Overview

• Mets starters have failed to pitch past the sixth inning, with only David Peterson logging at least six frames in the past month and GM David Stearns weighing calls for prospects Brandon Sproat or Nolan McLean.
• New York’s offense went 13 hitless innings until Juan Soto’s ninth-inning homer and the club now trails the NL East by 2.5 games amid a prolonged scoring drought.
• Shohei Ohtani struck out eight batters and recorded his 1,000th hit with a 440-foot homer, but Dodgers bullpen breakdowns and defensive miscues turned a 3–2 advantage into a 5–3 defeat.
• Dodgers manager Dave Roberts calls Ohtani’s two-way contributions “additive” but insists on limiting his workload while the club continues to seek late-inning stability.
• Yankees closer Devin Williams has struggled to a 5.44 ERA, opening the door for David Bednar’s 42-pitch, five-out save and leaving New York also at 1–5 since their midseason reliever overhaul.