The defending NL Champs took three out of four this year from the World Series champs. The 2001 New York Yankees visited the Mets at Shea Stadium while the 2005 Boston Red Sox played the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium.
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The ball deflected to second baseman Neil Walker, who threw to first for an out. Robles replaced Colon and wound up pitching 32⁄3 innings, allowing one run and throwing a career-high 65 pitches.
Cespedes had two hits and a walk, including a double off the center-field wall, but was removed in the sixth because of discomfort in his left wrist.
Former Ray Asdrubal Cabrera homered in the first and Yoenis Cespedes in the fourth off Royals starter Ian Kennedy.
New York Mets relief pitcher Hansel Robles (47) delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals after he came in to pitch when starting pitcher Bartolo Colon was hit by Whit Merrifield’s grou… A tiring Robles allowed a leadoff single to Paulo Orlando before walking Cheslor Cuthbert and giving up an RBI single to Brett Eibner. Jerry Blevins and Addison Reed each hurled a flawless inning, and Jeurys Familia recorded the save against the team that tagged him for three blown saves in the 2015 World Series. NY did get a win yesterday though in the first game of this world series rematch and with their go to guy on the bump in this one they are favourites to het another but we are getting Thor at a reasonable price at just -132 right now and it would be smart to jump on it now as the line will surely start to go south as we approach first pitch.
Syndergaard had his previous start already pushed back due to pitch count from his previous complete game effort.
The move means Syndergaard (7-2, 1.91 ERA) is now lined up to pitch next Monday in the opener of a three-game series at first-place Washington.
No late comeback for Kansas City this time.
Athletics 5, Brewers 3: Yonder Alonso hit a two-out, tiebreaking single in the seventh inning and Marcus Semien followed with a two-run triple for Oakland. Pinch-hitter Kendrys Morales flied out to the right-field fence with two on, and Goeddel tossed two scoreless innings. The Royals had taken a 2-1 lead with a two-run burst in the top of the fifth, fallen behind 3-2 after the fifth, and tied it again with a solo run in the sixth. D’Arnaud batted eighth in his first game since April. 25.
“We dodged a big one”, Collins said.
To create roster space for d’Arnaud, catcher Kevin Plawecki was optioned to Triple-A Las Vegas.
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Angel Pagan hit a grand slam during a seven-run fourth inning as the San Francisco Giants thrashed Pittsburgh 15-4 and the Atlanta Braves extended their streak to six wins with 3-2 victory in Miami. Syndergaard has won five straight decisions.
