Ben Sheets befuddled the Mets in his first start in the majors in nearly two years as the Atlanta Braves earned a 6-1 win over Johan Santana, sweeping the three game series and extending their winning streak to a season high seven games.
Maybe it was the strong Chicago wind, but the Mets struggled hitting and catching the ball at Wrigley Field on Monday night, making three errors in one inning in a 6-1 loss to the last place Cubs.
Johan Santana pitched six shutout innings and Lucas Duda tagged a two-run homer as the Mets blanked the Orioles again, winning 5-0 in each of the first two games of the series.
Kirk Nieuwenhuis led off the game with a home run and added a go-ahead two run shot in the fourth inning as the Mets held on for a 9-6 win Wednesday afternoon at Tropicana Field, completing a three game sweep of the Rays.
Robinson Cano had two of the Yankees' four home runs, and Hiroki Kuroda (5-6) gave up just one hit over seven innings in a 9-1 dismantling of the Mets on Friday night in the Bronx.