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Getty Images/Associated Press The Mets face (l to r) Tim Hudson, Tommy Hanson and Ben Sheets during a weekend series at Turner Field. METS (46-40, third place/NL East) vs. ATLANTA BRAVES (46-39, second place/NL East) Friday: RHP Chris Young (2-2...

After the NL All-Stars beat their AL counterparts Tuesday in Kansas City, Citi Field now officially is on the clock for the 2013 All-Star Game. The Mets reassemble to hold an afternoon workout Thursday in Atlanta. Today, Jason Bay (concussion) and...

R.A. Dickey surrendered a leadoff single to Mike Trout upon entering with an eight-run lead in the sixth inning, and Trout swiped second base, but the 37-year-old knuckleballer eventually stranded the Angels phenom to post a scoreless frame in his fi...

Three days until the Mets resume game action Friday in Atlanta ... Tuesday's news reports: • San Francisco's Matt Cain was announced as the NL's starting pitcher for tonight's All-Star Game by skipper Tony La Russa, not R.A. Dickey. Instea...

Associated Press/Getty Images Tony La Russa picked Matt Cain over R.A. Dickey as the NL All-Star starting pitcher. NL manager Tony La Russa said Matt Cain and R.A. Dickey were "equally legitimate" contenders to serve as the starting pitcher for the...

Matt Cain #18 SP San Francisco Giants 2012 STATS GM17 W9 L3 BB24 K118 ERA2.62 Tony La Russa has selected Matt Cain to start opposite Justin Verlander in Tuesday's All-Star Game in Kansas City, John Harper of the Daily News tweeted. Ca...

Jon Niese allowed four first-inning runs and ultimately surrendered seven runs in seven innings as the Mets lost to the Cubs, 7-0, at Citi Field on Sunday. The Mets entered the All-Star break with a 46-40 record, exceeding many expectations, but off ...

"Look, I want to start the game. Of course I do," said Dickey, who had a 42 2/3-inning scoreless streak during the first half. "I think any competitor would like to."

Johan Santana matched a career high by allowing 13 hits and a furious Mets comeback bid narrowly fell short as the Cubs held on for an 8-7 win Friday at Citi Field. A night after dramatically rallying in the ninth against Philadelphia's Jonathan P...

LOS ANGELES -- Andres Torres and Scott Hairston ran into outs on the bases in the first inning, and Ronny Cedeno, Justin Turner and Mike Nickeas committed errors as the Mets had a sloppy game and fell short of a four-game sweep at Dodger Stadium with...

Justin Turner delivered a two-run single and Ike Davis eked out a three-run homer that went off the glove of Nick Swisher and over the wall in the right-field corner in a five-run first inning. And Frank Francisco, fresh off labeling the Yankees "chi...

Dennis Wierzbicki/US PresswireR.A. Dickey's no-hit aspirations are in Joe Torre's hands.ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. --Joe Torre, who is charged with reviewing official scorer decisions unilaterally or referring it to a committee, said he will seek other opi...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- R.A. Dickey ran his scoreless streak to a franchise-record 32 2/3 innings before David Wright's ninth-inning error, a pair of passed balls from Mike Nickeas and an RBI groundout ended the run. Dickey nonetheless passed previou...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Terry Collins is an All-Star. National League manager Tony La Russa has invited Collins, as well as Milwaukee Brewers manager Ron Roenicke to serve on his staff for the July 10 game in Kansas City. Collins last participa...

Johan Santana, who threw 44 pitches over 2 2/3 innings Sunday, is scheduled to make his third Grapefruit League start today, against the Detroit Tigers in Port St. Lucie. Santana now will get into more serious pitch counts -- potentially four innings...

Would Jerry Manuel still be employed if he'd managed like Tony La Russa?