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The New York Mets hope to keep the wins rolling in at the expense of the Miami Marlins on Tuesday.
And when he stepped to the plate Monday night in the second inning, Conforto worked a 3-1 count off Tom Koehler.
Conforto, who was the 10th overall pick in last year’s Major League Baseball Draft, rose quickly through the Mets’ system this season (despite only touching Single-A Short Season in 2014) by reaching Binghamton (Double-A) at the end of May thanks to a. 283 average, 7 home runs, and 28 RBIs in 45 games with St.
Lucas Duda is the muscle behind the New York Mets’ power surge that’s moved them within percentage points of first place in the NL East. “That’s why we got him”.
The Mets obtained Cespedes from Detroit right before Friday’s trade deadline.
There was a brief delay with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning after Tomas Telis lost control of his bat and it flew into the stands and hit a fan. The man was sitting with an ice pack in a tunnel underneath the stands after the game. “The whole trip around the bases was just a flash in my mind”.
“I never ended a game that way with a walkoff home run”, said Hechavarria, who has a career-high five homers. Monday was Colon’s first win since June 12. Koehler allowed seven runs, six earned, on seven hits. The pitching is still just as good and now Colon finally turns in a good outing after a bad stretch. The slugger had played in two of the games against the Nationals this weekend, contributing a hit and a run scored, but Monday Cespedes took over.
Cespedes came into the game 1 for 7 in his first two games with the Mets.
Conforto, 22, made his major-league debut earlier this month and had four hits, including two doubles, in 19 at-bats.
The last Mets player to hit three doubles in a game was Scott Hairston on August. 17, 2012. The big hit in the inning was a two-run double off the wall in right-center by Cespedes.
New York manager Terry Collins said he plans to use the 22-year-old left fielder during the upcoming series in Miami.
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Cespedes doubled in the sixth and scored on two wild pitches by Andre Rienzo. Christian Yelich doubled in the Marlins sole run off him in the eighth. Miami placed RHP Carter Capps (strained right elbow) on the 15-day disabled list and optioned INF Donovan Solano to Triple-A New Orleans…. He had an MRI, which showed no structural damage. In his previous seven starts, he was 0-6 record and a 6.16 ERA.
