With a depleted bullpen on Saturday, New York got 7.2 innings from starter David Peterson before handing the ball over to star closer Edwin Diaz for the four-out save. The Mets secured 5-2 victory against the defending World Series champions.

Juan Soto is quickly realizing that playing for the New York Mets isn’t easy. Just ask Francisco Lindor. He was once a prized signing and his first season was filled with boos from the Mets faithful, too. Soto got his first shower of boos inside Citi Field on Friday night after going 0-for-5 with whiffing on a chance to walk-off in the 10th inning.

After depleting the bullpen in Friday’s 13-inning slog, starter David Peterson provided the Mets with much-needed length. The left-hander allowed two runs on five hits and two walks, and struck out seven in a season-high 7 2/3 innings — the longest outing by a Mets’ starter this season.

During the rain delay the Mets put Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers up on the Citi Field big screen in center field. Fans who would have been huddled in the concourse during a standard rain delay came back out to watch the action from the covered seats.

A top MLB insider believes there is a real chance the New York Mets could lose Pete Alonso to a top rival, the Philadelphia Phillies, this winter.

The Los Angeles Dodgers outlasted the New York Mets in a wild rematch of last year's National League Championship Series on a rainy night at Citi Field.

SNY play-by-play commentator Gary Cohen did not hold back when he saw a fan wearing a dual New York Mets-New York Yankees hat at Fenway Park on Wednesday.