Cubs 10 Mets 1: For the first time this year, John Maine started, but the Mets didn’t win. Maine was shaky in the first two innings, giving up three runs, but settled down after that. The problem was, Carlos “don’t call me Victor” Zambrano showed the form that has made him one of the best pitchers in the league. Coming into the game, Zambrano had been a mess, but Tuesday he was back in form,......

No big trades at the deadline: Is anyone else worried about Isiah? The NBA trade deadline came and went and he didn’t add any huge contracts or mediocre players to the Knicks. Something must be wrong or did Jim Dolan finally stop the insanity? As for the Nets, it is hard to understand why they didn’t make a deal. With Vince Carter probably opting out of his deal at the end of the season and......

- Rockets 97, Knicks 90: The state of the Knicks is so sad that their former coach has more wins at Madson Square Garden with his new team than the Knicks' current head coach does. Jeff Van Gundy is 7-1 against the Knicks with four consecutive wins at MSG and Isiah Thomas is 1-5 at home. Yao Ming led all scorers with 26 points and Tracy McGrady added 24. Jamal Crawford led the Knicks......

Not everyone was forunate enough to score Game 7 tickets, or didn't want to spend 4x the ticket price for them. Instead we are here with friends live blogging the Cardnials vs Mets! The Cardinals' Jeff Suppan is a better pitcher, but we don't think he'll have the night he had during Game 3. Oliver Perez has a lot to prove, but manager Willie Randolph will pull him and throw everyone in the bullpen......

After the Mets' Tom Glavine and the Cardinals' Jeff Weaver exchanged shutout innings Thursday, few were surprised by who blinked first. Weaver did when he allowed a two-run homer by Carlos Beltran in the sixth. The shot broke a scoreless tie and helped the Mets to a Game 1 win. With their only reliable starter going, the Mets surely wanted this game. Series are not won or lost in the first game, but with......

After making quick work of the Dodgers in the division series, the Mets start a four-of-seven series against the Cardinals tonight. As they stand four wins away from the World Series, the Mets look across at a team that -- like the Dodgers -- could be vulnerable on the mound, especially in the bullpen. The Cardinals have been inconsistent all year, and their pitching has been a big reason why. Throughout the regular season,......

-Blue Jays 7, Yankees 5: No one cared about the score, but Derek Jeter's 1-for-5 performance cost him a chance at the American League batting crown. Minnesota's Joe Mauer took it home. As overrated a baseball statistic as batting average is -- on-base percentage is a better indicator of a player's value -- Jeter surely wanted the title. This has been the best season of his career -- in large part because of his on-base......

-Yankees 12, Devil Rays 4: For eight innings, the margin of victory would have been more than the Yanks' magic number, which dropped to nine with the win. Hideki Matsui returned, went 4-for-4 with a walk and Mike Mussina pitched effectively. Both develepments should make Yankees fans smile. Some might have tuned out though, since Bobby Abreu knocked in six runs during a nine-run Yankees first inning. -Mets 6, Marlins 4: The Mets staged a......

-Mets 8 Cardinals 7: It is a very real possibility that these two teams will be facing off in October with a trip to the World Series on the line. If that does happen, the Mets took a huge psychological advantage with their win tonight. Down 7-1, Carlos Delgado hit a grand slam; his second home run of the game and Carlos Beltran sent them home happy in the ninth with a two-run blast off......

-Mets 13 Cubs 7: New York fell behind 5-0, not a problem when you hit not one, but two grand slams in a single inning. The Mets erupted for eleven runs in the sixth thanks to home runs from Cliff Floyd, Carlos Beltran and David Wright plus two errors by Todd Walker. The offensive fireworks allowed the Mets to overcome a horrible start by El Duque and showcased a brilliant performance by their bullpen. While......

It's not enough that David Wright is the new sex symbol for New York's baseball teams, now four other Mets get in on the action. Well, sort of. The July 17th issue of Sports Illustrated (on newsstands now) has the five members of the New York Metropolitans on the cover with the title, "Welcome To Rip City, The Adventures of Captain Red Ass And the Intrepid Mets." Of course, with that whole Sports Illustrated......

- Mets 7, Pirates 6: The Mets managed a come from behind victory against the Pirates, scoring 3 runs in the 8th inning. Billy Wagner, who has struggled at times this season, picked up his 16th save of the season and his 300th career save despite allowing a two-out hit in the 9th inning. Cliff Floyd, who only recently returned to the lineup after a stint on the DL, left the game with a......

- Cliff Floyd has come back to New York and is playing baseball. He's just playing in Brooklyn and not Queens. The Mets right fielder is making a rehab start for the Cyclones tonight in Coney Island. Maybe the presence of a Major Leaguer will help the Cyclones win their 2nd game of the season. The Mets' single-A affiliate finally broke through last night in a 4-0 win against the Hudson Valley Renegades. Tickets......

Billy, it’s Metallica on the phone, they want their song back. Actually, you have bigger problems than a stupid song, you just threw your manager under the bus after blowing a 4-0 lead in the ninth. You were “surprised” to be used in that situation? Don’t you think for $11-million a year Willie Randolph should be able to choose when and how often he uses you? Wagner’s terrible performance erased a fantastic start by Pedro......

If you were keeping score at last night's Mets-Braves game, at what point do you stop? 43 players were used in the almost 5-hour, 14 inning game. At the end, the Mets prevailed 8-7 on a game winning double by David Wright. All told, the Mets and Braves both used all of their 13 position players and the Braves used 9 pitchers. The length of the game was no match-up for the game on July......

