Bobby Parnell

Reds 7, Mets 4: Brandon Phillips drove in the go-ahead run with a check-swing double in the eighth as visiting Cincinnati completed a three-game sweep of New York. Phillips sent a grounder down the line off Bobby Parnell (4-1) that Mets first baseman...

A quirky double by Brandon Phillips broke a ninth-inning tie on Wednesday afternoon and the Cincinnati Reds added two runs to complete a three-game sweep of the Mets with a 7-4 win in front of an announced crowd of 30,415. With one out and runners at...

Reds continue hot ways, beat Mets 7-4 NEW YORK-Cincinnati Reds manager Dusty Baker believes luck can be a result of positive thinking. That may or may not be the case, but it's certainly easier these days for the Reds to generate upbeat thoughts than it...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - New York Mets - INSIDE PITCH Almost daily, Mets manager Terry Collins and general manager Sandy Alderson have fielded questions regarding Ike Davis. With each 0-for-4, pressure mounts to demote Davis to the minors....

MLB Team Report - New York Mets - INSIDE PITCH Right-handed pitcher Jeremy Hefner was "freaking out," in his own words, after hearing of the tornado Monday that devastated Moore, Okla. Hefner shared his emotional day prior to the Met's 4-0 loss to...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - New York Mets - INSIDE PITCH Matt Harvey didn't have his best fastball. It didn't matter. Harvey showed a new dimension in dispatching the Cubs Friday at Wrigley Field, relying heavily on his breaking pitches...

Travis Wood knew something bad was going to happen as soon as he released the high changeup with two outs and a man on base in the seventh inning. "As soon as it left the hand, I didn't like it," Wood said of the fat pitch Juan Lagares deposited into...

The Cincinnati Reds are suddenly vulnerable in the ninth inning. The Reds will try to get struggling closer Aroldis Chapman a day off when they visit the New York Mets for the opener of a three-game series on Monday. Chapman blew a save at Miami on...

Mets top Cubs, 4-3 CHICAGO -- Scott Rice isn't the only reliever in the New York Mets' bullpen arsenal, but he's certainly been the most dependable. Making his major league-leading 25th appearance, Rice (2-3) worked perfect seventh and eighth...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - New York Mets - INSIDE PITCH Time is running out for Ike Davis to contribute. The Mets tried to extend Davis a long rope of opportunity, consistently hitting him cleanup against right-handed pitching all last week....

Mets 4, Cubs 3: Juan Lagares hit his first major-league homer to tie it and Daniel Murphy added a go-ahead solo blast as visiting New York took the rubber game from Chicago. David Wright added an RBI single and Scott Rice (2-3) picked up the win with...

RHP Matt Harvey (5-0) is now the National League's second-winningest pitcher to date after retiring 21 of the last 23 Cubs hitters he faced in Friday's 3-2 victory. Harvey is the first Mets pitcher to start a season 5-0 since Dillon Gee went 7-0 to...