jacob degrom's much talked about dilemma was not an issue. know he baby news yet. it was another "b" word that shortened his afternoon. no baby news yet. the amazin's celebrating last year's national league championship. members of previous pennants doing the honors of raising the championship flag. but the man of the hour, degrom! a baby on the way but the degrom naturer he pitched great. he had to leave because of back issues. stay tuned on that baby. the mets go on to beat the the manager said degrom's wife took some of the pressure off her husband this morning. >> jake made a call earlier today to his wife and she said, not today. so we knew it wasn't coming. then she probably knew better than anyone. >> so he was able to focus and get that win today. coming up later in sports we'll have more post-game reaction plus check in on the yankees in detroit and the jets are looking for a new left tackle. from citi field in queens otis >>> now to breaking news from the jersey shore. fire tearing through at least three businesses now in downtown keyport new jersey in mo

>> jacob degrom. >> several others. [ cheering ] >> reporter: like south cappella that were up and out even earlier to tailgate as he would roll in around 8:30 with a car full of kids. >> and the law school, that's all right. it's a friday. it's okay. and our destination to the world series that will start now. >> they were not alone. morning. i couldn't sleep last night. >> reporter: the others needed to fuel up. >> we've got steak kabobs, ribs, hot dogs. >> to cheer on the home team. >> it will be an exciting season especially after last year with no experience going to citi field. it's better than the other stadium in new york if you know what i mean. let's go mets. >> reporter: these people are really excited, right guys? they're excited. the game guys is sold out. first pitch is at 1:10. and they are hoping a world series this season. live at citi fie andrea grymes. >>> will the showers hold off until after today's game? come on john we're rooting for you. >> if you stand next to the guy in the orange shirt he'll be warm up and he will help to keep the weather away. however, we ha

. >>> star pitcher jacob degrom could miss tomorrow's home opener but for a life-changing reason. >> his wife is in florida expecting their first boy. a child who is going to be a boy. aon is going to stay with the team until she goes into labor. he could get the word at any moment. he said he will leave immediately jump on a plane. >> my plan is to be there whenever he's born. i will be out of the ballgame after a good season last year, we're looking forward to getting back and playing in front of our home fans and then i'm expecting a baby boy, so that's definitely an exciting time. >> if the baby can wait, tomorrow will be degrom's second straight start in a home opener. what if it is a no-hitter? >>> the mets get set for that home opener, going to have a little bit more. and his name certainly fits, starlin castro becoming a star in the bronx. bombers. [ grinding metal ] whoa, that doesn't look good. no, not you. ordinary fuels can clog your engine with dirt. it's like lugging this around... it's dragging down your fuel economy. [ breaking glass ] but over time, using new and imp

it's always fun to get out to the ballpark. >> jacob degrom is supposed to be the mets' starting pitcher but his wife is in florida about to give birth to their first child, a boy, literally at any moment. degrom is staying with the team until she goes into labor, whenever that may be, even if it's during the game. the mets say their contingency plan includes using bartolo on the mound. game series that the mets were in earlier this week, they did come out of that, they lost the first one, won the second. they're 1 and 1 heading into their home opener. reporting live in flushing and cbs2 news. >> how does the labor work, do they say don't push? he's not here yet? is that how it works? he's got to fly six hours. >> i would be freaking out if i was jacob or his wife. i mean, props to him for being able to pitch knowing your wife's about to go into labor, not even in the state too. >> exactly. we hope the baby waits a day so the pressure's off everyone. >> yes, we do. >> thank you very much. >>> police have released images of a masked man wanted for allegedly burglarizing a restaurant in th

jacob degrom returns for the mets. we have an update in just a >>> what a weekend for the mets in atlanta. they are scoring runs in bunches, and today jacob degrom returned after missing time with a lat injury and a health scare with his newborn son. he made his first start since the home opener today. the game was tied at 1 in the sixth. it's a rocket to right. this will get down and up for a ground roll double. the mets on top. that green hole. he worked around eight hits in this one. he struck out three. he left with a 3-1 lead and a smile. good to be back. the braves cut the lead to one. they had two runners on base. grounding out. that'll do it. mets complete the sweep with a 3-2 victory. they finish their nine-game road trip with a 7-2 record. >>> yankees trying to sweep the rays and no amount of offense would have bailed out michael pineda this afternoon. corey dickerson launches, and i mean launches, this into the bleachers in right. steven susa jr. unloads a no doubter. for good measure, susa jr. celebrating h

on the mound, jacob degrom pitched six strong innings, out six phillys. but hi e did have to leave the game with tightness in his right lat. the game was tied at 6-6 when the newest met neil walker comes through with an rbi to center. he drove in two runs on the day. michael may the mets beat the phillys 7-2 in front of a raucus crowd in flushing. >> kind of get chills a little bit. >> obviously you want to make good impressions but fans or whoever will make up their mind about me. at the end of the year i'll let my numbers speak for themselves. >> i'm not really that worried about it. >> the mets are 2-1 on the season. wait until tomorrow night at citi field. but winning keeps you warm, right? >> that's right. mind over matter. the yankees were freezing today. let's talk about the yanks. joe girardi already mng anaging with an eye toward the end of the season. without the veterans in detroit, they missed in that line-up. tigers got all the runs they needed on this swing. hicks throwing. tagging. not in time. cabrera capped the scoring with his first home

