Boy, did he have plenty to cheer about.
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The New York Mets (40-37) defeated the Cincinnati Reds (34-40) twice on Sunday, finishing off Saturday’s postponed game 2-1 in thirteen innings, before taking the regularly scheduled contest 7-2 in Steven Matz’ big league debut.
“I think I got to everything fine”, Granderson said.
We all witnessed what happened yesterday afternoon between the Mets and Reds, and if you hadn’t, then you really missed out on a lot. “And today he showed it”, Collins told ESPN. Granderson doubled to right, Campbell scored, Matz to third. As a pitcher, he is in the second place to have received an RBI following Dillon Gee in 2010 and as a player lands at 10 since 2000 to have at least four RBIs, both roles in his major league debut. Matz responded with a two-run single.
And with each successive hit, his family in attendance broke into delirious excitement – making his thrilled and animated grandfather an instant Internet sensation. However, New York has won 53% (17-15) of its games when taking a late lead. I’d make a few “Matz” puns, talk about the Long Island native’s Major League debut and dive into the Mets’ status at large. Matz originally was due to throw the first pitch at 1:10 p.m. ET Sunday.
The sweep boosted the Orioles to the top of the AL East by percentage points over Tampa Bay.
“That was a hit we needed, the entire team!” He was even more impressive with the bat, going 3 for 3 with a record-setting four RBIs. Here’s a look at the father-son duos with the most home runs in Major League Baseball history.
Perhaps the best sign that Matz’s performance wasn’t a fluke is that he wasn’t shelled.
If there’s any issue here, it’s that Matz may have raised expectations to unsustainable levels for his second start. 300 at Triple A Las Vegas.
Working quickly and with goal, Matz featured a fastball that sat between 94 and 96 miles per hour and mixed in his changeup and curveball liberally while holding the Reds to five hits in 7.2 innings while walking three and striking out six.
On the pitching side, manager Terry Collins said Matz came “as advertised”. Gold Glove center fielder Juan Lagares robbed Cincinnati’s Jay Bruce of a homer in the eighth, and two fantastic plays by Schumaker in the seventh thwarted the Mets.
A Stony Brook, L.I., product, Matz will be pitching for the team he grew up rooting for. The ball glanced off the catcher’s mitt and practically sailed all the way to the backstop.
Granderson’s homer was his fifth in seven games.
The first debut came on July 26, 2012, and it was The Dark Knight of New York City, Mets’ ace, 26 year old Matt Harvey.
Frazier then tied the game by opening the fourth with his 25th homer of the season.
“He does what he does”.
“It was a ball that was up in the zone, off-speed pitch”, he said.
Red Sox 5, Rays 3: David Ortiz, Pablo Sandoval and Alejandro De Aza homered off Tampa Bay ace Chris Archer to boost Boston.
Lucas Duda, the Mets’ primary number three hitter, has four RBI in the last two weeks. He plated the tiebreaking run on Evan Gattis’s triple in the seventh. It is his reaction to Matz’s third at bat, in which Matz muscled a soft liner into the outfield for a bases-loaded single, driving in another pair of runs.
Maikel Franco drove in three runs for Philadelphia, which had dropped three in a row. Texas has lost eight of 10.
The Tigers were trailing 4-0 after six innings but a four-run eighth levelled the scores and McCann cleared the wall to seal the win.
Dodgers 2, Marlins 0: Zack Greinke pitched 72/3 innings for his first win since May 5. Cincinnati is 4-1 as an underdog, 17-41 in their last 58 road games, and 1-6 against a left-handed starter. Jace Peterson hit his third homer for the Braves.
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In the day’s other game, the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the San Diego Padres 6-4.
