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San Diego starter Joe Musgrove brushed off chants of “Cheater!” after a bizarre spot-check of his ears by umpires on the mound.

Joe Musgrove brushed off chants of “Cheater!”

The Mets asked the umps to check Joe Musgrove in the midst of a hot showing at Citi Field.

With Joe Musgrove dealing for the Padres, Mets manager Buck Showalter asked umpires to check the pitcher for foreign substances behind his ear.

The Mets really thought he was cheating.

For baseball fans without any vested interests in the eight teams playing this weekend, yesterday was just about the perfect day of games. The four games delivered just the right combination of tension and action—the formula for any good baseball game—by showcasing the variety of genres only our ...

Pushed to the brink of what would have been a devastating elimination, the Mets looked more like their best selves in Game 2 against the Padres.

NEW YORK — There was more champagne. There will be more baseball.

The Cardinals absolutely crumbled in the ninth inning yesterday. There’s no other way to explain how they went from up two with two outs to go for a win, to down four and having to bat in the bottom of the ninth. Closer Ryan Helsley, who was called upon to…

New York tried to get cute with its first three starters. Now, it’s one loss away from a more than promising season ending in heartbreak.

NEW YORK — On the mound for the Mets in the opening game of the NL wild-card series Friday at Citi Field stood Max Scherzer, the man who can cut down October lineups like a weed whacker.