will jacob degrom, will he start this game, or do you think -- you're not sure? or is it going to be bartolo colon? left thumb for bartolo, right thumb for jacob. wait, wait -- [laughter] so you don't know. [laughter] okay. he's going with jacob degrom. all right, mr. met, in terms of in this year, got a lot of things planned. we're in the new coca-cola corner, by the way, way out in right field. it's a little windy up here. what do you think, mr. met, do the mets win this game today? how did i know you were going to say that? how did i know? [laughter] all right. so the mets, obviously, expecting big things. they have, you know, the best young staff in baseball. i personally think they're a better team than they were last year even when they went to the world series. the bullpen's better, the temperature to bottom the order is a lot better. i mean, when you look at their defense up the middle, i think that's a big plus. mr. met is here, we'll be here. greg, rosanna, back to you. opening day, always an exciting time. >> all right. all the best to the mets. duke, i

jacob degrom returned today. fortunately he's doing well. degrom made his first start since the home opener today. game was tied at 1 in the sixth, when michael hits a rocket to right. this will get down and into the stands for a ground-rule double. curtis granderson scores and that puts the mets on top. meanwhile, degrom colonel slid solid in his return. he struck out three and he left with a 3-1 lead and a smile in the dugout. good to be back. two runners on base. daniel castro grounding out to end it. the mets complete the sweep with a 3-2 victory. they finish their nine-game road trip. >>> the yankees went for the sweep of the rays today at the stadium. pineda looking for his third straight quality start. no amount of offense would have bailed him out this afternoon. just four batters into the game, corey dickerson launches this into the bleachers in right. and for pineda, the nightmare was just starting. three batters later, steven sousa, jr. unloading. this is a no-doubter. then leading off the third, steve

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met fans want to know, jacob degrom is on his way to florida. his wife is pregnant. baby is coming. also met fans a little frustrated with their team's 2-3 record to start the season. back at it tonight at citifield. steven matz makes his first start of the season. it's still very early but mets fans getting a little impatient after five games. what would help is a win. matt harvey 0-2 to start the season. he didn't have it again yesterday. mets team batting average, .180. in five games they've scored 14 runs. >> i'm not concerned. it's early in the year. we aren't swinging good. we get that. but i got a lot of baseball cards in my office that dictate these guys are going to finish and do just fine when they start getting going. >> love that. meanwhile in boston, the red sox home opener, the last in the career of david ortiz who says he will retire at season's end. they played highlights of his career before the season started. martinez, russell, wakefield, varitek on the field as guests but the biggest moment came when ortiz's daughter alex sang the national anthem. he didn't seem

jacob degrom's wife is home. annoyed. i'm sure. >> no pressure there. >> overdue is not in a good mood. >> hopefully everything works out. he'll get to finish the game. >> you think he'll rush down in that mets golf cart? >> he may want to go faster than that. i was going to say. in the meantime, the conditions will hold out decently. opening day, early april in new york as we saw with the yankees on monday can be tricky. clouds building back in. right now the skies are generally clear in and around the city. the clouds build back in. maybe a spritz or sprinkle here or there. breezy, chilly. temperature 50 degrees. with the wind dwusing -- gusting, make sure to bundle up. it wouldn't hurt to bring along gloves. slowly climbing back to the ev lower 50s. a wintry mix tomorrow. we'll talk about that in a bit. let's talk commute with lauren right now. >> the rails look good with the exception of the 6 train by passing bleecker street because of that police investigation that tracie has been keeping us updated on. 4 train is r

. >>> baseball has taken a back seat for jacob degrom as the pitcher attends to complications with his newborn son. he will be away from the team for 3-7 days. got to have to the right start. curtis granderson, looking good. matt harvey perfect into the fifth inning. jose ramirez, ties the game at 1-1. more trouble came in the sixth. the double. another run scores. the indians will get five in the game. mets trying to come back right now. 7-5 in the eighth. >>> and they already set the nba record. while it might seem appropriate to hand the warriors a second title golden state needs 16 more wins to get them there themselves. it started today here on channel 7. this one wasn't even close. steph curry had 24 points in the first half. he was limited from the second after he tweaked his ankle. clay thompson & co. took care of the rest. the warriors rolling to a lead while in the east the the turn around jumper will cut the lead to two, but paul george would not be denied. the pacers pulled away 100-90. indiana takes game one in toronto. here we go. >>> all right going on. thank you laura.

