NEW YORK -- Kyle Schwarber, Trea Turner, Bryson Stott and Weston Wilson gathered at a table in the middle of the visitors’ clubhouse on Wednesday night at Citi Field. J.T. Realmuto and Nick Castellanos sat a few feet away in the corner. Across from them, Zack Wheeler, Aaron Nola and

NEW YORK -- Inevitability struck at 7:36 p.m. For five innings Wednesday at Citi Field, the Mets had applied relentless pressure on the Phillies. They took their walks. They rapped out hits. They did so many of the things that had made them the National League’s foremost juggernaut throughout the

NEW YORK -- The Mets don’t yet know who they’ll play in the National League Championship Series. They do know it will start on Sunday. And they’re pretty certain Jeff McNeil will be part of it. McNeil, who has been sidelined since Sept. 6 due to a fractured right wrist,

NEW YORK -- Battled. Competed. Attacked. The Mets offered a thesaurus to describe the clutch performance of starting left-hander Jose Quintana in the 4-1, NLDS-clinching Game 4 win over the Phillies on Wednesday night at Citi Field.

NEW YORK -- Bryce Harper knows the math. He turns 32 years old next week. Next year will be his 14th big league season. And the rest of the Phillies' core -- the one that has taken a step back each season after winning the 2022 National League pennant --

NEW YORK – With the bases loaded in a potential series-clinching Game 4 of the NL Division Series, Francisco Lindor needed only 4.4 seconds to turn Citi Field into a wild eruption of exclamations and cheers. Lindor blasted his second career postseason grand slam off Phillies reliever Carlos Estévez in

Four games! Four games! One of the many, many reasons it’s terrific that we’ll have no sweeps in any of the Division Series -- after having three of them in the Wild Card Series -- is that it sets up a glorious day like Wednesday, when we have four baseball

NEW YORK – Phillies manager Rob Thomson needed to say something on Tuesday night, so he stepped into the clubhouse for a moment at Citi Field. He reminded his players that they can do this. This isn’t impossible. “I told them it’s the most resilient club I’ve ever been around,”

NEW YORK -- The Phillies will turn to Ranger Suárez to keep their season alive in Game 4 of the National League Division Series on Wednesday at Citi Field. That would have been welcome news at any point over the past two postseasons. This is the guy who recorded the

NEW YORK – There was no certainty Pete Alonso would be returning to Citi Field after his final regular-season home game on Sept. 22. Not as a member of the Mets, at least. There was a standing ovation, a tip of the helmet … just in case. But before the

NEW YORK -- The 44,093 fans at Citi Field could not have known, when they rose in unison in the eighth inning Tuesday, of Sean Manaea’s grief. Even as Manaea acknowledged them with a wave of his left hand and a kiss to the heavens, they couldn’t have understood.

The National League Division Series between the Mets and Phillies has provided two really entertaining games thus far.

The best thing about a Game 3 is when you know, no matter what, there will be a Game 4. That’s the case for both of the National League Division Series, which are tied at 1-1 as they switch venues to play in front of a couple of extremely excited

NEW YORK -- The Mets are expecting a packed house at Citi Field on Tuesday evening, when they welcome in the Phillies for Game 3 of the National League Division Series. In attendance will be Michael Mays, the son of the legendary Willie Mays. Michael Mays has become a fan

NEW YORK -- Before the Mets departed Citi Field on Sept. 22 for the start of a memorable road trip that took them to Atlanta, Milwaukee, Atlanta again, Milwaukee again and finally Philadelphia, both manager Carlos Mendoza and first baseman Pete Alonso were asked about the prospect of that last

NEW YORK -- Alec Bohm’s voice could hardly be heard as the music blared and jets roared overhead on Monday afternoon at Citi Field. New York can be a loud place and Bohm speaks softly. Not that he wanted to talk about everything that had happened to him in the

NEW YORK -- Much like the Mets, who arrived back home late Sunday night after two weeks on the road, MLB.com beat reporter Anthony DiComo has been covering them through it all -- their final road trip of the regular season, their clinching come-from-behind Game 161 win over the Braves,

NEW YORK -- The Phillies struggled to find a reliable No. 5 starter in the final months of the 2024 season. They hope it isn’t an issue next year. The Phillies think Andrew Painter will be a candidate at some point. The 21-year-old is Philadelphia’s No. 1 pitching prospect and

NEW YORK -- Somebody on Sunday night mentioned momentum to Bryce Harper, and asked if he thought the Phillies recaptured it following their back-and-forth, 7-6 walk-off victory over the Mets in Game 2 of the NL Division Series at Citizens Bank Park. “You want to go 2-0 at home, but

NEW YORK – The Mets have been living out of suitcases and hotel rooms since they left Citi Field on Sept. 22. The souvenirs they picked up along their travels: an end-of-season surge, a dramatic Wild Card-clinching win and fervent momentum.

NEW YORK -- What was expected to be one of the Phillies' biggest strengths has suddenly turned into the biggest question mark heading into Game 3 of the National League Division Series on Tuesday at Citi Field. Though the Phils escaped potential disaster by rallying for a wild 7-6 win

PHILADELPHIA – Nick Castellanos experienced the greatest feelings in the world on Sunday night at Citizens Bank Park. He might have saved the Phillies’ season, hitting a walk-off single to left field to score Trea Turner from second base in a 7-6 victory over the Mets in Game 2 of

PHILADELPHIA -- Mark Vientos struggled in 2023. He didn’t make the Mets’ 2024 Opening Day roster in March. And he didn’t stick in the big leagues until after he played 31 games in Triple-A to start the season.

PHILADELPHIA -- Bryson Stott had never really thought about what it'd be like to play a postseason game on his birthday. Sure, with an Oct. 6 birthday, the idea had obviously crept into his mind -- especially with the Phillies' success over the past few seasons -- but it had

PHILADELPHIA -- For Mets manager Carlos Mendoza, one of the most important conversations of each day is the one with his closer. For five and a half months, the Mets treated Edwin Díaz carefully, not wanting to overtax his surgically repaired right knee nor his golden right arm. That changed