Cubs 9 Mets 6 (10 innings): Jerry Manuel took all the questions after the game, but he didn’t have any answers. The Mets jumped out to a big lead and then saw it disappear as they lost one of their biggest games of the year. Don’t blame the bullpen. They held the Mets in the game inning after inning, it was the offense that blew this one. Time after time, the Mets couldn’t get the......

Photograph of Jose Reyes crashing into the Braves' Chipper Jones by John Bazemore/AP Mets 9 Atlanta 5: For once it was another team’s bullpen that blew it. Atlanta gave up four runs in the eighth to propel the Mets to victory. Daniel Murphy had a key two-run double to break a 5-5 tie and Jose Reyes and David Wright added RBI’s to provide some insurance. Brian Stokes came in and got the last six......

Patriots 19, Jets 10: Brett Favre got a rousing welcome from the Meadowlands faithful, but after his introduction, things turned sour. The Jets -- who got plenty of love following a Week 1 win -- played a sloppy and uninspired game against the Tom Brady-less Patriots. Whether it be Jay Feely's missing a 31-yard field goal or Favre taking a 20-yard sack, the Jets put forth a C effort. The Patriots defense, as old as......

The Yankees and Mets found a fairly unique way to celebrate the closing of their respective stadiums Saturday, doubleheaders for both teams at home. It has happened twice before in 1997 and 1982 with the Yankees splitting both times and the Mets splitting once and being swept once. Saturday’s results fell along historical precedents. In game one of the Yankees series, Tampa pounded New York 7-1. James Shields kept the Yankees off the scoreboard until......

Mets 13, Nationals 10: After a game like this, the Mets can sit back and laugh. But during the contest, they could be forgiven for missing the humor. David Wright's two-run homer was one of his four hits and helped the Mets retake the lead after they blew a six-run advantage. Joe Smith got the win in relief for the second night in a row. Mike Pelfrey lasted five innings but allowed five runs and,......

Mets 3, Astros 0: They didn't score often, but the 3 runs the Mets scored early was enough to help Johan Santana to his third straight win. Santana pitched seven scoreless innings, but needed a career-high 121 pitches to do so. The Mets got the scoring started in the 1st when David Wright drove in Jose Reyes in on a single. In the 2nd inning, Brian Schneider hit a two-run home run, his fifth of......

Yankees 5 Toronto 1: If they had lost the Yankees would have been in a tie for third place, but they won and for a second, everything seems right in their world again. It is probably a fleeting moment, because the deficit is just too big, but for now the Yankees have life again. Andy Pettitte was good, shutting down the Blue Jays over seven innings and Derek Jeter crept closer to Babe Ruth in......

Mets 7, Braves 3: The bad-bullpen shoe is on the other foot, at least for one day. The Mets jumped out to an early lead -- what else is new? -- on a David Wright sacrifice fly and a Fernando Tatis ground-rule double in the first. The Braves got three back off Oliver Perez in the third, however, and the Mets' bats were shut down. Trailing 3-2 in the eighth, the Mets got a two-run......

Yankees 3, Rangers 0: Mike Mussina and the Yankees can't afford to keep splitting four-game series. But when the team enters the finale having lost two of the first three, what choice do they have? Derek Jeter hit a home run as the game's second batter. Mussina followed that up with seven scoreless innings, striking out six and walking one. That's an impressive outing against the best offense in baseball. Brian Bruney, Damaso Marte and......

Yankees 5 Texas 2: The news before the game wasn’t good; Joba has tendinitis of the rotator cuff. The plan is to shut him down for a week and then see if he can throw. Who knows if Joba returns, and Ian Kennedy will now start for the Yankees this weekend, but at least the news on the field was good. Sidney Ponson did enough to keep the team in the game and Wilson Betemit......

