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Mets and Yankees Split Doubleheaders on a Busy Sunday
PHILADELPHIA — Pete Alonso homered twice, had three hits and drove in 5 runs to guide the Mets to a 6-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies within the second recreation for a doubleheader cut up Sunday.
Chris Bassitt (4-2) allowed one run in 5 ⅔ innings to assist the N.L. East-leading Mets. Jean Segura homered for the Phillies.
Phillies 3, Mets 2 (Recreation 1) | Field Rating | Play-by-Play
Mets 6, Phillies 1 (Recreation 2) | Field Rating | Play-by-Play
Within the opener, Bryce Harper homered once more off Max Scherzer and the Phillies grew to become the primary workforce to beat the brand new Mets ace, snapping a four-game skid by successful, 3-2.
Alonso nearly single-handedly lifted the Mets within the nightcap, driving a changeup from Cristopher Sánchez (0-1) deep to left for a two-run homer within the first. He hit it even farther to left within the fifth off Nick Nelson, a three-run shot that put the Mets up by 5-1.
“It felt good,” Alonso stated of his second homer. “Simply needed to do what I may to place an excellent swing on a pitch within the zone.”
Alonso was 0 for 3 with a pair of strikeouts within the first recreation earlier than serving to the Mets keep away from simply their second dropping streak of the season.
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“We’ve performed such nice workforce baseball,” he stated. “Everybody has answered the bell.”
Harper, utilizing a pink bat for Mom’s Day, drove a 94 mile-per-hour fastball from Scherzer (4-1) over the wall in proper for a solo homer with two outs within the first. He screamed, “I really like you, Mother!” right into a TV digicam earlier than returning to the dugout.
“I believed we performed nicely the primary recreation and the second recreation obtained away from us,” Harper stated.
Harper added an R.B.I. single within the third. The reigning winner of the Nationwide League’s Most Helpful Participant Award additionally homered off Scherzer, his former Washington teammate, on Could 1.
“I believe we wanted that,” Phillies starter Kyle Gibson stated. “For the offense to return out and do what they did in opposition to Max was massive.”
The only-admission doubleheader was a part of a make-up after video games between the groups have been rained out Friday and Saturday.
Scherzer suffered his first loss since final Could 30, ending a string of 24 straight begins and not using a defeat. The streak spanned his begins with the Nationals, Dodgers and Mets.
Canó Formally Launched
The Mets formally launched second baseman Robinson Canó earlier than the sport. The transfer comes every week after the slumping Cano was designated for project regardless of almost $45 million remaining on his contract. The Mets introduced the information of their pregame notes and after Supervisor Buck Showalter met with reporters.
The 39-year-old Canó sat out final season whereas serving his second suspension for performance-enhancing medication. He batted .195 (8 for 41) with one dwelling run, three R.B.I. and a paltry .501 on-base plus slugging share in 43 plate appearances for the Mets. Canó has a .302 profession batting common with 335 dwelling runs, 1,305 R.B.I. and an .842 O.P.S. in 17 seasons. He has 2,632 hits, together with 571 doubles.
King’s Spectacular Streak Ends for Yankees
Brad Miller snapped Michael King’s spectacular scoreless streak with a pinch-hit, two-run homer within the seventh inning that lifted the Texas Rangers over the Yankees, 4-2, Sunday to salvage a doubleheader cut up.
The Yankees took the opener 2-1 on Gleyber Torres’s game-ending homer main off the ninth. They’d three hits within the nightcap after amassing simply 5 within the early recreation.
Yankees 2, Rangers 1 (Recreation 1) | Field Rating | Play-by-Play
Rangers 4, Yankees 2 (Recreation 2) | Field Rating | Play-by-Play
King (2-1) had pitched 14 ⅓ consecutive innings with out permitting a run earlier than Miller smacked a 1-0 fastball out to middle for a two-run lead. The Yankees right-hander hadn’t given up a run since an R.B.I. double by Toronto’s George Springer on April 11.
“It’s a chilly night time and also you’re dealing with a man who actually hasn’t given up something all 12 months,” Texas supervisor Chris Woodward stated. “To sq. one up and the wind is blowing straight in. To hit it out that far, it was a fairly good poke.”
It was Miller’s fourth profession pinch-homer, and 6 of his 14 R.B.I. have given Texas a lead this 12 months.
“Credit score to Miller,” Yankees Supervisor Aaron Boone stated. “I believe he was making an attempt to four-seamer up and in there and doubtless didn’t get it to the place he needed to, however I don’t assume missed too unhealthy with it, and Miller type of offered out and obtained to it and caught him.”
