{"id":274560,"date":"2026-06-22T22:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T22:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/274560\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T22:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T22:48:08","slug":"mets-cubs-game-postponed-as-pounding-rain-blankets-queens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/274560\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets-Cubs game postponed as pounding rain blankets Queens"},"content":{"rendered":"

The start of the Mets\u2019 seven-game homestand is on hold.<\/p>\n

Monday night\u2019s game in Queens against the Cubs has been postponed due to pouring rain and severe thunderstorms in the afternoon, with a split-admission doubleheader now set for Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The games will start at 1:10 p.m. and 7:10 p.m.<\/p>\n

\"BrooksBrooks Raley #25 of the New York Mets delivers a pitch in the seventh inning during a game against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park on June 21, 2026 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Getty Images<\/p>\n

The Mets are coming off series losses to the Reds and Phillies, losing their last two games to Philadelphia by a combined score of 21-5.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, David Peterson was the latest Mets pitcher to blow a game for the team. <\/p>\n

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He allowed five runs (four earned) across four innings on six hits and logged two walks and five strikeouts.<\/p>\n

It won\u2019t get any easier for the Mets in the near future as they\u2019re set to host the Cubs and Phillies.<\/p>\n

The Mets (34-43) are six games back of the final wild-card spot yet that would requiring jumping seven teams to get there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The start of the Mets\u2019 seven-game homestand is on hold. Monday night\u2019s game in Queens against the Cubs…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274561,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[17705,20,9,24,320,63,122,124,123,319],"class_list":["post-274560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-chicago-cubs","tag-mlb","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-mets","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}