. >>> an update now on jacob degrom son's jackson. mets manager terry collins says the newborn is doing better and they hope to have him home from the hospital as soon as tomorrow. >>> mets trying to take two of three in cleveland. michael conforto was bumped up to third in the lineup as an attempt to reinvigorate this offense, has gone 5-for-12 with three doubles and a homerun since that move. mets opened up with three runs in the first and three more in the second. they took a 6-0 lead and it's safe to say maybe the indians were a little too much in the sun here. cleveland had two errors. that goes down as an rbi double, though. nice bounceback start for steven matz. remember, he was chased after just an inning and two-thirds in his last start. he struck out a career high nine in seven scoreless innings. the mets win their first series >>> fighting in the nhl has reached an all-time low this statistics. but in the minor leagues, it's game. check out the minor league afilliates of the islanders and the devils. a brouhaha that got so

terry collins announce that does jacob degrom will return to the rotation against atlanta. but against the phillies, it was the noaa syndergaard show. 17 of his pitches clocked in at 99.5 miles per hour or faster. syndergaard sports a.90 era in 3 starts and david wright homered twice in the win. >>> the pistons and cavaliers resume tomorrow but today, stan van gundy fined $25,000 for criticizing the referees for how they handled lebron james. last night, mavericks, dallas thought it stole the game but after review, it was off after time expired. the series, 1-1. >>> quarterback bring an hoyer will play a visit to the jets. gang green is nil -- still in their deadlock. >> really. >> wow. thank you. >>> and earlier, we told you about voting problems in the new york primary, more than 120,000 registers voters, most in brooklyn, apparently, just dropping off the rolls, and the comptroller scott stringer is calling for an investigation and an audit, and mayor deblasio talking to eyewitness news about the controversy. purged from the list, some of them maybe inappropriately, and

after spending the last two weeks with his family, jacob degrom returned to the hill against the braves and performed well giving up one run over 5 2/3. the mets sweep the braves 3-2 and finish their road trip with a 7-2 record. michael pineda is tattooed with two. new york hits the road for the next nine games. >>> we start tonight with the islanders. game six was a dandy.

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jacob degrom got the start and he was great. he left after six innings. the mets bats were quiet until the 6th inning when neil walker came through at his citi field debut. michael conforto followed that up with an rbi double. the bullpen closes and the mets win 7-2. degrom gets a win as a sore lat muscle is something they need to keep an eye on. >> it got a little tight there. i said something early on that i don't want to push too much. i had a back issue early on in the spring. i'm not really that worried about it. >> and today no fun at all in but nobody really did much hit and they couldn't figure out detroit's jordan zimmerman with just three hits on the game. they got them started in that first inning to cap things off in the 7th with this as they will try again tomorrow. after tonight, 2-0 any objection, then nothing, but free time on the road. they are playing against each other on this one. big brother jaren had 19 at one point. and then grant fox down that big bucket in their final minute. and charlottes clinched a playoff spot. the bronx nativ

. >> reporter: as for the game itself, jacob degrom was stellar on the mound before leaving with back stiffness. and the newest met neil walker had a clutch single. a mets victory was the perfect way to complete the pomp and circumstance of opening day. this team played well and you had all the spirit. >> it was cold.othat's the best part. you get up and cheer. >> i'm glad we won. glad our fans got to see us win. we plan on winning a lot more. >> reporter: final score today, mets 7, phillys 2. degrom said a anessit in his lat. he also said that his wife staci called him in morning. she's ready to give birth to their first child, and said, not today, jacob, go out there and pitch. >> he did go out there and pitch. nice job for six innings. >> i'm sure he was very relieved. >> quite. >>> still ahead a mother's cry for help. she says her son is being bullied and beaten in school and nothing is being done to stop it. >>> you know the lead problem in newark? now another new jersey town is testing the water. i'm not afraid >>> a new jersey boy's personal connection to the power full words,

. >>> i want to get in one time update, jacob degrom, him and his wife stacy had their baby, jackson anthony, 7 pounds 12 ounces and serving happy and healthy. >> fantastic and no pie in the face. what is terry collins talking about? >> i think he is saying too much negativity. >> shut that down. moment. hey what are you here for? you getting poked, prodded or pinched?? uhhh yeah, colon cancer screening. hey me too, second time. that sounds good right now. it's no big deal. that's what everyone tells me. today there is more than one way to screen for colon cancer and it's easier than ever. if you're 50 or older talk with your healthcare provider and choose the best test for you! if you're 50 or older get screened for colon cancer. t mt ard twk.nogesur-st00eginrn tanphe if you're doing everything right but find it harder and harder to get by, you're not alone. while our people work longer hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1%. my plan -- make wall street banks and the ultrarich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages for working people, ensure equ

game 3 thursday night at the garden, and the mets' pitcher jacob degrom has been placed on general medical leave to deal with an issue with his newborn son. we are told it's very serious. >>> harvey was perfect through 4 innings, and it fell apart in the 5th and 6th innings, and the mets down 5-1, and his e.r.a. so far, .571. after breaking out for 4 earned runs, the mets following up with more. walker homers as well, and then the comeback would fall short, and david wright makes the final out of the game, 7-5 the final from cleveland, and the yankees' centerpiece this year was supposed to be the bull pen. what happens when you're not handing those relievers the lead? c.c. sabathia departs in the 4th, and to make matters worse, their production at the plate, 2 for the last 37 with runners in scoring position, and both of those hits fail to produce a run. the yankees drop their sixth >>> the nba playoffs, and everyone is gunning for the warriors who finish 73-9. maybe they are trying to rattle steph curry. no. he took most of the game off and still finished with 24. route. >>> 3 weeks until

