Today's NY Back Pages and Mets Headlines: 7/31/2026




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7/30/2026 Box Score: New York Mets 4 Miami Marlins 2

A.J. Ewing*; LF 0 for 4; 2 Ks; Francisco Lindor#; SS 1 for 4; 1 run; 1 RBI; 2 Ks; Bo Bichette; 3B 2 for 4; 1 double; 1 run; Carson Benge*; RF 1 for 4; 1 run; 2 Ks; 1 SB; Luis Robert Jr.; CF 1 for 4; 2 RBIs; Brett Baty*; 1B 0 for 3; 1 K; Tyrone Taylor; PH 0 for 1; 1 K; Jared Young*; 1B 0 for 0; Marcus Semien; 2B 1 for 3; 1 SB; Jorge Polanco; DH 0 for 3; Francisco Alvarez; C 0 for 1; 1 run; 2 walks; Nolan McLean;  6.1 innings; 2 runs; 2 ERs; 6 hits; 2 HRs; 2 walks; 6 Ks; Brooks Raley*; (W, 5-5) 1.2 innings; no runs; 1 hit; 1 K; Devin Williams; (S, 16) 1 inning; no runs; 1 walk; 2 Ks; 

Brian Joura Mets360: "Luis Robert Jr. delivered a two-run single in the bottom of the eighth inning, breaking a tie and lifting the Mets to a 4-2 win over the Marlins Thursday night at Citi Field. It was the Mets’ fourth-straight victory over the Marlins and was the club’s fourth win in its last five games."

SNY.TV: "The Mets got six solid innings from Nolan McLean and, after being held to just one hit through five innings...McLean had his fastball and curveball working, getting five whiffs on 12 swings on the heater. He was also his own best friend, fielding his position very well as he lowered his ERA to 3.29 on the season."

NY Post: "McLean’s effort wasn’t enough to earn his eighth victory of the season — the late Mets rally made a winner out of Brooks Raley, who delivered 1 ²/₃ innings of scoreless relief — but it continued his upward trend."

Abbey Mastracco NY Daily News: Down 1-0 in the bottom of the sixth with Alvarez on second and one out, Francisco Lindor hit a line drive to right field for the tying RBI, and Bo Bichette followed with a ground ball past Perez up the middle. Second baseman Xavier Edwards stabbed at it with his glove, unable to make a play, putting runners on first and second....Robert hit a grounder to third base, but Graham Pauley missed the ball completely, and it rolled into left, allowing Lindor to come home and pull the Mets ahead 2-1."


Nolan McLean (6.1 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 2 HR): Allowed two runs over 6.1 innings in his 22nd start of the season...Has pitched at least 6.0 innings in eight straight starts...Recorded his 200th career strikeout with a punchout of Heriberto Hernández to end the first...Joins Dwight Gooden, Matt Harvey, Noah Syndergaard and Kodai Senga as the only pitchers in franchise history to reach the 200-career strikeout mark in 30 games or fewer.

Brooks Raley (1.2 IP, H, K): Threw a season-high 1.2 innings and did not allow a run...Has allowed one earned run and five hits over his last 12 appearances (11.2 IP)...His 2.01 ERA (9 ER/40.1 IP) this season is the lowest mark among NL left-handed relief pitchers (min. 35.0 IP). 

Devin Williams (1.0 IP, BB, 2 K): Picked ups his 16th save of the season...Ranks tied for seventh in the NL in saves...Has allowed one run in his last seven appearances.

MLB Trade Rumors: The Mets and Twins are reportedly in agreement on a trade that’ll send veteran reliever A.J. Minter to Minnesota for minor league infielders Bruin Agbayani (son of Benny Agbayani) and Billy Amick


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1989

On the same day the Blue Jays pick Lee Mazzilli off waivers from the Mets, they trade reliever Jeff Musselman and minor-league pitching prospect Mike Brady in exchange for Mookie Wilson, made expendable when New York obtained Juan Samuel from Philadelphia. After a slow start, Toronto's new outfielder will play a vital role in the team's return to the postseason for the first time since 1985, batting .298 in 54 games.

1989

The Mets obtain Frank Viola, last season's American League Cy Young Award winner, from the Twins for Rick Aguilera, Tim Drummond, Kevin Tapani, Jack Savage, and David West. 'Sweet Music' hits a sour note in New York, posting a 38-32 record in 82 starts with a team which fails to make the playoffs during his 2 1/2 year tenure in the Big Apple.


1995
The Mets trade former two-time Cy Young Award winner right-handed pitcher Bret Saberhagen and left-handed pitcher farmhand Dave Swanson (the player to be named later) to the Rockies for righties Juan Acevedo and Arnold Gooch.
2006
Carlos Beltran hits his third grand slam within a calendar month, becoming the ninth player to accomplish the feat. The New York center fielder’s bases-filled homer is the Mets’ sixth, tying the 1996 Expos and 1999 Indians for most by a team in a calendar month.

2016
Wilmer Flores is honored by the Brooklyn Cyclones with a bobblehead, commemorating his emotional roller coaster at the end of July last season. The 23-year-old Venezuelan infielder, falsely believing the Brewers had traded for him, cried on the field, but three days later, hit a walk-off homer to lift the team in a jubilant victory over the division-leading Nationals, beginning a sweep that will put the Mets in first place for the rest of the season.


1983: In the nitecap of a doubleheaderPirates rookie Jose DeLeon holds the Mets hitless for 8 1/3 innings before Hubie Brooks singles, but Mets starter Mike Torrez pitches 11 shutout innings himself and New York goes on to win, 1 - 0, in 12 innings. In his previous start, DeLeon had held the Padres hitless for 6 1/3 innings. Mets reliever Jesse Orosco wins both games with four innings of relief in the 11-inning opener, and an inning in the nitecap.

2018: The Nationals set a franchise record for runs by crushing the Mets, 25 - 4. It is also the largest margin of defeat in Mets history. The Nats score 7 runs in the 1st, chasing Steven Matz, then add 3 runs in each of the next four innings and have a 26 - 1 lead in the 9th, when New York scores 3 to make the final tally slightly less humiliating. Daniel Murphy homers twice and drives in 6, Anthony Rendon drives in 4, and Trea Turner has 4 hits, while Tanner Roark, who hits a three-run double himself, is the beneficiary of the offensive largesse.

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