King relieved Jordan Montgomery after Jonah Heim opened the inning with a double to left. King walked Kole Calhoun, walked Nathaniel Lowe and retired Andy Ibáñez on a pressure out that moved Heim to 3rd. Heim scored on a wild pitch to the backstop one pitch earlier than Miller’s homer.
The uncommon ineffective outing raised King’s E.R.A. from 0.51 to 1.42.
“Clearly I wish to be nice each time on the market and to have a nasty one all the time hurts,” King stated. “But it surely’s a studying expertise. You bought to maintain going and bounce again.”
Eli White additionally homered as Texas received for the fifth time in six video games.
Giancarlo Stanton hit a two-run homer within the second recreation. The Yankees misplaced for under the second time in 14 video games.
Within the first recreation of the day, Torres’s seventh profession game-ending hit gave the Yankees their third walk-off win this 12 months. He linked off John King (1-1) into the brief porch in proper subject.
“The larger the scenario, it does seem to be he ratchets the focus degree a bit,” Boone stated. “Chilly day on the market, it was good to see him to stay one.”
Rangers starter Dane Dunning misplaced his no-hit bid on an infield single by Choose to open the sixth.
Gerrit Cole allowed a run and 5 hits in 6 ⅓ innings for the Yankees. He struck out 10, walked one and threw a season-high 114 pitches, reaching 100.6 miles per hour. Jonathan Loáisiga adopted Cole with one and two-thirds innings. Clay Holmes (3-0) labored round Mitch Garver’s double within the ninth.
Field scores and summaries for the remainder of Sunday’s motion.
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It is no ordinary time to lead a city. Budgets are in flux. Divisions are deepening. Political violence and misinformation are growing concerns. And as President Trump aggressively pursues his agenda, national politics are becoming an inescapable reality in city halls.
The New York Times sat down last month with 16 mayors at a meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Tampa, Fla. We asked them many of the same questions. Their answers revealed deep, bipartisan uncertainty over federal funding and concerns about rising incivility. Mayors of some of the nation’s largest cities, including New York and Los Angeles, did not attend.
Some Republican mayors spoke hopefully about this new Trump era. Many others, especially Democrats, who hold the majority of big-city mayoral jobs, voiced alarm about how the administration’s policies were playing out.
Here’s what we heard.
Across party lines, this one issue was a persistent concern.
Americans have been telling their mayors that they are worried about everyday costs and struggling to afford a place to live.
With home prices rising and supply limited, several mayors said they were trying to build more units and meet demand. It was a challenge playing out in nearly every city, with young professionals struggling to buy their first houses and growing homeless populations straining city services.
Mayors told us what else was keeping them up at night.
They described spending significant time outside the office worrying about local and national problems. As the mayor of Noblesville, Ind., put it: “My job is not nine to five. I’m mayor regardless of where I am.”
Some described the fear of receiving a phone call with news of another shooting. Others spoke about wanting to fix endemic issues like homelessness and drug addiction.
Governing a city feels different under President Trump, most mayors said.
Mayor Chris Jensen (R)
Noblesville, Ind.
Mayor Donna Deegan (D)
Jacksonville, Fla.
Mayor Jerry Dyer (R)
Fresno, Calif.
Mayor Regina Romero (D)
Tucson, Ariz.
Mayor Kathy Sheehan (D)
Albany, N.Y.
Mayor Alyia Gaskins (D)
Alexandria, Va.
Mayor Mattie Parker (R)
Fort Worth
With the Trump administration seeking to rapidly overhaul parts of the federal government, mayors from both parties described uncertainty over the fate of federal grants and other programs that Republicans in Washington have targeted.
Many Democrats said they had strong relationships with former President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s staff members and had not yet built those same connections with Mr. Trump’s team. Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago, whose city has been singled out for criticism by Mr. Trump, said that “the very basic fundamental rights of our democracy are under siege.”
Some Republicans described optimism about working with the new president, and not all of them had seen major changes. Mayor D.C. Reeves of Pensacola, Fla., said that “it’s probably too early to say that there’s a distinct difference.” Mayor Acquanetta Warren of Fontana, Calif., said it was “not at all” different. “We work with anyone,” she said.
We also asked whether mayors had changed their routines because of political violence.
Several mayors said they had taken additional steps to ensure their safety since the killing of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband in June and other recent attacks. But political violence, many of them noted, was not new. Mayor Regina Romero of Tucson, a Democrat, pointed to the attempted assassination of Representative Gabby Giffords in her city in 2011.
