Houston starter Collin McHugh (12-5) allowed seven hits and five runs with four walks in five innings.
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Pittsburgh hadn’t allowed so many runs since a 15-5 loss to Arizona on August 17, 2013.
As if it couldn’t get any worse, SNY decided to show the Mets Yearbook from 1977 during the rain delay, because that’s what every fan of the Amazins wants to be reminded of after blowing a six-run lead: the 1977 Mets. J.A. Happ (4-6) gave up seven runs – six earned – on nine hits in 3 1/3 innings. They jumped out to a quick 1-0 with no men out and threatened for more with runners on first and third.
It was 0-0 to start the bottom of the ninth inning.
In 23 career home starts, Fernandez has a 1.19 ERA.
Hosmer connected off right-hander Trevor Bauer (8-8), who pitched a five-hit complete game. But he said he wasn’t walking to the plate in the ninth pondering the possibility that he might be taking his last at-bat for the Padres.
The Mets (52-50) led 7-1 entering the sixth inning before the relievers struggled, and the game was stopped twice for rain delays for a total of three hours and 36 minutes. His ERA for the season? 4.96.
“Why couldn’t they trade for this guy 10 minutes ago??!!”, a bemused Joe Beningo shouted on WFAN sports radio as the ball landed over the center field wall. Betts was hurt on the play and left with a possible concussion.
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But, those that ended up watching the game saw two things: An terrible performance from Bartolo Colon and an awesome performance from Lucas Duda. He yielded six runs and 10 hits on Wednesday.
With the Mets leading 7-5 in the ninth after a seventh-inning grand slam by Derek Norris off Hansel Robles, Familia retired the first two batters, had a one-strike count on Norris when the first rain delay occurred and got ahead of him 0-and-2 after the game resumed.
Pinch-hitter Juan Lagares chased Shields with a leadoff double in the eighth, and Granderson homered into the second deck in right off Shawn Kelley. The Padres didn’t have a runner reach base until the seventh inning in the opener of a 10-game road trip en route to their 15th shutout loss of the year.
Well, until the rain – and Justin Upton – arrived in the ninth inning.
Perkins (0-3) lost a second consecutive outing.
For the third time since the All-Star break, closer Jeurys Familia blew a save opportunity for the Mets. Rizzo finished with three hits and Dexter Fowler went 2 for 4.
Didi Gregorius collected a career-high four hits to go along three RBIs and two runs. “I feel good, my arm is good”.
Matt Kemp followed with another single.
“We just had a tremendous game”.
If it was the last time this group of Padres was together this season, the send-off was appropriately lengthy. They could gain even more ground this weekend, when they host the Nationals for a three-game series at Citi Field. His double came in the first inning off Giants starter Matt Cain and improved Parra’s average when leading off a game to.
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Carrasco did not allow a hit after Reddick’s double, facing one over the minimum from that point. Alexi Amarista tried his best, but lined out to right, had he hit the ball a foot to the right, it would have scored Alonso. The Dodgers lost their third in a row. “We’re not tigers in a circus and jumping through rings of fire and then getting put in our cages afterward”, said Niese, who walked one and struck out six.
