Mets Morning News: Bullpen falls flat, Ron Darling returns

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The Mets battled with the Giants for ten innings on Tuesday night and came out on the losing end as the bullpen fell flat once again. Noah Syndergaard pitched into the 7th inning but was charged with three runs after Seth Lugo allowed one of his baserunners to score. The Mets three runs on the night came from a Pete Alonso solo home run and a Wilson Ramos two-run shot. Robert Gsellman was hit hard in the 10th inning, getting charged with 5 runs and was the pitcher of record on the long side.

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Jeff McNeil was activated off the IL prior to Tuesday night’s game.

Ron Darling was back in the booth on Tuesday night with Gary Cohen and Keith Hernandez.

Joel Sherman writes Mickey Callaway was wrong to pull Noah Syndergaard out of the game.

David Lennon wonders how much longer Callaway will last as Mets manager.

Around the National League East

Andrew McCutchen is out for the season with a torn ACL. The Phillies then beat the Padres 9-6 with the help of their newest outfielder, Jay Bruce.

Powered by an 11 run 5th inning, the Marlins beat the Brewers.

The Braves beat the Pirates on the road.

The Nationals topped the White Sox 9-5.

Around Major League Baseball

Rob Manfred does not expect any changes to the netting in ballparks to be made during the 2019 season.

Miguel Cabrera was put in the lineup as DH on Tuesday and responded with a grand slam.

Hyun-Jin Ryu continued to roll as he improved his record to 9-1 in a Dodgers win.

The Yankees appear to be emerging as the favorites to land Dallas Keuchel.

Yesterday at Amazin’ Avenue

Steve Sypa profiled each of the Mets draft picks. You can read them all here: Zach Ashford, Luke Ritter, Connor Wollersheim, Scott Ota, Joe Genord, Nathan Jones, Matthew Allan, and Jake Mangum.

The latest Mets minor league players of the week is now out!

Vasilis Drimalitis previewed the series against the Giants.

The newest From Complex to Queens podcast is out.

This Date in Mets History

On this date in 1999, the Mets fired three coaches after a loss to the Yankees. They also drafted David Wright on this day in 2001.