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Nick Markakis and Austin Riley homered on consecutive pitches in the eighth inning Saturday night for the Atlanta Braves, who took advantage of the latest implosion by the New York Mets' bullpen to post a 5-4 win. The Braves have won the first two games of the three-game series against the Mets, who have dropped seven straight. New York has led in the sixth inning or later in five of those losses. Continue to Article

June 29, 2019 9:35:pm EST

Mike Soroka earned the win by tossing 6 1/3 strong innings Friday night, and the Atlanta Braves never trailed after fellow rookie Austin Riley launched a two-run homer in the second inning as they defeated the host New York Mets 6-2. The Mets lost their sixth straight and fell to a National League-worst 9-17 in June. Soroka (9-1) allowed two runs on seven hits and no walks while striking out four as he once again became eligible to qualify for the NL ERA title. Continue to Article

June 28, 2019 10:27:pm EST

Mike Francesa called it a “rocking-chair save.” And that's what it should have been for the Mets. Calling the Mets a dumpster fire is far too gentle. In their quest for rock bottom and whatever misery lies underneath that final layer of baseball nothingness, the Mets have blazed a new trail of failure littered with blown leads, bullpen breakdowns, front-office unrest and locker-room blowups. Continue to Article

June 28, 2019 4:13:am EST

Craig Kimbrel got a little help settling in at Wrigley Field. Kimbrel dodged trouble for a save in his season debut when new teammate Anthony Rizzo dived into first base for the final out, and the Chicago Cubs rallied from five runs down to beat the Atlanta Braves 9-7 on Thursday. Called up from Triple-A earlier in the day, Kimbrel struck out Brian McCann looking and induced a groundout from Johan Camargo to start the ninth inning. Continue to Article

June 27, 2019 7:54:pm EST

For the second time in 18 hours, the Phillies walked off with a win over the Mets. For a fourth straight game, they came back from a multi-run deficit. All of this after their worst series of the season this past weekend, when they were swept by the Marlins. Continue to Article

June 27, 2019 5:51:pm EST

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