Overview

• The Mets dropped their seventh straight game when Isaac Collins hit a ninth-inning walk-off homer off Edwin Díaz, pushing New York 5½ games behind the Phillies in the NL East.
• Manager Carlos Mendoza’s blunt declaration that “we’re not playing good baseball” has intensified scrutiny as the Mets’ wild-card hopes fade.
• The Yankees suffered their seventh loss in nine games with a 7-1 defeat to the Astros, punctuated by Aaron Boone’s fifth ejection of the season and ongoing bullpen and lineup struggles.
• Astros rookie Jason Alexander delivered six one-hit innings and Jose Altuve clubbed his 250th career homer to power Houston past New York.
• The Phillies, leading the NL East at 66-49 after Brandon Marsh’s four-hit outing, head to Arlington to face the Rangers, while the Blue Jays preserved a four-game AL East lead on Ernie Clement’s ninth-inning go-ahead homer.