And Mayor Indya Kincannon of Knoxville, a Democrat, said she had been inside a local church with her young daughters when a gunman opened fire in 2008, killing two people, in an attack linked to hatred of liberals and gay people. She remembered escaping with her daughters. “I picked them up and left as soon as the gunman was tackled,” she said.
Mayor Todd Gloria (D)
San Diego
“It’s a difficult time for people in public office, and when we see the tragedy that just happened in Minnesota, you always have to wonder, you know, am I next?”
Mayor Brandon Johnson (D)
Chicago
“No. But what I can say is with the political violence that has been promulgating, there’s no place for it.”
Mayor Alyia Gaskins (D)
Alexandria, Va.
“I have. I would say in light of recent violence, I’m much more aware of my surroundings and also those of my family.”
Mayor Kathy Sheehan (D)
Albany, N.Y.
“For those of us who are elected officials, it is an uneasy time.”
Mayor Jerry Dyer (R)
Fresno, Calif.
“As a former police chief and spending 40 years in law enforcement, I’m keenly aware of the fact that there’s always a potential for a threat of violence against you, but it doesn’t mean that we’re always constantly aware of that threat. But I have become much more alert as of late in terms of my surroundings.”
Mayor Quentin Hart (D)
Waterloo, Iowa
“One of the things that we’ve done immediately was to take more precautions within City Hall.”
Mayor Brett Smiley (D)
Providence, R.I.
“I haven’t made changes to how I interact with my community, but I will admit that my stress and anxiety level is up a little bit higher.”
Mayor D.C. Reeves (R)
Pensacola, Fla.
“Nothing permanent yet, but I’m certainly watching it.”
Immigration enforcement is creating fear in many cities, too.
Mayors from both parties called on the federal government to overhaul the nation’s immigration laws.
“You couldn’t talk to a mayor who doesn’t want immigration reform,” said Mayor Kathy Sheehan of Albany, a Democrat. “We want Washington to fix this.”
But as the Trump administration works to increase deportations and remove legal status for some immigrants, mayors said that some in their cities were living in constant fear of raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.
Mayor Brandon Johnson (D)
Chicago
Mayor Acquanetta Warren (R)
Fontana, Calif.
Mayor Brett Smiley (D)
Providence, R.I.
Mayor D.C. Reeves (R)
Pensacola, Fla.
Mayor Quentin Hart (D)
Waterloo, Iowa
Mayor Jerry Dyer (R)
Fresno, Calif.
Mayor Regina Romero (D)
Tucson, Ariz.
Mayor Mattie Parker (R)
Fort Worth
Mayors also pointed to local programs that could be national models.
Mayor Chris Jensen (R)
Noblesville, Ind.
“I had a local therapist approach me and ask, ‘Hey, would you go on Facebook and do a live therapy session to talk about what it’s like to be a leader during Covid?’ Of course, my initial answer was, ‘Absolutely not, I don’t want to go share my emotions with my community.’”
“But I ended up relenting and doing it. It was one of the best things I ever did. It was literally an hourlong therapy session talking about my feelings, about being a leader during such an uncertain time. That project has morphed into, now, a monthly program called ‘Mental Health Monday.’”
He added: “We have now comforted a community and a city and shown that it’s OK to not be OK.”
Mayor Acquanetta Warren (R)
Fontana, Calif.
“Right now, the biggest challenge in our city is homelessness. That’s what our public is looking to see us resolve, so we’re on steroids doing that. We just bought a hotel last year, which allows us to put people off the street in an environment where they can get major assistance to transform their lives.”
Mayor Regina Romero (D)
Tucson, Ariz.
“We’ve planted more than 150,000 trees in the last six years. We created a heat tree map where we take a look at the areas of our city that have less canopy. Because trees are a nature-based solution to heat and climate.”
Mayor Todd Gloria (D)
San Diego
“Last year, despite high interest rates and high inflation, we permitted about 8,800 new homes in my city, more than double what we’ve been doing historically. The reforms that we’re putting in place to make it possible to build more homes for less and to build them faster is working.”
We wanted to know what policy change under Trump was having the biggest impact, too.
We spoke to the mayors before Congress passed Mr. Trump’s sweeping domestic policy bill. They told us they had spent months bracing for severe cuts to federal funding for local programs, though many of their worst-case fears had not materialized at that point.
Some described the pausing of grants while the Trump administration re-evaluated previously approved projects, leaving cities in limbo. In places where the local economy is highly dependent on international trade, mayors voiced concern about the uncertainty around tariffs.
