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The New York Mets are 59-72, 5th in the NL East.

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The New York Mets are 59-72, 5th in the NL East. They are 4-3 over their last 7 games.

New York Mets News & Updates

August 24, 2026

The New York Mets were 59-72, 5th in the NL East. Yesterday, the New York Mets fell just short against the Chicago White Sox 1-2 at Rate Field.

Mets Daily Vibe Check

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dominant pitching

Some of this, some of that. Allowing just 3.4 runs per game. The pitching has been a strength. And a 4-3 week speaks for itself.

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Mets Game on August 24

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Mets Score & Recap

Yesterday, the New York Mets fell just short against the Chicago White Sox 1-2 at Rate Field.

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Mets Record & Standings

NL East

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Braves	76	55	.580		W1
Phillies	73	58	.557	3.0	W9
Marlins	67	64	.511	9.0	W3
Nationals	61	71	.462	15.5	L4
Mets	59	72	.450	17.0	L1

New York Mets are 4-3 in their last 7 games, with a +3 run differential.

Mets Player Stats & Leaders

Batting Leaders

Player	HR	AVG	OPS	RBI
19 Bo Bichette	14	.266	.707	66
3 Carson Benge	16	.278	.765	53
10 Marcus Semien	14	.213	.623	43

Pitching Leaders

Pitcher	W-L	ERA	WHIP	IP
26 Nolan McLean	9-8	3.21	1.14	148.2
45 Christian Scott	4-3	3.73	1.32	89.1
49 Zac Thornton	3-4	3.04	1.15	50.1

Hot Hitters

Player	Streak
19 Bo Bichette	3 hits, 2 HR, 2 RBI, .231 AVG in last 3 games
7 Brett Baty	3 hits, 2 RBI, .5 AVG in last 3 games
3 Carson Benge	6 hits, 1 HR, 2 RBI, .462 AVG in last 3 games
88 Luis Robert Jr.	4 hits, 2 HR, 3 RBI, .4 AVG in last 3 games

Hot Pitchers

Pitcher	Streak
59 Sean Manaea	7.0 IP, 11 K, 1 ER in dominant recent start
26 Nolan McLean	6.0 IP, 6 K, 0 ER in dominant recent start
94 Nate Lavender	2.3000000000000003 scoreless IP, 4 K in 3 recent games

Mets News

The New York Mets' recent rollercoaster continues, suffering another gut-wrenching walk-off defeat to the Chicago White Sox, this time a 2-1 heartbreaker capped by Tristan Peters' first career homer. Just a day earlier, Luis Robert Jr. showcased his power with a pair of homers in a 10-5 victory, reminding fans of the team's potential when it clicks. Despite the recent 5-2 surge, the Mets' inconsistency looms large, with Kodai Senga faltering in a critical moment on Sunday after a solid run. Meanwhile, Nolan McLean is proving to be a bright spot, firing six scoreless innings in the minors as the future of the rotation looks promising. As they stand at 59-71, the Mets need to find a way to convert flashes of brilliance into sustained success.

Sources

Amazin' Avenue

The Mets get walked off again by a clutch White Sox team

The White Sox have developed a flair for dramatic finishes at the Mets’ expense. For the second time in three days, the White Sox walked off the Mets with a home run, as New York took a tough 2-1 loss Sunday in Chicago. Tristan Peters blasted his first career walk-off homer to center field off […]

Amazin' Avenue

Mets Morning News: “I am having a really good time here right now”

Meet the Mets Luis Robert Jr. homered twice in a 10-5 Mets victory over the White Sox. The Mets got out to an early lead, but the White Sox fought back in bottom of the third, thanks in part to Carson Benge catching a ball against the wall, but the force of the impact knocking […]

Metsmerizedonline

Mets Suffer Second Walk-Off Defeat To White Sox

Pitching was the focus of Sunday afternoon as both the New York Mets and Chicago White Sox’s pitching staffs battled it out. After remaining scoreless for the first seven-and-a-half innings, both the Mets and the White Sox finally scored runs. However, the White Sox triumphed in the end with a walk-off home run, winning the […] The post Mets Suffer Second Walk-Off Defeat To White Sox appeared first on Metsmerized.

Metsmerizedonline

Mets Minors Recap: Tong Continues To Improve

Jonah Tong threw 5 2/3 scoreless innings and struck out three in Triple-A Syracuse’s 3-0 victory Saturday over Worcester. This came one night after Jack Wenninger threw five no-hit innings. It’s been a rough year for the organization’s top pitching prospect. Tong has served up 22 home runs (second-most in Triple-A) a year after giving […] The post Mets Minors Recap: Tong Continues To Improve appeared first on Metsmerized.

MLB.com

Senga falters pitching on back-to-back days for 1st time

CHICAGO -- The first bullpen test for Kodai Senga was a late-game leverage situation, then a save situation, then another and another and another. Until Sunday afternoon, Senga passed every one of them. Then came the ninth inning at Rate Field, where earlier in the day, Senga told Mets interim

MLB.com

McLean fires 6 scoreless innings, handles bases-loaded jam with ease

CHICAGO -- In a May 19 game against the Nationals, the worst of his career up to that point, Nolan McLean allowed an inside-the-park grand slam to James Wood. He has been almost unhittable with the bases loaded ever since.

Mets Upcoming Schedule

The New York Mets host the Milwaukee Brewers for a 3-game series starting Tuesday.

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