Griffin Canning’s Struggles Doom Mets’ Win Streak in Loss to Lowly White Sox

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Big league ballplayers aren’t usually told to keep their day jobs, because they tend to work nights. Wednesday, the Mets were told to forget about their night jobs — fellas, you’re working the day shift. The change in their schedule, necessitated by a rainy forecast, didn’t appear to sit well with them. The White Sox, adhering to the same alteration of routine, responded better, outplaying the Mets in all facets of the game and salvaging the ser…

Griffin Canning’s struggles doom Mets’ win streak in loss to lowly White Sox

The Mets moved up Wednesday’s start time to avoid the oncoming weather, but even so Griffin Canning rained on the parade. The right-hander has been a success story in this early part of this season but lately walks have sabotaged him. And on this day two

Griffin Canning Struggles as Mets Drop Series Finale to White Sox

With severe storms in the forecast for the Queens area of New York on Wednesday evening, the series finale between White Sox (17-38) and Mets (34-21) was moved from a 7:10 p.m. start to a 1:10 p.m. afternoon matinee. Right-handed pitcher Shane Smith (1-3, 2.68 ERA) took the mound for Chicago against right-handed pitcher Griffin Canning (5-1, 3.23 ERA) for the Mets, who were looking for the series sweep and to keep their four-game winning streak …

Mets 4, White Sox 9: Good news and bad news as Chicago avoids sweep and snaps Mets streak

Wendell Cruz-Imagn ImagesWendell Cruz-Imagn Images Momentum is a fragile thing in baseball—like a balloon in the wind, it can soar, then vanish in an instant. That’s exactly what the New York Mets experienced on Wednesday afternoon. Riding high with four straight wins and five victories in their last six games, the Mets walked into the series finale against the lowly Chicago White Sox with confidence and energy. But by the time the final out was…