. >> jacob degrom will return to the rotation sunday in atlanta. >> and that rotation doing very well right now. noah syndergaard pitching well. david wright with two homers last night, 22 in his career there. most by a visiting player. the mets beat the phillies 5- 2. game 2 of the series tonight. reminder to owe all fans don't touch a fare ball it could cost you a girlfriend. last night's giants- diamondbacks game crawford a double down the line. a fan picks it up. he knows he is in trouble. and next to him the girl that he brought to the game she can't believe what he did. and when they leave she doesn't even want to be seen with him. [ laughter ] >> embarrassing! escorted out. >> oh. >> wow. >> oh. >> night started so well. picked her up had flowers we'll be right back. >>> coming up at 11:00 tonight an elderly woman held hostage after church. how she got creative to get the criminal to leave. >> also he escaped from a trunk headed for a queens slaughterhouse. tonight, frank the bull had somewhere else to go and he is enjoying new freedom. >> and we have less than three hours unti

we'll see if the isles could >>> jacob degrom was triumphant in his return to the mound after a scare with his newborn son. the mets swept the braves. we'll show you the offensive hero, later. >>> it was a day michael peneda would rather forget. he now leads the majors in homeruns allowed. one key player gets injured. we'll have details of that and cbs sports radio host will join us later. i'll ask him if the knicks zen master is starting to lose his zen. we'll see you in about 15 minutes. >> much more on the islanders. it's getting exciting. >> getting fun. . >>> a fast-moving fire burning after more than four hours. homes badly damaged and families homeless. an update, just ahead. >> plus, a shooting at the senior prom. how investigators jumped into action to save lives and avert a tragedy. mysterious death has school parent concerns. (mailman) what are you guys doing? (receptionist) it-it gets boring between calls so i make phone music. (security guard) she has a gift. (receptionist) i'll bust out some sample beats for you. (mailman) why don't you try a new york lottery scratch-off

jacob degrom looking good in his first start in 16 days. the baby is fine. and so is degrom's back. anxious moments though in the 9th, a 3-2 mets lead, two outs, two on. jeurys familia is struggling to pitch clean innings, but the results are still the same. that's his fifth save, as the mets do complete the sweep to cap off an impressive 7-2 road trip. >>> mls soccer, red bulls have yet to get off the ground with the record of 1-6 to start the season. tonight, they finally made their move. new york scoring three times in 10 minutes. bradley wright-phillips accounting for two of them in new york's 3-2 win over orlando. we'll be right back. . >>> that does it for the cbs 2news at 11:00. for steve and elise and the entire cbs 2news team, thank you for joining us. have a great week. and when cameras change your perspective. that's the more human side of engineering. experience what a lincoln can do for you at the lincoln spring collection event. your choice of the lincoln mkc or mkz or get 0% apr for 60 months. man: at that moment, it hit me -- this is why i joined the guard. i couldn'

looks like a natural backing up logan who made a solid start in place of jacob degrom today. 6 scoreless innings. but the mets offense was also scoreless for 6 innings. in the 7th comes through in the clutch. yoenis cespedes on this foul ball. he has been questioned about his effort on defense. not here though. he is making some friends with the fans. doesn't make the catch but gives the fans something to talk about. came out of it okay. five out save, the mets finish the rough home stand with a 2- >> it was huge. i think it's quite obvious how we finished the game. i thought it was a huge game for us. >> yankees in toronto for game two of their series tonight. >>> post-season gets under way for the rangers and it will be a role reversal for the blue shirts. past couple seasons were viewed as the team to beat in the eastern conference making it to the stanley cup finals in 2014 before falling to the kings in five but they began round one in pittsburgh tonight as the underdog and that's okay with them. >> i don't think a lot of people are picking us right now which is fine and dandy and w

jacob degrom was there, still listed as tomorrow's pitcher but his pregnant wife is due any time now. they received their national league championship rings. tomorrow they raise their banner, play in front of the home crowd. >>> let's get to the masters. round one had a familiar ring to it. defending champion jordan spieth back at augusta national. here's a birdie on 6th. spieth in control. save par here, nice putt on 16, and the approach on 18 to set up another birdie. spieth shot a 6 under par 66. only three golfers have won back-to-back masters. spieth tries to be number four. for a while it looked like world number one jason day would give him a run for his money.

