Luis Severino’s near no-hitter wasted as Mets collapse in crushing loss to Cubs
NY Post
From a breathtaking bid at history to a back-breaking letdown.
The Mets lost a no-hitter, then a lead and then a game in the brutal eighth and ninth innings of a 3-1 defeat to the Cubs at Citi Field on Monday night.
Carlos Mendoza’s group (14-14) has dropped two straight series and opened this one first with tantalizing drama and then, abruptly, disappointment.
A crowd of 25,046 lived by every pitch as Luis Severino’s flirtation with a no-hitter was brought into the eighth inning. Minutes later, Cubs fans’ triumphant chants traveled through an otherwise quiet park.
“It happens quick, and that’s how baseball can go,” Brandon Nimmo said about the swing of emotions. “But to go from a possible no-hitter and winning the ballgame in a very exciting fashion to being down two runs. … It’s tough.”
The no-hit bid and the lead were gone in a dramatic eighth, but the Cubs won the game in the ninth.
Carson Wentz impressed the Vikings enough in 2025 that they decided to bring him back, raising further questions about J.J. McCarthy’s future.
Wednesday was another positive day at Yankees camp. For the first time since March 6, 2025 — an outing in which he knew “something wasn’t right,” which began a weeks-long saga that ended on the operating table for Tommy John surgery — Gerrit Cole was back on a mound and facing hitters in game action.
That’s an easy way to get thrown out of the arena.
A little over four years after reaching the Super Bowl, Logan Wilson is calling it a career.
Karl-Anthony Towns has not been shy about letting it be known that he believes he is sacrificing for the team.
The first few waves of free agency have come and gone. It feels like a good time to check in on what the Jets have done and what still needs to be done.
TORONTO — To understand what Tuesday was like for Matthew Schaefer, don’t start with the scene at his stall after morning skate, with Toronto media packed around him, but 20 minutes later in a corner of Scotiabank Arena.
Lamar Odom pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to the criminal charges he was hit with following his January run-in with cops in Nevada.
With the World Baseball Classic final tied in the top of the ninth inning Tuesday, Team USA manager Mark DeRosa did not bring in one of the game’s best relief pitchers and it ultimately cost them the game.
The whirlwind of the first few days of NFL free agency came and went last week, and the Giants played their part in adding to the player movement frenzy.
The playoffs are exactly a month away, and it’s a good time to send a reminder that rotations will be tightened.
The whirlwind of the first few days of NFL free agency came and went last week, and the Giants played their part in adding to the player movement frenzy.