The pair will both be examined by team doctor David Altchek.
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Royals starter Danny Duffy allowed three runs and four hits in 4 2/3 innings, plagued by four walks that elevated his pitch count. “Right now, we got some guys who are going to help out and we need them to step up and today somebody did”.
The ball deflected to second baseman Neil Walker, who threw to first for an out. Asdrubal Cabrera went 2-for-3 with two runs scored during an impressive all-around day for the Mets.
“If you remember last fall he [Cespedes] had a similar problem with that left hand”. In the meantime, Colon shook his pitching hand in obvious pain and bent over at the waist as manager Terry Collins and trainer Ray Ramirez came rushing out of the dugout. I know he was definitely caught off guard with having to run out there, kind of at the spur of the moment, ” Colon said through a translator.
Cespedes was diagnosed with a mild strain in his left wrist. He received a cortisone shot and is now day-to-day, according to Newsday’s Laura Albanese.
The news about Syndergaard, an emerging ace in his second big league season and the hardest-throwing starter in the majors, was also a concern. Collins said afterward that Syndergaard’s elbow had “flared up”.
“He’s doing fine”, Collins said. That was 1.4 miles per hour off his previous start a week earlier, when he tossed 115 pitches.
After the test Wednesday at the Hospital for Special Surgery, Syndergaard prescribed anti-inflammatory medication and has been cleared to do his normal work routine.
On Tuesday night, Colon was diagnosed with a right thumb bruise, but that x-rays were negative.
The Mets meanwhile have struggled of late and don’t look like the team that qualified for the World Series past year and while they have a very solid rotation led by Syndergaard they haven’t been able to get their offense on the same page.
“He put it in the air, and the wind took care of the rest”, Soria said. He struck out four and walked none. Jerry Blevins threw a flawless seventh inning, Addison Reed worked around a leadoff single in the eighth and Jeurys Familia notched his 24th save with a 1-2-3 ninth.
Elsewhere, the Astros rallied for a 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Angels, with Carlos Correa hitting a two-run single to right-center field with no outs in the ninth inning, the Detroit Tigers rallied from two down to beat the Seattle Mariners 4-2, and Arizona won its fifth straight with a 4-2 win at Toronto.
Kansas City finally scratched across a run in the top of the fifth, on an RBI single to left from Brett Eibner.
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Despite never playing a professional game in the outfield, Reynolds appeared ready for the task. First pitch is set for 12:10 this afternoon. Royals LF Alex Gordon (wrist) was scheduled to play his fourth rehab game for Double-A Arkansas on Wednesday….
