— Sitting at 34-47 halfway thru the season, Mets fired manager Carlos Mendoza, replaced him for the rest of this year with former Padres manager Andy Green.
Last year, the Mets fired most of their coaches after a bad second half; the over-educated moron who put the roster together this year has half the players playing a new position, and Friday, when rookie Zach Thornton tossed six innings, it was only the 21st time in 82 games a starting pitcher got 18 outs for the Mets.
— By way of comparison, Dodgers have had 50 games where their starter lasted 6+ innings.
— Phillies 2, Mets 1
Derek Hill made a great catch to rob Juan Soto of a 2-run HR in first inning.
Trea Turner knocked in the game-winning run with a 7th inning single.
Mets have now lost seven games in a row.
— Mets SS Francisco Lindor has started 1,548 major league games; he has never batted lower than 4th in the order, and he’s only done that 28 times.
— NL East standings:
Braves
Phillies 4 GB
Marlins 7 GB
Nationals 9.5 GB
Mets 16 GB
— Marlins 4, Cardinals 0
Max Meyer gave up two hits in his seven IP; he is .
Marlins are an MLB-best 17-5 this month.
St Louis has lost six of its last eight games.
— Twins 9, Rockies 8 (10)
Minnesota led 7-0 after the 7th inning.
Colorado scored five runs in the 9th to go ahead, 8-7.
Royce Lewis had his first career walk-off hit.
— Famous birthdays, June 27th:
Craig Hodges, 66
Chuck Person, 62
Jeff Conine, 60
Jim Edmonds, 56
Tobey Maguire, 52
Jonah Heim, 31
Ben Skowronek, 29
Yordan Alvarez, 29
— A’s 9, Angels 3
A’s scored seven runs in the fifth inning.
Nick Kurtz was 2-for-5, scored twice, had two RBI.
A’s were 8-for-12 with runners in scoring position.
— Bad day for the Angels; they fired GM Perry Minasian Friday, as they head towards their 11th consecutive losing season. Former Cardinals’ GM John Mozeliak will replace Minasian, who was Angels’ GM the last six years.
Mozeliak will be the Angels’ fourth GM since 2012; despite having Trout/Ohtani, and playing in a big market, they haven’t been in the playoffs since 2014.
— AL West standings:
Seattle
A’s 1.5 GB
Texas 1.5 GB
Houston 2.5 GB
Angels 8 GB
— Reds 6, Pirates 4
Noelvi Marte hit a pinch-hit, 2-run HR in the 8th inning.
Pirates have lost Paul Skenes’ last eight starts.
Reds improved to 3-16 against their NL Central rivals.
— Padres 7, Dodgers 1
Walker Buehler got 16 outs, allowed 3 hits against his old team.
Ty France hit a three-run homer in the second inning.
San Diego has won six of its last eight games.
— AL Central standings:
White Sox
Cleveland 1 GB
Minnesota 4.5 GB
Detroit 8 GB
Kansas City 9.5 GB
— White Sox 22, Royals 1
Tristan Peters hit a grand slam, had six RBI
Migual Vargas was 3-for-6, with five RBI.
Most runs the White Sox scored in a game since 1970.
— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Cardinals-Phillies-Cubs
AL: Bronx, White Sox, Mariners. Wild Cards: Rays-Guardians-Astros