jacob degrom, his young son, they were finally able to take jackson home, his undisclosed illness has improved. as far as jacob goes, he's going to pitch a simulated game. they returned by this weekend in atlanta. the rest of his mates in philadelphia, david wright gets the party started quick. topsfield job, deep into the seats, the first of two on the wright doing it with the glove as well, actually no glove needed. check this out. bare-handed. nice play to end the fourth. noah syndergaard, usual dominant self. seven innings, one earned run, five hits, eight strikeouts. striking out the side in the seventh. he left with a 2-1 lead. that changed with two big swings, lucas duda, since this one into the second deck. almost hits himself in the face. first of the year makes it 3-1. neil walker, he bangs out his fourth long ball of the year, now 2-0, the mets have won four out of five, 5-2 the final from philadelphia. the yankees with a day off. they host the a's tomorrow. >>> the rangers did what they had to do in pittsburgh, and that is get one win, take home ice advantage and they trie

. >>> new father jacob degrom returns to the mound for the mets. and michael peneda has a forgettable day on the mound, steve's got sports, coming up. . >>> mets in atlanta with a new papa on the hill. >> yeah, so good to see jacob he took the mound with extra motivation today. his newborn son jackson was with his mother in florida, watching dad on tv pitching for the first time. top of the first, did you know that you can score a run on a foul ball? the play was knocked dead when peterson makes a great diving grab. how about the base running by granderson who scores on a sac fly foul ball. degrom was solid, if not spectacular. eight hits in 5 2/3, but minimized the damage to just one run. moving michael conforto to 3rd in the batting order last week is paying off. he is hitting .323 with 5 rbis since then and the mets lineup is averaging 6 runs a game since then. anxious moments in the night. now 3-2, two outs, two on. fifth save for familia, as the mets complete the sweep, capping off a very impressive 7- 2 road trip. >>> if you were watching the

they fall, 3-2, that's their the mets placed pitcher jacob degrom on family emergency lead. his newborn son suffered complications after birth. terry collins calls this a real-life situation for the degroms. logan ver ret will make his scheduled start on tuesday. matt harvey was perfect through 4 2/3 and allowed 6 hits in 5 runs over the next inning. mets trailed 7-1 in the eighth. cespedes gets three back here on his third homer of the year. two batters later, neil walker at the plate. flying solo to right. would it be enough? not really. mets fall, 7- 5. matt harvey is now 0-3 to start the season. >>> the nba playoffs are under way. hawks and pacers each with game one wins. same goes for the defending champs, golden state. the warriors rolled through the rockets early. steph curry outscored houston in the first, 16-15. curry scored 21 in the first half. that would do it thanks to a warriors win, 104-78. >>> finally, at least you're in colorado tonight. the red bulls visiting the rapids somewhere under all that. that's a lot of snow. ten inches fell since this morning, forc

. >>> mets pitcher jacob degrom, his wife stacy, proud parents of baby boy jackson born last night. dad did make it to florida in time for the birth. >>> knicks season, over. the 82-game season wrapped up. only question, would the knicks avoid another 49-game loss season? derrick williams had 21 points in the game. the knicks had the early lead on the road but the pacers rally, come back. george hill scored 19 points. so did paul george. knicks lose 102-90. 32-50, that's the final record. and the knicks' season is over. >>> the rangers get ready for tomorrow's playoff opener in pittsburgh. here they go again. the penguins won the season series. rangers have had the upper hand in the postseason. ryan mcdonagh nursing an injury. skated a bit today. could play later in the series. all gearing up for round 1, game 1. >> we played against them the last two years since i've been here. they've been highly competitive and hard fought. and expect the exact same thing. >> rangers tomorrow. blue skies smiling at me nothing but blue skies do i see the new jetblue card. it's like having jetblue

jacob degrom was at the workout. scheduled pitcher tomorrow. but his wife is due to give birth any day now. >> i'm just focused on tomorrow's game, taking it day by day, and whatever happens happens. my main focus is on tomorrow. of fun to walk out there, defending national league champs and it's going to be cool. >>> one of the most notable events gets started this morning in augusta, georgia. jordan spieth picked up at augusta right where he left off last year. 6 under par. rory mcilroy leads the group three shots back. phil mickelson, even par. jason day, six back. rickie fowler, 80. there's bubba watson and tom watson in his final masters at two over. >>> san antonio visiting golden state. tomorrow the nets are in charlotte. the knicks are in philly. the knicks lost to the hornets by 14. they've lost 5 of the last 6. record stands at 41-48. they've got three games left to avoid another 50-loss season. another rough one. these games left on the schedule, they still need to be played. so knicks will play them. three games knowing you have not

. >> mets announced today jacob degrom will miss his start wednesday, meantime, harvey day at citi field against the phillies. the rubber game of this three-game series, mets wearing those '86 throwback jerseys. mets trailing 1-zip, sixth inning until cabrera hits this, and that is gone. and it is 3-0. just like that, phillies. but cespedes, he hits this home run here, and the mets9 are within 1, 3-2. but the mets would have to live to fight another day because, not good, they end up losing this game, 5-2 the final score. the yankees and tigers in detroit tonight, that game postponed because of inclement weather. and last night in boxing, las timothy bradley jr., unanimous decision. pacquiao says he thinks he's going to retire. he left the door kind of open right there. promoter bob abrams said that, well, we'll see what happens if there's a big payday involved. coming up tonight on sports extra presented by toyota, we, of course, have a big show. the final round of the masters -- this is epic, what's happening right now -- and, of course, we will talk hockey playoffs and more on the met

