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Buck Showalter can read the National League East standings as well as you can, and he admits to doing so even at this relatively early stage of the season.

Giants manager Gabe Kapler announced his national anthem protest on Friday in the wake of the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. A day later, his Mets counterpart, Buck Showalter, said he supports Kapler’s action and would support his players if they chose to do the same.

NEW YORK — The Mets are living and dying with Pete Alonso’s power.

"Is that a party of one? Yep."

DALLAS — When thinking about teams trying to rally from 3-0 deficits to win playoff series, my mind always wanders first to the wisdom of Bobby Valentine, who was certainly full of it. In so many ways.

SAN FRANCISCO — There was no possible way, no imaginable scenario, that Joc Pederson and the Giants could find an encore Wednesday to match the maniacal back-and-forth with the Mets from the previous night, featuring three Joc Jams.

This fan must have felt like an absolute fool.

SAN FRANCISCO — This was a performance the Mets would take from any of their pitchers, let alone their seventh starter.

Somebody shows you Phillies starter Zach Eflin striking out a career-high 12 in seven innings of four-hit ball while lowering his ERA to 3.65.