That was his first hit in almost 9 years and he hasn’t taken an at-bat since 2009.
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“I nearly ran (Mets second baseman Neil) Walker over”, Albers said. Ty Kelly stepped to the plate and grounded into an inning ending double play, his second of the day and a huge wasted opportunity for the Mets since they had Yoenis Cespedes available to pinch hit on the bench. Mets catcher Rene Rivera (44) chases down the off-line throw.
“A lot of guys were laughing, saying like how amusing that was”, Albers said. “He’s had some quality at-bats and I think he’s earned a little playing time”.
“A hit means nothing if I don’t go out there and get those next three outs”.
Chicago stole four bases in a game for the first time since August 6, 2011, at Minnesota.
BREWERS 3, CARDINALS 1: Zach Davies had a career-high nine strikeouts over eight shutout innings and Milwaukee averted a three-game sweep by St. Louis.
Davies (3-3) allowed three hits and retired 13 in a row to finish the longest outing of his young career before yielding to Jeremy Jeffress.
Then in back-to-back innings the White Sox turned two more.
New York, which scored six runs in the three-game series, got its only run Wednesday on Rivera’s RBI single in the second. The pitching at least seems to be coming around as Jacob deGrom pitched his best game of the season and deserved a better fate.
The Mets bullpen put together five scoreless innings of relief before Albers engineered his own run off Verrett in the 13th. He has a 23.14 ERA in that span.
Michael Conforto had a particularly rough 0-for-6 day, striking out his first four times up and hitting into a double play in the 12th.
PADRES 14, MARINERS 6: Alexei Ramirez homered twice and matched his career high with five RBIs, Adam Rosales and Wil Myers also went deep and San Diego routed Seattle hours after Padres executive chairman Ron Fowler strongly criticized the team’s poor play.
Fowler told the team’s radio station that the Padres’ recent performances have been “embarrassing” and “pathetic”. The White Sox did not answer until the seventh, when Todd Frazier jumped on deGrom’s high changeup for his MLB-leading 17th home run.
The White Sox ran out of position players first, leading to relief pitcher Matt Albers batting for himself in the top of the 13th against Mets’ reliever Logan Verrett. After he didn’t slide into second base, Albers advanced on a wild pitch and easily scored when he tagged up on Abreu’s sac fly to center. Pitcher hits a double in the 13th inning, [wild pitch] and then he scores a run.
It wasn’t an entirely new experience for Syndergaard, who came out of the bullpen and worked a scoreless seventh inning to help the Mets win the decisive Game 5 of last year’s playoff series against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The Mets’ offense continued their stretch of futility Wednesday in a 2-1 loss in 13 innings.
It’s time for Tyler Saladino to be the starting shortstop for the White Sox.
Albers recorded his first base hit since 2007.
INDIANS 5, RANGERS 4: Yan Gomes’ single scored Lonnie Chisenhall with the winning run in the 11th inning, and Cleveland defeated Texas.
Albers (2-4) relieved White Sox closer David Robertson to start the 12th and led off the 13th in his first at-bat since 2009. The White Sox defeated the Mets 2-1.
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Neil Walker hit a two-run homer for the Mets, who led 4-0 after three innings.