Astros 7, Mets 3: The three solo home runs surrendered by Pedro Martinez didn't help, and the grand slam Aaron Heilman served up to Mark Loretta obviously decided the game. But it turned when the Mets loaded the bases with none out in the seventh inning and got nothing. The culprits? Endy Chavez, who struck out swinging; David Wright, who grounded out; and then Carlos Delgado, who flew out to left. Two of the......

Marlins 7, Mets 5: Mike Pelfrey has been a major part of the Mets' revival this season. But he was the main culprit in this loss to the Marlins, New York's second loss in three games down in Miami. Pelfrey allowed five runs on eight hits through four innings, and the bats' comeback didn't work out. Of 16 plate appearances from David Wright, Carlos Beltran and Carlos Delgado, only Beltran reached base, and he......

Mets 9 St. Louis 1: You can call it overkill, but after last week’s loss to the Phillies, you can’t blame Jerry Manuel for making Santana go the distance. Santana dominated the Cardinals, allowing only seven baserunners while striking out five. He also collected two hits on offense, part of a 17-hit attack by the Mets. David Wright, Fernando Tatis and Ramon Castro all homered as New York collected a series win and maintained their......

It’s time for the Mets to go shopping and Omar Minaya needs to find a bat to bolster the lineup. With the Mets in first place and finally living up to their potential, their GM needs to patch the biggest remaining hole in the team and a corner outfielder would do that. Some will suggest that the Mets sit back and wait for Ryan Church to heal, but that ignores two facts. The first is......

Photograph of Jose Molina, center, congratulated (for being willing to be drilled by a pitch) by Johnny Damon, second left, Robinson Cano, left and Melky Cabrera, right, by Ed Betz/AP Yankees 4, Athletics 3 (12 innings): This see-saw battle ended on a strange play: Jose Molina got hit by a pitch to force in the game-winning run. The Yankees had a 2-0 lead in this one but Jose Veras let it -- and a......

The Mets win their 10th game in a row, thanks to a ninth inning two-run home run from David Wright....

After just making the All-Star roster last week, David Wright stopped by vitaminwater's Homers on the Hudson event. The contest gave people the chance to hit a ball off a tee 150 feet into an inflatable glove (on top of an inflatable vitaminwater bottle, of course) on a barge in the Hudson--if successful, they win $1 million. It wasn't very easy, for Wright or Jets safety Kerry Rhodes or any of the non-professional athletes, but......

If you're looking to retire early, or seize upon that soft Brooklyn real estate market, and you can hit a baseball with tremendous accuracy, then you should head down to Pier 61 in Chelsea tomorrow. From 10am to 1pm, vitaminwater is giving the first 200 people who show up a chance to hit a home run in their Homers in the Hudson promotion. Those participating should wear their luckiest accessories because to win the $1......

By hook or by crook (actually, by injury), David Wright has made the National League All-Star team. Missing out on the Final Vote yesterday to Corey Hart on the Brewers, Wright was named as a reserve today Major League Baseball, taking the spot vacated by injured Cubs outfielder Alfonso Soriano. Matt Holliday will take Soriano's spot as a starting outfielder. Wright, who will be making his 3rd appearance as an All-Star leads the Mets with......

Despite our shameless last-minute plug for David Wright and Jason Giambi, neither of them made the 2008 All-Star Team in their respective league. The winners for the Final Vote were outfielder Corey Hart of the Brewers and Rays third baseman Evan Longoria. Hart presumably benefited from the Milwaukee's "I Hart NY" campaign while Longoria must have traded on Mrs. Tony Parker's fame.......

Photos of Andy Pettitte with Mike Mussina (left) with a fake mustache and Jose Veras with a fake mustache (right) by AP/Julie Jacobson Only a few hours remain until the final spots on baseball's 2008 All-Star Game will be decided. Major League Baseball announced this morning that Corey Hart of the Milwaukee Brewers is leading the National League voting and Evan Longoria of the Tampa Bay Rays is leading the American League voting. Trailing......

