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NEW YORK -- Matt Garza put the Chicago Cubs in position to win Sunday. His bullpen just didn't cooperate. "Another strong outing from our starter is wasted again," Cubs manager Dale Sveum said after his bullpen collapsed in the ninth inning of a ...

NEW YORK -- What once came so easy to Carlos Marmol now continues to be a nightmare for the Chicago Cubs reliever. "This year, all the other innings, he's done a pretty good job," Cubs manager Dale Sveum said. "He's having trouble with those las...

NEW YORK -- The Chicago Cubs were three outs from a sweep. Then Carlos Marmol entered. Marmol gave up four runs in the ninth and the Cubs fell 4-3 to the New York Mets on Sunday at Citi Field. The Cubs led 3-0 entering the frame. How it happ...

NEW YORK -- Chicago Cubs starter Edwin Jackson knows firsthand the dangers of being hit in the head by a line drive, as he was struck in 2006 while with Tampa Bay. After Rays starter Alex Cobb took a liner off the head Saturday, suffering a mild ...

LAS VEGAS 11, COLORADO SPRINGS 5: Rafael Montero allowed five runs (one earned) in 5 1/3 innings in his return to Triple-A. Wilmer Flores, Zach Lutz and Rylan Sandoval all homered in the seventh against Steven Hensley. Andrew Brown earlier went deep....

NEW YORK -- The teams believed it was an out. The umpires ruled differently. And thus began a bizarre sequence of baserunning and out-collecting. Confusion over a low line drive in the ninth inning Saturday led to an unusual chain of events in...

NEW YORK -- As he removed Jon Niese from Saturday's game, Terry Collins saw the fire and passion he wants from his team. His starting pitcher didn't want to exit, preferring to stay in to throw one more pitch or face one more batter. That, Collins...

NEW YORK -- During a Q&A session with season ticket holders on Saturday, Mets GM Sandy Alderson said there would be better days ahead for the squad. Those better days didn't begin Saturday. The Mets lost for the 10th time in 12 games as they ma...

NEW YORK -- Injured Mets reliever Scott Atchison could return to the Mets for Tuesday's doubleheader against Atlanta, according to manager Terry Collins. Atchison, sidelined with inflammation in his right elbow, is pitching for Double-A Binghamton. ...

Here's the preliminary roster for the Brooklyn Cyclones, who begin play Monday. At the moment, the roster includes four 2013 draft picks, but more have signed and will be added to the roster soon. Pitchers Dario Alvarez Shane Bay Cristian Chivi...

NEW YORK -- Mets GM Sandy Alderson reiterated Saturday that the Mets will have the opportunity to be players in the trade and free-agent markets moving forward. "I do believe that over the next six months or so we will be in position to make some ...

NEW YORK -- Here's Saturday's lineup that will face the Cubs. Jordany Valdespin, 2B Daniel Murphy, 1B David Wright, 3B Marlon Byrd, RF Lucas Duda, LF Justin Turner, SS Anthony Recker, C Juan Lagares, CF Jonathon Niese, LHP Here's the C...

FIRST PITCH: Tuesday can't get here fast enough for the Mets. On the day it was made official that top pitching prospect Zack Wheeler will debut Tuesday as part of a doubleheader that will also feature Matt Harvey, the Mets lost for the ninth time...

NEW YORK -- Chicago Cubs starter Edwin Jackson would sign up in an instant for more games like the one that played out Friday, when he trotted out to the mound in the second inning already equipped with a five-run advantage. "You get those early ...

NEW YORK -- Chicago Cubs center fielder David DeJesus will be placed on the disabled list after suffering a right shoulder sprain in the team's 6-3 win against the New York Mets on Friday at Citi Field. DeJesus left in the third inning after crash...

Chicago Cubs center fielder David DeJesus was placed on the 15-day disabled list after suffering a right shoulder sprain in the team's 6-3 win against the New York Mets on Friday at Citi Field.