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Mets Place Mark Vientos on Injured List

The New York Mets will place infielder Mark Vientos on the injured list with a fractured bone in his right hand. Manager Andy Green disclosed the injury after Thursday’s 7–3 win over the Kansas City Royals at Citi Field. It came more than a week following Marcus Semien landing on the injured list with a […]

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James Wood of the Nationals and Jose Altuve of the Astros
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Nationals Pull Away Early to Defeat Astros

Nationals 8, Astros 2 The Washington Nationals defeated the Houston Astros, 8–2, Wednesday night at Nationals Park. Back-to-back multi-run innings were the key to this win. Luis García Jr. belted a three-run home run, CJ Abrams added a solo homer and a sacrifice fly, and Foster Griffin carried the Nationals through seven innings. Brice Matthews […]

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Middle Game
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Mets Beat Royals in Middle Game

Mets 6, Royals 2 In a quiet middle game of their series, the New York Mets strung together a 6–2 victory over the Kansas City Royals. At Citi Field on Wednesday, A.J. Ewing hit a leadoff shot in the first. Seven innings later, his team put five more runs across the board to move ahead […]

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Series Opener
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Mets Crumble Against Royals in Series Opener

Royals 16, Mets 12 In a high scoring series opener, the New York Mets surrendered a five run lead to collapse against the Kansas City Royals. At Citi Field on Tuesday, the Royals put 12 runs across the board in two innings to complete a 16-12 victory over the Mets, who were plagued by a […]

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Jorge Polanco
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Mets Reinstate Jorge Polanco From Injured List

The New York Mets announced that they reinstated infielder Jorge Polanco from the 60-day injured list ahead of Tuesday’s series opener against the Kansas City Royals at Citi Field. Polanco has been sidelined since late April with an Achilles and ankle injury. He is expected to start as the team’s designated hitter for the time […]

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Mark Vientos
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Mark Vientos Hits Roadblock With Mets

Infielder Mark Vientos has hit a roadblock in his career with the New York Mets. The 26-year-old had a career year in 2024, but since then has been widely inconsistent. Any of his productive at-bats are followed by hitless outings. His defense has also declined, resulting in him being benched in favor of Jared Young. […]

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Bart Verbruggen of the Netherlands, one of the World Cup teams with a close Big Four parallel. Verbruggen is facedown, lamenting a bad penalty-kick goal he had just allowed to Morocco in a penalty shootout
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The Big Four Guide to World Cup Teams: Finding the U.S. Sports Twin for Soccer Giants

The Big Four Guide to World Cup Teams (Author’s Note: For those new to or unfamiliar with soccer, “friendly” is soccer’s word for “exhibition game.” What defines a “competitive match” can vary depending on who is speaking, though there are universals, like the World Cup or a continental championship. For purposes of this article, a […]

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Juan Soto
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Juan Soto Named to NL All-Star Team

Major League Baseball named New York Mets outfielder Juan Soto a National League All-Star starter. This marks his fifth appearance, as the only player from the Mets to make it this year. The selection was revealed Saturday evening along with the rest of the members of both teams for the 2026 All-Star game on July […]

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