jacob degrom was there, still listed as tomorrow's pitcher but his pregnant wife is due any time now. they received their national league championship rings. tomorrow they raise their banner, play in front of the home crowd. >>> let's get to the masters. round one had a familiar ring to it. defending champion jordan spieth back at augusta national. here's a birdie on 6th. spieth in control. save par here, nice putt on 16, and the approach on 18 to set up another birdie. spieth shot a 6 under par 66. only three golfers have won back-to-back masters. spieth tries to be number four. for a while it looked like world number one jason day would give him a run for his money. but he went bogey, triple bogey, bogey on 15, 16, 17, finished even par. said els, it's unbelievable. >> i've done that in miniature golf. >> just keep hitting it back and forth through t when 61,000 sets of eyes look at health care differently, a hospital curtain can be more than just a curtain. so we invented a new one, that reduces the spread of infection. in every one of our 21 hospitals and over 450 community and re

jacob degrom is about to become a daddy. he got the call that the baby is coming. the mets pitcher hopped on a private jet, he landed in florida. around that time things for the mets went south. it has been 10 days since steven matz has pitched. that extended layoff can be harmful. he didn't make it out of the second inning against the florida marlins. when the dust settled after giancarlo stanton's mammoth home run, he had given up seven runs. he had never given up more than three for an entire game. maybe yoenis cespedes found something in that home run yesterday? tonight he had a couple hits, another rbi, the mets started chipping away, 8-3 but cutting that to a five-run deficit was the high water mark for them in this game. marcel ozuna quickly added to the marlins lead in the sixth. seven hits, their losing streak is now at three. 10-3 is the final. the court of the mets is certainly the starting rotation. if they all get ace contracts, this could be a billion-dollar rotation, but no they can't keep them all. current mets broadcaster ron darling joined us to g

jacob degrom who started the home opener but left after six innings due to lat soreness will stip the next start. manager collins made it official today saying the right-hander has improved but not enough. degrom said he's just being cautious this early in the season. logan veret will start wednesday. >>> the yankees/tigers game is postponed. the bombers visit the blue jays on tuesday. in the final round of the masters jordan speith was cr sing until the par 312th when he carted a quadruple bogey. right now danny will let has a two-shot lead. finally, last night instead of an old manny pacqaoio we saw what called have been the final fight of his storied career. decision. he regained his welterweight world title. nanny scored two two knock downs. one looked more like a bradley slip. the filipino icon, congress nan man homeland, will now return home to run for a sat seat in the senate. politics and boxing. somehow they don't sound like they mix but in this case they do. >> i caught the end of that i thought a bot of people were waiting to hear, is he going to retire? >> he basically is

. >>> good news regarding jacob degrom's newborn. he is improving after a medical condition this week. the family hopes to bring him home as early as tomorrow. from the indians. michael conforto, the second year met has gone 5-for-12, now leads the mets with a .313 batting average. mets had a 6-0 lead by the 2nd inning, which made up for a light day of lifting for steven matz. remember, he was chased out in the 2nd inning in his last start, but he struck out a career high nine in seven scoreless innings. in this one, mets pick up their first series win of the season. we'll be right back. even when the deck is stacked, a new yorker will find a way to break up big banks, create millions of jobs, and rebuild america. some say it can't be done again. rebuild the middle class, make wall street banks pay their fair share, give every child a chance. new york -- it's our time again to build a future to believe in. sanders: i'm bernie sanders and i approve this message. . >>> let's get a final check on your wakeup weather. >> let's do it. a b

jacob degrom remains away from the team. he's under family medical emergency list. he told terry collins last night that his newborn baby jackson was doing better and might be able to leave the hospital on monday. that's good news. now to the yankees who tried to avoid being swept by the mariners out of the stadium. joe girardi dropped the slumping rodriguez to sixth in the batting order, and boy, did that move pay off. in the second inning, a-rod torches a two-run homer to left. iwakuma, and the bombers are on top 2-1. it was tied at three in the fifth when brett gardner shows off his wheels. what speed from guardy. ball game with a 1-1 lead. andrew miller nailed down his third save of the season. the bombers snapped a four-game losing streak, 4-3 the final. >> it's good, it's good to see, and we need to build off it, and we've got a great performance out of tanaka and the two guy the at the back end. >> it's always good. whatever joe wants, sometimes you have to shuffle the deck a little bit. and whatever it takes to win, i'm willing to do. >> good team job there