Mayor Brandon Johnson (D)
Chicago
Mayor Todd Gloria (D)
San Diego
Mayor Alyia Gaskins (D)
Alexandria, Va.
Mayor Brett Smiley (D)
Providence, R.I.
Mayor Chris Jensen (R)
Noblesville, Ind.
Mayor D.C. Reeves (R)
Pensacola, Fla.
Mayor Cavalier Johnson (D)
Milwaukee
And mayors told us what they had learned about the United States in the last year.
Both Republicans and Democrats said the depth of the country’s political divisions had become even more clear in recent months. Some Democrats said they were still processing Mr. Trump’s return to power and what it means for the country’s future.
Mayor Todd Gloria (D)
San Diego
Mayor Daniel Rickenmann (R)
Columbia, S.C.
Mayor Regina Romero (D)
Tucson, Ariz.
Mayor Jerry Dyer (R)
Fresno, Calif.
Mayor Brandon Johnson (D)
Chicago
Mayor D.C. Reeves (R)
Pensacola, Fla.
Mayor Indya Kincannon (D)
Knoxville, Tenn.
Mayor Alyia Gaskins (D)
Alexandria, Va.
We also asked some lighter questions, like which TV or streaming show they liked best.
Mayors also revealed their favorite after-work beverages.
Many mayors were eager to plug local craft breweries. Mayor Daniel Rickenmann of Columbia gave a shout-out to the Kentucky distillery that he cofounded. Others preferred a particular soft drink.
We asked them to brag about their cities’ signature dishes, too.
They boasted about a Friday night fish fry in Milwaukee, fish tacos in San Diego and Mexican food in Fresno and Fontana. Knoxville’s mayor suggested “meat and three,” the local term for meat and three side dishes, while Pensacola’s mayor highlighted his city’s seafood.
Two mayors shared different theories on hot dogs. And two Midwestern mayors boasted about their pork tenderloins.
Their bookshelves are also as varied as their cities.
When asked about the best book they had read recently, mayors shared a range of fiction and nonfiction titles.
Mayor Alyia Gaskins of Alexandria said much of her reading time was spent with her young children, who enjoy “Little Blue Truck” and “Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site.” The mayors of Fontana, Knoxville and San Diego all praised “Abundance” by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson.
Mayor Jerry Dyer (R)
Fresno, Calif.
“One Blood” by John M. Perkins
Mayor Kathy Sheehan (D)
Albany, N.Y.
“A Gentleman in Moscow” by Amor Towles
Mayor Donna Deegan (D)
Jacksonville, Fla.
“The Wisdom Pattern” by Richard Rohr
Mayor D.C. Reeves (R)
Pensacola, Fla.
“A Land Remembered” by Patrick D. Smith. “It’s a novel, but it’s kind of on the history of Florida.”
Mayor Brandon Johnson (D)
Chicago
“Locking Up Our Own” by James Forman Jr. “I recommend that people across America take a look at it, particularly at a time in which the carceral state is something that’s being enacted, especially by this federal government.”
Mayor Daniel Rickenmann (R)
Columbia, S.C.
“Rockets’ Red Glare” by William Webster and Dick Lochte
Mayor Quentin Hart (D)
Waterloo, Iowa
“The 1619 Project” by Nikole Hannah-Jones, who is from Waterloo. Also “Anesa, No Skola Today” by Anesa Kajtazovic, a children’s book about growing up during the Bosnian War.
Mayor Chris Jensen (R)
Noblesville, Ind.
“The Circle Maker” by Mark Batterson. “It’s all about big prayers, big bold ideas.”
Mayor Brett Smiley (D)
Providence, R.I.
“A Little Life” by Hanya Yanagihara. “Probably the saddest book I’ve ever read, but it was really, really, really well written and wonderful.”
Mayor Regina Romero (D)
Tucson, Ariz.
“The Teenage Brain” by Dr. Frances E. Jensen. “That really has helped me understand my teenagers and why they do the things they do.”
Mayor Mattie Parker (R)
Fort Worth
“On Leadership” by Tony Blair. “It’s incredibly thought provoking as a leader. I probably should have read it at the beginning of my administration, but I’ve learned quite a bit.”
Mayor Cavalier Johnson (D)
Milwaukee
“I’m reading it right now: ‘A Promised Land’ by Barack Obama. I’m a little behind because I’m mayor and I’ve got three kids, but I’m making up for it now.”
Finally, we wanted to know what gave mayors hope for the United States.
Across party lines, mayors spoke about frightening political divisions, seemingly intractable problems and serious fears about the future. But most also voiced optimism about the country, drawing hope from America’s history and especially from the people they meet in their own cities.
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