The New York Mets winning machine keeps forging ahead
New York wins their fourth straight thanks to a walk-off single from Jeff McNeil. Plus, a reminder not to take all of this steady winning for granted.
What’s up with the Mets? ⚾
The Mets won their fourth straight game on Tuesday night, walking off the Nationals in the 10th inning by a 5-4 score (box)
2B/CF Jeff McNeil went 1-for-3 at the plate and delivered the walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th
RF Juan Soto went 2-for-4 with a home run (12), double, two RBI and two runs scored at the plate, and had an outfield assist to cut down a runner at home plate
1B Pete Alonso went 1-for-4 at the plate with the game-tying RBI single with two outs in the 8th inning
RHP Griffin Canning had a tough start, allowing four runs on seven hits and a pair of walks over 5.1 innings pitched
Relievers José Buttó, José Castillo, Justin Garza, Edwin Díaz and Reed Garrett combined to pitch 4.2 innings of shutout relief in the win
The Mets are now a season-high 19 games over the .500 mark
Injury Updates 🏥
LHP Sean Manaea (oblique strain) made his second rehab start last night, pitching 2.2 shutout innings in High-A Brooklyn
INF Mark Vientos (low-grade right hamstring strain) is already jogging and hitting, and is optimistic he’ll be able to return to the club soon
Roster Moves 📰
C Francisco Álvarez placed on the paternity list
C Hayden Senger recalled from Triple-A Syracuse
OF Travis Jankowski signed to minor league contract
Who’s Hot? 🔥
After his walk-off hit last night, Jeff McNeil is hitting .300/.344/.667 with three homers, two doubles, and six RBI over eight games in June
Juan Soto is now 14-for-his-last-37 (.378) with four home runs, three doubles, eight RBI, 13 walks, 14 runs scored and only five strikeouts over his last 11 games
Play of the Game ⭐️
There was a point last night where it looked as if it could’ve just been one of those kind of listless losses you’ll see a number of times throughout a 162-game season. The club trailed a mediocre Nationals team by a 4-2 score in the 8th inning with two outs – right before the magic began…
Juan Soto ripped a ball into right field that was going to find the grass no matter what. But Washington outfielder Robert Hassell III made a critical mistake by going for the dive rather than playing the ball on a hop. Had Hassell not gone all-out, the run doesn’t score on that play and Soto wouldn’t have advanced past first base.
If this play doesn’t go down in the exact way it did, what came next may not have ever happened, and the Mets could have very well lost this game.
Down on the Farm 🌾
LHP Sean Manaea (rehab, High-A): 2.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, BB, 4 K
RHP Jonah Tong (No. 4 prospect, Double-A): 5.1 IP, 4 H, ER, 2 BB, 8 K (win)
1B Ryan Clifford (No. 5 prospect, Double-A): 2-for-3, HR (11), BB
RHP Blade Tidwell (No. 15 prospect, Triple-A): 5 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, BB, 5 K (loss)
RF Carson Benge (No. 3 prospect, High-A): 3-for-4, 2 2B, 3 RBI, run scored
BOX SCORES
Low-A STL | High-A BRK | Double-A BNG | Triple-A SYR
Today’s Game 🗓️
Match-up: Mets (43-24) vs. Nationals (30-36)
Where: Citi Field — Flushing, NY
Starters: LHP David Peterson (4-2, 2.80 ERA) vs. RHP Jake Irvin (5-2, 4.02 ERA)
When: 7:10 PM EDT
Where to Watch: SNY
Don’t take this feeling for granted, Mets fans… ✍️
I’m not sure exactly when it happened, but the New York Mets have become a fully autonomous winning machine at this point in the 2025 season. Tuesday night was just the latest example of that, as the club slept walked through the first 7.2 innings before turning it back on and completing a 5-4 comeback victory, ending with a walk-off single in the 10th inning.
It was the fourth consecutive win for the Mets in a season that is far more known for it’s winning streaks than losing skids (mostly because there haven’t been any!)
Following their win last night New York once again has a five-game lead over the Phillies, matching their largest lead in the National League East so far this season. For good measure, the Mets are now 12.5 games ahead of the Nationals, 14.5 games ahead of the Braves and 17 games ahead of the Marlins.
The Mets also have the most wins of any National League team by two, and trail the Detroit Tigers by just a half-game for the best record in all of baseball. New York’s +89 run differential is the second-highest in the National League and fourth best in the big leagues.
It’s pretty remarkable because despite this team being far from perfect – they still need a progression to the mean with their RISP offense and need a few key players to return from injury soon – that their winning has become so contagious to this point. And it’s been almost shockingly easy to take this consistent winning for granted.
The only season in recent memory that this current run reminds me of is those first few months of 2022, when the Mets looked like an absolute wagon night in and night out basis to the point that you just expected them to win every game. They made it hard to expect anything less and they became so automatic that it was easy to take it all for granted eventually.
And even that season – the most dominant regular season we’ve seen from the Mets since the 1986 season – ultimately wound up turning on them.
Now, I don’t intend to skew things to the negative by bringing up the ending of the 2022 campaign. In fact, I do so for the complete opposite reason.
If you’ve been a Mets fan for long, you know seasons like this are incredibly rare. Prior to this season, there have not been many times outside of 1986, 2006 and 2022 where you could count on this team to rip through their regular season schedule so reliably. And if history tells us anything, it’s that this team will fall on hard times again eventually.
So please, don’t take this for granted.
Watch as many games as you can, cherish every single win, revel in the fact that this team is a fun watch on almost any given night. Grab onto that feeling for as long as this team allows you to and don’t look back.
Maybe that feeling will only last a few more weeks or months, or maybe this will actually be the year we get to ride that vibe to the ultimate coronation. Either way, just don’t forget to enjoy this.
Around the League 🚩
Red Sox top prospect Roman Anthony lined a two-run double for the first hit of his major league career in Boston’s 3-1 win over the Rays
Cubs OF Ian Happ broke out of his power outage with his first multi-homer game of the season, powering Chicago to an 8-4 win vs. the Phillies
The Braves fell to the Brewers, 4-1, losing for the 12th time in their last 15 games
Tigers 1B Spencer Torkelson clubbed a two-run homer as part of the club’s 5-3 win over the Orioles, putting Detroit at 20 games over .500 for the first time in 12 years
Yankees RF Aaron Judge crushed a mammoth 469-foot home run as part of the club’s route over the Royals
Blue Jays 2B Andrés Giménez drove in four runs as the club out-slugged the Cardinals, 10-9
What I love most about this team is how much everyone contributes. We're not just riding a couple big bats or a couple big arms. Everyone is doing something every game.
And now, we're not only getting into the nice warm weather (finally), but we have Big Sean on the way back, and likely Montas even sooner, although I'm not sure what to expect from the latter. But if Hef and the Laboratory (great name for a band) do their thing and he's a 6-7 inning, 3.50 ERA stud, look out.
Vientos should be back soon from his hammy, and with a little time to think things over and reset, he should be able to get back on track. If Megill gets pushed to the 'pen, his stuff plays as the long man a couple times a week. If he keeps his spot in the rotation and Montas goes to the 'pen, that works too, so we really can't lose there.
When I look across the map, the biggest question Stearns and Mendy have is what to do with all the possibilities.
Who is the Braves team that you mention? ;-)