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The New York Mets will lock horns with the Los Angeles Angels in an MLB matchup on Wednesday. This prediction is based on 10,000 simulations of the game.

The Bronx Giraffe remained winless in the Citi Field 5-Borough Mascot Race on Tuesday as a man with a golf club attacked him just before the finish line.

On Monday night, Francisco Alvarez made his return after spending nearly a month with Triple-A Syracuse and a big double and scored two runs. Juan Soto tied the game with a two-run single in the bottom of the seventh inning and Brett Baty scored the go-ahead run on a ground ball to the left side one inning later.

Pro sports teams don’t retire someone’s jersey number unless the player who wore it was exceptional.That definition fits David Wright,  longtime third baseman for the New York Mets – the only Major League Baseball team he ever played for.

He found himself in the lead on Tuesday night before being attacked by a man with a golf club just before the finish line. (Coincidentally, Long Island's own Chris McDonald — who played Shooter McGavin in the 1996 comedy "Happy Gilmore" and is reprising his role in the upcoming sequel — threw out the first pitch at Citi Field.)

On Tuesday, the New York Mets made a great deal of transaction moves ahead of their game against the Los Angeles Angels at Citi Field.

With the final pitch of the New York Mets' come-from-behind victory on Monday night, closer Edwin Diaz cemented his name in baseball’s history books. Diaz recor

Because retiring a number has, over the years, become a more common event, it would be no surprise if the Mets had someone else join David Wright and Co. for that honor.