Mets outfielders Tyrone Taylor and Juan Soto nearly collided when attempting to catch a fly ball in right center hit by Mookie Betts, and the ball grazed both of their gloves before Taylor wound up making the play with his bare hand.

Michael Conforto left second base early. Except he didn't. One inning -- and a one-hour, 38-minute rain delay -- later, Starling Marte was out at the plate on an outfield assist. Until he wasn't. The Dodgers' 7-5,

It seems that every baseball game offers something that you’ve never seen before — or a rule that warrants further explanation. That play in Friday night’s game between the Mets and Dodgers came in the top of the third inning and one out with two runners on base for the Dodgers.

As fans at Citi Field waited through a rain delay for the Mets-Dodgers game, New York decided to play Pacers-Knicks Game 2 on the Jumbotron.

Slumping Juan Soto hit a tiebreaking, two-run, bases-loaded double in a three-run fourth inning, and the New York Mets beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-2 in their rematch of last year’s

This weekend’s series is the Dodgers’ first at Citi Field since the NLCS, which Los Angeles won in six games. Ohtani went 4 for 11 with two home runs, four RBIs, five walks and five runs in that playoff series’ three games in Queens.

Or, will the Mets — whom the Dodgers defeated in the 2024 NLCS ... Arguably the most unique occurrence of consecutive titles happened between 1972 and 1978. The Athletics won three straight ...

PITCHING PROBABLES: Dodgers: Landon Knack (2-1, 6.17 ERA, 1.54 WHIP, 23 strikeouts); Mets: Kodai Senga (4-3, 1.43 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 47 strikeouts)