Photograph of coach Dan Warthen congratulating reliever Billy Wagner for managing the save by Tom Mihalek/AP Mets 10, Phillies 9: Leave it to the Mets to stake Pedro Martinez to a 10-1 lead and then make him sweat it out. Martinez was charged with two runs in 5 1/3 innings, striking out six. He gave up two home runs, but this time they came with no one on base. Things looked rosy when he......

Photo of (left to right) Alex Rodriguez (AP/Kathy Willens), Derek Jeter (AP/Kathy Willens), Mariano Rivera (AP/Julie Jacobson) and Billy Wagner (AP/Tom Mihalek) With the Mets and Yankees putting forth middling seasons, that only four players total got selected to the July 14 All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium should come as no surprise. Billy Wagner is the lone Mets representative (full NL roster), though he had an interesting way of celebrating. For the Yankees, Derek......

Sidney Ponson, who will soon be forgotten himself, made a start that will be forgotten. That's thanks in part to his ineffectiveness but mostly to the Yanks' offensive explosion spearheaded by Jason Giambi (grand slam, six RBIs) and Alex Rodriguez (homer, three RBIs, four runs scored). Every Yankees starter had a hit. That includes Brett Gardner, who could be the new center fielder if Melky Cabrera continues his sour play. Ponson, picked up as a stopgap measure, was barely decent -- but fully clothed -- until the sixth inning, when he allowed a pair of two-run home runs. But then the Yankees exploded for a nine-run seventh. ...

Photograph of Tony Armas giving a fist pound to Damion Easley who scored on a double by Ramon Casto by Tom Gannam/AP Mets 7 St. Louis 4: The Mets called up Tony Armas to make this start and while he struggled early, he delivered in the end. The Cardinals jumped out to a 2-0 lead and took a 3-1 lead after two. But, the Mets’ offense struck back while Armas kept them in the......

Photograph of Carlos Delgado leaping for an errant throw from David Wright and trying to tag Alex Rodriguez out (but A-Rod was ruled safe) by Julie Jacobson/AP Yankees 3, Mets 2: Andy Pettitte pitched through a rain delay, and Johan Santana couldn't pitch through another meager output from the Mets bats. Pettitte came out after a 53-minute rain delay and gave up a solo homer to David Wright. But that only made the game......

Photo of David Wright congratulating Carlos Delgado after a grand slam in Yankee Stadium by AP/Frank Franklin II Photo of Jose Molina congratulating Bobby Abreu at Shea Stadium by AP/Julie Jacobson Eight hours of baseball in two different stadiums ended with both the Mets and Yankees scoring 15 runs and earning a split of their doubleheader. The first game was the “Carlos Delgado Show” as Delgado hammered Yankees’ pitching for nine RBI’s thanks to......

Photograph of David Wright being congratulated by third base coach Luis Aguayo after his solo home run by Julie Jacobson/AP Mets 8 Seattle 2: New York came out angry and scored early as they romped to a sweep-avoiding victory. Maybe it was Jerry Manuel’s decision to change the team's warmup routine, maybe it was the thought of being swept by the worst team in the American League. Whatever the reason, the Mets showed some......

Photograph of Carlos Beltran sliding into home--and Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez--by Seth Wenig/AP It seemed like such an innocent play at the time. Willie Blumquist grounded to third for what should have been an easy out, but David Wright bobbled the ball and the bases were loaded. But, the pitcher was due up and pitchers can’t hit, especially American League ones, right? Wrong, Felix Hernandez became the first AL pitcher in 37 years to......

Photograph of Alex Rodriguez celebrating with third base coach Bobby Meacham after A-Rod hit a third-inning home run by Frank Franklin II/AP Yankees 8 Padres 5: Is it a coincidence that the Yankees have gone 19-9 since A-Rod returned to the lineup? You certainly have to give Posada some credit too, but the lineup is scoring again and the Yankees have been able to overcome some rough pitching, especially from their bullpen. Wednesday night......