Bobby Parnell

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...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - New York Mets - INSIDE PITCH Mets second baseman Daniel Murphy might be establishing himself as the streakiest hitter in baseball. Murphy was mired in an 0-for-17 funk when he hit a double in his final at-bat...

Mets 3, Cubs 2: Matt Harvey pitched 7 1/3 strong innings and drove in the go-ahead run with an RBI single in the seventh as visiting New York took the series opener from Chicago. David Wright and Daniel Murphy each delivered a solo home run and Bobby...

The Sports Xchange By Jack McCarthy, The Sports Xchange Mets' Harvey improves to 5-0 CHICAGO -- Matt Harvey may have lacked his best fastball on Friday, but he successfully mixed in other pitches and even delivered at the plate as the New York Mets...

The Cubs rank 10th of 15 National League teams in scoring. So when an opportunity to secure a precious run arises in the eighth inning of a tight ballgame, extreme caution is advised. That was the circumstance Friday at Wrigley Field against the Mets....

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Mets 5, Cardinals 2 Mets 5, Cardinals 2: Jon Niese bounced back with 7 1/3 strong innings and David Wright drove in a pair as visiting New York avoided a four-game sweep at St. Louis. Daniel Murphy went 4-for-4 with an RBI...