New York Mets starting pitcher Noah Syndergaard reacts with a small…
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Unfortunately for the Mets, the Padres got two more runs off Colon thanks to home runs off the bat of Upton and Yonder Alonso.
The blast marked the second career walk-off homer for Castro, who helped lift Houston to a two-game lead over the Angels in the American League West.
New York Mets right fielder Curtis Granderson (3) runs on his eighth-inning, two-run home run off Sa …
“It was a two-seam, and it might have been on the black, ” Shields said. “That’s a tough guy to beat”. Entering Wednesday night, they were one game behind the first-place Washington Nationals.
Familia was allowed to come out to try to close the game despite the delay, but gave up consecutive singles to Derek Norris and Matt Kemp before Justin Upton hit a three-run homer to give the Padres their first lead of the afternoon. He allowed one run and nine hits with three strikeouts and one walk in five innings to earn his first victory since May 14.
With San Diego trailing 7-1 in the seventh inning, Norris hit his second grand slam of the season, off Hansel Robles, who was facing his first batter after Bobby Parnell loaded the bases. “It was a pretty good pitch”. The first delay lasted 44 minutes and came with two outs, nobody on and Familia ahead of Padres catcher Derek Norris, 0-1. “A lot’s happened in a month and a half”.
This time, he barely got touched.
“It was a script you couldn’t write”, Padres interim manager Pat Murphy said. Padres starter Andrew Cashner then walked Juan Lagares to bring Grandy to the plate, who put a 2-2 slider over the right field fence to make the score 4-0. He retired No. 3 hitter Matt Kemp on a popup and got cleanup man Justin Upton to ground into an inning-ending double play.
With the rain coming down, the ball going up and out, and Mudcat was loving every second of it, the Padres took the lead The few thousand soaked New Yorkers left in the stands weren’t loving it one bit, and the Padres were on top of things 8-7 before the game was called for a delay.
Jaime Garcia (3-4), activated from the 15-day disabled list earlier in the day, made his first start since June 2 and gave up three runs and four hits in six innings.
Norris said he was relieved when play was stopped with two outs in the ninth. Which is pretty fitting, considering what happened. “He just pulled his hands inside and made a good swing on it. I mean, nothing else I can do about that”.
J.D. Martinez hit two doubles and drove in three runs, and center fielder Rajai Davis added a two-run triple as the Tigers raced to a 7-0 lead in the fourth inning before holding on in the end. He was not thinking about what might transpire before today’s non-waiver trade deadline. Cashner, Kimbrel, Upton and Upton’s fellow soon-to-be free agents – Ian Kennedy, Joaquin Benoit, Will Venable and Shawn Kelley – also were in play.
“I think everybody’s human”, he said. As evident by the Gomez discussions the team has gauged the outfield market, and players like Cincinnati’s Jay Bruce and San Diego’s Will Venable could be of interest.
“He’s still going to be the closer”, Collins said. He pitched around four walks, which tied his career high. “But we’ll hopefully get his confidence back and get him out there a little more often and see what the results are”.
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The first time New York Mets rookie right-hander Noah Syndergaard faced the San Diego Padres on June 2, he joined a dubious club by becoming the second pitcher in history to strike out 10 batters in a start in which he lasted less than five innings.