. >>> yesterday the mets placed jacob degrom on emergency leave. jackson is improving. the rest of the mets in a rubber game against the indians. in the 1st curtis granderson scores and it's 1-0 mets. later in the inning lucas douda delivers his own single and the mets up 3-0. now 5-0 and steven matz bounced back and struck out 9 batters and 6-0 the mets with the shutout. the yankees and mariners was must see tv in tokyo. even though the first pitch was thrown after 2:00 a.m. the game featured the first ever major league pitching matchup against two japanese teammates. first inning and tanaka strikes out lynn to get out of the frame. next inning his lineup helping him out. alex rodriguez moved to 6th in the lineup and two run blast. brett gardner also helping out the cause in the 3rd. the ground rule double and able to play jacoby elseburg. after seattle tied it they get help. the wild pitch allows gardner to score the go ahead run. the yankees snap their four game slide. it's a new era for the nets as brooklyn looks to the future with a new head coach. he's no stranger

jacob degrom still experiencing soreness in his right lad. he will be replaced for a start. as for than it was matt harvey and the mets in a rubber game against the phillies, harvey trying to find his groove but that won't help. 6th inning, odubel herrera going long. mets cutting into the lead thanks to yoenis cespedes. 3-2 game. the gap just widens in the 9th. andres blanco with the rbi double. the mets could not recover. 5-2 your final. as for the yankees for the second time in one week mother nature has won. the pinstripes' game against the tigers was postponed because comerica park looked like this. rain, raw temperatures, even snow throughout the day. no makeup date has been announced. >>> at 22 years old jordan spieth has helped make the final round of major tournaments must-see tv. today he was at it again looking to be the first since tiger woods to win back to back masters. so all eyes on spieth. while he led by five shots at the turn, trouble awaited on the 12th hole. spieth knocked two balls into the water, finishing with a quadruple bogey seven as he lost the lea

. >>> also tomorrow the mets will mound as jacob degrom returns to make the start in atlanta. he had been away to deal with complications from his newborn son jackson. but now is thankfully healthy. >> it was definitely scary. you know, he had to be checked into the nicu and they had to monitor him in this. but you know, when all the tests came back and nothing was seriously wrong, then we were pretty relieved but at first you know it was a scary time. >> well, meanwhile tonight the mets taking the field in game two of the weekend set in atlanta. now even without cespedes in the lineup, they still put up some runs. in the 4th david wright the double scores a pair. that made it 4-1. in the 9th the game already under control. but the mets just not satisfied because they had not homered yet. well neil walker takes care of that and then the very next batter a repeat performance. cabrera. the amazins' go back-to-back for the fourth time in five games. adding to that home run barrage 8-2 new york rolls. >>> this afternoon, it was the straight wins against the rays at the stadium. ta

jacob degrom starts for the mets but he may have to leave early because his wife is set to give birth to their first child. he says if he gets the call, he is heading home to florida. >>> and we will be there for every pitch of today's home opener. sports anchors rob powers and laura behnke report from citi field beginning at noon on eyewitness news. >>> you are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic beginning with meteorologist bill evans and the accuweather forecast. >> mets lead the league in hair, the best hair between noah and jason. here is what is going on this morning. beautiful morning. a lot of sunshine. empire state building to one world trade. in the distance, long island. letter we look across to the sunrise, a nice day. plenty of sun. 45. cooler than yesterday's high of 58. this is what it should feel like for this hour of the day. maybe a degree or two warmer. clear to partly cloudy skies. back to the west a couple of sprinkles that will rotate around. it's dry. it will dry out before they could get into our neck of the woods here. so, 48 at 10:00.

mets and phillies big question is will jacob degrom start? his wife expected to go into labor any moment down in florida. he says if he gets the call he will e leave. the mets have a contingency plan. terry collins manager says, at least he said yesterday at the workout bar -- will be the guy to start off for mets here's collins yesterday at the workout. >> is a about bartolo he handles situation he's used to having rain delays, spot starts. all of the things that occur throughout has career so something happens to jake and you need a guy he's the best to step in. stadium hears jump up to the lead. but a-rod singles up. a-rod first hit and rbi tied at five. in the 7th, it's march teixeira at the plate three run homer. yankees beat houston 8-5 the final score. hoc canky at the garden looking to keep from getting swept this season by islanders, with so island percent had other plans. they roll over both teams tied with the 9 points. any combination a loss by rangers will quench third place and they'll wiped up a wild card. more story to give yo

wonderful news nor pitcher jacob degrom home from the hospital there have been complications after his bit last week. degrom put on medical emergencies list that was going on. mets ace one of their aces now scheduledded to pitch a game in port st. lucie and make a decision what to do after that and could pitch against braves but remember he's dealing with that lat injury. it >> who is better him or noah? >> world series if they share hair tips? >> i bet they do. hair comerl this is year -- going for syndergaard. >> less bushy. game three matchup with penguins and 7 p.m. this is tied at one game a piece. will captain play? he missed last five games on regular season. last five in general. when he blocked this shot with his right happened on april 4th against columbus. clearness of the practice from head coach, but he didn't rule it out. knicks season finally over pv been work says new york post says interim coach will gather players today to work with on reviewing triangle offense. maybe in the preseason. meantime golden state warrior coach steve kerr says phil jackson failed to get per

jacob degrom the starting pitcher. the mets have the lead. philly would tie, but the mets retook that lead in the 6th inning, then blew it open in the 7th. michael conforto with a big day. mets win their home opener 7-2. degrom left this game with lat tightness, but gets the win. home winners on opening day. >> it's a lot of excitement, but we need to be focused on the remaining 359 games now that we have. i'm glad that we won and i'm glad that our fans got to see us win, are excited as we plan on winning a lot more. but now it is the time to focus on 2016 for sure. >> reporter: well there you go. the mets win the game as much as what happens in the stands the fans jim dolan joins us live here at citi field. hi jim. >> reporter: hey rob. the mets were great today. weather really not so much, kyle. this is his first opening day by the way. we found out the only way to stay warm here today, but he got to see a great game. the mets fans are ready for a big season. [ cheering ] >> let's go mets! [ music ] >> reporter: while the mets were sizzling

