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Starling Marte hit a go-ahead, three-run home run in the sixth and first baseman Pete Alonso made a spectacular rally-killing play in the bottom of the inning for the New York Mets, who beat the struggling Los Angeles Dodgers 6-4 Saturday to extend their winning streak to six games. The Mets won their fifth straight series and have gone 12-3 after an 0-5 start. The Dodgers' struggles at the plate continued as they lost for the seventh time in nine games.

The New York Mets placed catcher Francisco Alvarez on the 10-day injured list Saturday with a sprained left thumb sustained while running the bases the night before in a 9-4 victory against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Manager Carlos Mendoza said the team still was waiting for results of an MRI performed late Friday night “but we know for sure it's going to more than 10 days.” The 22-year-old Alvarez left Friday night’s game after jamming his left thumb in the second inning when he put hi...

Bryce Elder has posted better pitching lines this season. Orlando Arcia drove in the go-ahead run in Atlanta's four-run sixth, Elder overcame his worst inning of the season and the Braves beat New York 6-4 on Tuesday night. Francisco Lindor and Pete Alonso hit two-run homers in the third, but Elder (4-0) followed that up with three scoreless innings.

Needing to make a difficult decision at catcher, the New York Mets cut light-hitting Tomás Nido on Monday when they reinstated fellow backstop Omar Narváez from the 60-day injured list. Nido was designated for assignment in a move that keeps catcher Francisco Álvarez in the majors after the 21-year-old rookie flourished in May. Álvarez began the season at Triple-A Syracuse, one of baseball's highest-rated prospects, before getting called up in early April when Narváez strained his left...

Gary Sánchez started at catcher and batted seventh in his first game with the San Diego Padres. A day after he was claimed off waivers from the New York Mets, Sánchez was in the starting lineup against the Miami Marlins on Tuesday night. “You come to a point in time in a season where you try to incrementally upgrade,” Padres manager Bob Melvin said.

Two-time All-Star Gary Sánchez was designated for assignment Thursday by the New York Mets when they reinstated fellow catcher Tomás Nido from the injured list. Sánchez went 1 for 6 with three strikeouts and an RBI in three games with New York, looking shaky at times behind the plate. With two Mets catchers on the IL, he joined the club on a minor league contract this month and was promoted to the big leagues last Friday after hitting well in a short stint at Triple-A Syracuse.

Starling Marte ended a long power drought at the perfect time, hitting a go-ahead homer in the eighth inning that sent the resurgent New York Mets past the Cleveland Guardians 5-4 on Sunday in the opener of a split doubleheader. Max Scherzer pitched six shutout innings despite a callus on his right thumb and Brandon Nimmo also homered for the Mets, who won their fourth straight. Marte’s first three-hit game of the season included a two-run shot to right field for his first extra-base hit since...

Pete Alonso tied the game with a grand slam in the seventh inning and Francisco Lindor won it with an RBI single in the 10th as the New York Mets rallied from a 5-0 deficit to beat the Cleveland Guardians 10-9 on Friday night. Gabriel Arias hit a two-run homer in the top of the 10th against Drew Smith (3-1) before Mets rookies Mark Vientos and Francisco Álvarez tied it with RBI singles in the bottom half against Emmanuel Clase (1-4).

Former All-Star catcher Gary Sánchez is back in the major leagues, this time with the New York Mets. Sánchez, who spent the first seven seasons of his career with the Yankees, joined the Mets Friday when his contract was selected from Triple-A Syracuse. “It feels good to be back here in New York after all those years I was with the Yankees,” Sánchez said through an interpreter.

Jonah Heim isn’t the most well-known catcher in the world, but few were better at framing pitches in 2022. With Jacob deGrom already in possession of elite command, could Heim make the ex-Mets ace even better?