-Star Game.The star right fielder of the Washington Nationals told ESPN that there's "no chance" he will compete in the Home Run Derby as part of the All-Star festivities next week.Harper was the leading vote-getter when the National League All-Star team was announced Sunday. He is among three starters and five selections overall for National League East-leading Washington.The All-Star Game will be held on July 11 at Miami's Marlins Park. The Home Run Derby is scheduled for the previous night.Harper, the NL Most Valuable Player in 2015, competed in the Home Run Derby in 2013 at New York's Citi Field, finishing second to Mets slugger Yoenis Cespedes.The No. 1 overall pick in the 2010 draft, Harper went deep twice in Sunday night's 7-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. He has 20 homers with 62 RBIs and is batting .318.Harper said he "probably" would compete in next year's Home Run Derby, which will be held at Nationals Park in Washington.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The Tampa Bay Rays moved four games above .500 for the first time in nearly two years, surging past the Baltimore Orioles with a 15-5 win on Friday night at Tropicana Field.The Rays jumped out to a 9-2 lead in the first three innings and reset their season high for scoring, getting home runs from Derek Norris, Shane Peterson and Logan Morrison. The slumping Orioles matched a dubious major league record by allowing at least five runs in 20 straight games -- the first team to do so since the 1924 Philadelphia Phillies.Tampa Bay roughed up starter Ubaldo Jimenez (2-3), who didn't survive the third inning. Rays starter Chris Archer (6-4) threw six innings, not needing his best stuff to win his second straight start. The Rays got four RBIs each from Evan Longoria and Peterson, who was called up before the game and had a two-run homer. Marlins 2, Cubs 0MIAMI -- Giancarlo Stanton homered, Jose Urena pitched six scoreless innings and Miami defeated Chicago at Marlins Park.One... [More]

LF Yoenis Cespedes belted a two-run homer in the Mets' 11-4 win over the San Francisco Giants on Friday night. The home run was his fifth in his last seven games against the Giants. He also had a double and a single as part of the Mets' season-high-tying, 20-hit attack.

LF Yoenis Cespedes is hitting .311 with five extra-base hits in 12 games since returning from the disabled list. He has a home run rate of 12.6 per at-bat.

LF Yoenis Cespedes is hitting .382 with three doubles, two home runs and six RBIs in 11 games since returning from a hamstring injury.

LF Yoenis Cespedes continued his hot hitting Saturday, when he went 4-for-5 with a solo homer and three runs scored in the Mets' 7-4 loss to the Nationals. Cespedes singled in his first three at-bats and scored following singles in the fourth and sixth before he homered to left in the eighth. However, he hit into a game-ending 5-4-3 double play in the ninth. The four-hit game was the fifth of Cespedes' career. Cespedes is batting a robust .458 (11-for-24) with two homers and six RBIs in eight games since returning from the disabled list on June 10. Overall this season, Cespedes is batting .322 with eight homers and 16 RBIs in 26 games.