Clearly, you can't win them all. For the Mets, that's always the case when Victor Zambrano pitches. Last night, with Zambrano on the mound, the Mets lost to the Braves, 7-1. Zambrano, who won his last game, allowed seven runs and hits, including three home runs over his short five inning outing. Kyle Davies stymied the Mets, allowing only one run and three hits in his first career complete game. The one run was the......

Don't look now, but the Mets have the best...we're just not going to finish that sentence. The Mets are riding high after a sweep of the Washington Nationals and are on a six game winning streak. Yesterday, in Victor Zambrano's first start of the season, the Mets cruised to victory again, defeating the Nationals 13-4. In the win, the Mets managed to hit four home runs, including three in the first inning by Carlos Beltran,......

There was no repeat of last week's game by Pedro Martinez against the Washington Nationals. In that game, he hit a career high three batters in the game. Last night, Martinez had command of his pitches, allowing only three hits and one walk in seven innings. The lone run came on a solo home run by Jose Vidro in the 4th inning. The Mets 3-1 win, their 5th in a row, was not a beanball-fest,......

Another year, another slogan for the Mets. This year's: "The Team. The Year." Indeed it seems like that's the company line so far. At yesterday's "Workout Day," Cliff Floyd and David Wright both mentioned bringing a World Series to Queens. It was a notion that proved to be very popular with the 13,000 plus fans on hand. Perhaps it was the constant reminders that 2006 is the 20th Anniversary of the World Champion '86......

It's Yankee against Yankee in the last stages of Major League Baseball All-Star voting! Derek Jeter and Hideki Matsui are vying for the final position on the American League's All Star team. Jeter and Matsui are up against Scott Podsednik of the Chicago White Sox, Torii Hunter from the Minnesota Twins, and Carl Crawford of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays; MLB.com says Jeter is leading Podsednik after one day of voting. You can vote right......

Two hundred million dollars can buy a lot of things, but apparently it cannot buy a baseball team with heart. The day after being stymied by Pedro Martinez, the Yankee bats took another game off, this time against Tom Glavine who came into his start on Saturday with an ERA over 5. When the dust had settled, the Mets had won the contest 10-3 and chants of “Let’s Go Mets!” had filled Yankee Stadium. Cliff......

In the final game of their 12 game homestand, the Mets lost to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 4-3 and finished the homestand 6-6. Coming out .500 isn't horrible for the Mets, but for a team that plays significantly better at record at home than on the road - 22-15 vs. 10-16 - not doing better is not acceptable. Yesterday's loss came after a thrilling victory on Saturday night which saw an inside the......

In their 40 plus years as a franchise, the Mets have never had a no hitter. And while they didn't get one last night's 3-1 win over the Astros, one of their newest members came within three innings of securing the first no no in franchise history. Pedro Martinez took a no hitter into the 7th inning, but Chris Burke ruined his bid when he hit his first career home run. Despite the home run,......

With a rain out of Friday night's game, the Mets played a doubleheader Sunday to finish up the three game series against the Giants. The Giants won the first game 6-3 behind the pitching and hitting of Brett Tomko. Tomko threw 7.2 innings and allowed only one run, but his biggest impact was at the plate. In the 6th inning, Tomko hit a bases clearing double with two outs off Kaz Ishii. The win snapped......

It's sad that Gothamist has come to expect so little from Tom Glavine, This season, it's been hard to remember that he had 261 wins after last year and that he has two Cy Young awards to his name, but very easy to remember that he's 39. Last night, in a 2-0 Mets victory against St. Louis, Glavine threw a strong 7 innings giving allowing no runs, no walks, and only four hits by the......

Tom Glavine continues to struggle for the Mets this season, picking up his 4th loss of the season last night against the Phillies. Glavine only made it 3.2 innings and gave up 6 hits, 8 runs, and 6 walks. His ERA in 6 games is 7.04. Yikes! On the flipside, Brett Myers, the starter for Philadelpha, has only allowed 6 earned runs all season! We'll look past the loss for some other things of note......

Down in the Nation's Capital, the Mets took the final game of their three game series against the Nationals, winning 6-3. The win stops the 4-game losing streak and only came after the Mets scored three runs in the 9th. Miguel Cairo had a sac fly to score the first run and Carlos Beltran had a double to knock in the other two. Braden Looper had another heart stopping performance despite not giving up any......

Perhaps Gothamist was a little too hopeful going into last night's Mets-Braves game. We were daydreaming of a pitchers duel going into the 9th inning with the Mets winning in the bottom half of the 9th. Not exactly how things turned out as the Mets lost 4-3. Pedro Martinez gave up three runs in the 1st inning, allowing the Braves get a good jump on the Mets, who answered with one run in the......

Is Braden Looper the new Armando Benitez for the Mets? It seems like every time Looper enters a game, Met fans have to hold their breath. Last night, while not Looper's fault, was no different. The Mets had a 5-3 lead entering the bottom of the 9th, but Looper gave up two hits and one unearned run before closing up the game for a 5-4 Mets win. Two runs in the 8th off Roberto Hernandez,......

Don't look now, but the Mets have a winning streak going. It's two games, but we'll take it. A day after getting their first win of the season, the Mets managed to come from behind in the 8th inning on their way to a 8-4 win. The 8th seems like their magic inning in the two Mets victories, with 5 runs scored in each game. Unfortunately, they needed the runs yesterday after the bullpen......