. >>> the mets in place, jacob degrom on family emergency leave. his newborn son suffered complications after birth. eric collins calls this a real life situation. his teammates in cleveland. matt harvey pitching and perfect through 4 2/3. they get three of them back here. cespedes, gone for a homer. walker flying solo to right. it's 7-5. do the mets have a rally. not enough for one on this day. matt harvey, 0-3 to start the season. mets fall 7-5 to the indians. >>> again, islanders/panthers game three at barclays center. you can catchall the action on nbcsn. have a great rest of your sunday. for "today in new york," i'm john chandler. >>> a little bit of soccer here. the red bulls visiting the rapids in colorado. yes, snow on the screen. plenty of it. more than 10 inches fell before the game there. crews cleaned the field and they had to use an orange ball. you can see them play there. >> interesting. >> it was zummar to put the red bulls on the board. the snow is not the red bulls they lost 2-1. nycfc also in action in columbus. no score there. c

jacob degrom is in a predicament. his wife is about to have a baby. >> should i stay or go? >> reporter: his wife is in florida. jacob is here in new york and he plans to stay with the team until he gets the word that stacey is in labor with their first child a boy. so that means he is planning to start tomorrow's home opener against the phillies but no matter what time he gets the word, pre-game, during the game or post-game, he will get on a plane and go. if he misses the game, the most likely candidate to replace him is bartolo colon lot of tricky situations in his 18 years in the big leagues. degrom says he is focused. but if he is tapped on the shoulder during it -- >> i plan to be there whenever he is born so i'll probably be out of the game and i'm still waiting to hear. we're just waiting. very exciting. i mean, after a good season last year we're looking into toward getting back here and playing in front of the home fans and i'm expecting a baby boy so it's definitely an exciting time. >> hopefully the baby holds off another day or two? but, uhm, hopefully he gets ho

the mets will be without jacob degrom after the pitcher was placed on family emergency leave as he attends to complications of his newborn son jackson. the team did not disclose the severity of the situation. mets and indians, curtis granderson leading off the game sends that one out for the solo home run. while matt harvey he was perfect into the 5th inning, but trouble after that. jason kipnis, the rbi double. the indians would get five runs in the frame, all charged to harvey. still time to come back. yoenis cespedes, that's as close as they would come. david wright the grounder for the final out of the game, 7-5, the mets fall. >>> while closer to home, it was the yankees hosting the three game skid. carlos beltran reason for optimism on the front, the double allows mark teixeira to score, and the game got away from sabathia in the 5th. martin taking in deep for the solo home run to tie it. after the mariners then took the lead, nelson cruz extended it, extra bases with the rbi double that proves to be the game winning run as 3-2 the yankees indeed lose their 4th in a row. and that's y

. >> reporter: alice and maurice, can you imagine being jacob degrom trying to focus on the all important home opener with the prospects of a son being born down in florida? he told us before this game that no matter when he got the call that his wife was going into labor he would leave. so this is not any ordinary start for him. the mets celebrating last year's national league championship before the game. members of the 1973 and 2000 pennant winners several players doing the honors of but the man of the hour, degrom. concerned about his focus, not at all. degrom was locked in! striking out six in six innings giving up just one run. even had an rbi. he had to leave the game early, no not because of a baby. he had a sore lat muscle. stay tuned tonight baby though. the 6th inning it was tied. the new second baseman comes through on his first game in front of new fans. neil walker with the rbi single gives the mets the lead and they never looked back taking the home opener against the phillies 7-2 the final. as for degrom and his baby -- >> i talked to her this morning and she had a doctors

like jacob degrom whose wife is expecting their firstborn at any moment. degrom left early after striking out six in six innings, not because of the baby, but because of tightness in his back. new york's big inning happened when they scored four in the 7th. here's one of the newcomers, neil walker adding a couple of hits and an rbi. and how about michael confortho driving in three? he went 2-3 at the plate. no surprise here, the mets hammering the phillies in front of their home fans. 7-2 the final from citi field. yankees visiting the tigers at their home open ner detroit. sev erino wasn't hit hard, just often. the tigers got three runs on 10 hits in five innings. meanwhile the yankees just gifted george zimmerman a win, a guy who couldn't ask for a better start with his new team. just three hits combined for the bombers. new york's bullpen has pitched great up to date, but they finally caved in the 7th. it is no shame when you give up a home run to miguel cabrera. triple crown. the yankees get shut out 4-0. for cbs 2 sports, i'm steve overmeyer. have a g