“Sometimes we’re going to win, sometimes we’re going to lose like tonight”, McGee said.
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“There was a lot of talk about [Archer] being one of the best in the American League, and he certainly looked like it”, Collins said. “We’re designed to hit homers, and guys who hit home runs strike out”. They have exceeded their season average of 3.7 runs per game by averaging 5.3 during that stretch. Shaffer, playing designated hitter in his first game at Tropicana Field, led off the seventh inning with his tie-breaking homer. That’s because the Nationals also lost two of three to Colorado this weekend, including Sunday’s 6-4 decision, and now Washington faces a 10-game western trip against the Dodgers, Giants and Rockies. Noah Synergaard was charged with all five runs on eight hits and a pair of BB over four frames to fall to 6-6.
“I thought I threw the ball well with the exception of two mistakes”, deGrom said. “I’m a little concerned about (28)”. But the Rays, armed with an aggressive approach at the plate adopted during the previous homestand, shrugged it off and won again, just as they did Saturday when they trailed by three before their first at-bat. Jeurys Familia came on in the bottom of the inning and worked around a leadoff single to toss a scoreless ninth inning to pick up his 30th save of the season.
The Mets did not place a runner in scoring position after the second, and they struck out 28 times spanning the final two games of the series.
Rays: C Curt Casali left after two innings with a head bruise after being hit one inning earlier by a back swing…. The team is 42-6 when they score four runs or more. Poindexter had 12 on 2 of 13 shooting. Duda went to second on a wild pitch and came home on Conforto’s liner to left-center.
The Rangers led off the eight-run 11th with seven consecutive hits. This did not last long and Clippard proved for the first time as a Met he was human, and gave up a solo home run to long time Ray Evan Longoria.
Royals 3, White Sox 2: Edinson Volquez pitched seven strong innings and Lorenzo Cain doubled home the go-ahead run in the sixth to help Kansas City beat Chicago. Guthrie picked up the victory, although he yielded six runs and 10 hits in 5-2/3 innings. The streak began with the fifth inning of a 4-3, 13-inning victory over Cincinnati on Wednesday. The Rays are the top team in the AL at limiting hits to their opponents, allowing only 7.9 hits per game so far this season. He would settle down after that, allowing just two baserunners over the next four innings. He allowed six hits and four walks while throwing 109 pitches.
Boston’s Justin Masterson loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the ninth, but Koji Uehara killed any hopes of a rally and earned his 25th save in 27 chances by striking out Jose Iglesias and getting Ian Kinsler to meekly ground out.
On Sunday, it was Bartolo Colon (10-11) taking the loss. Unfortunately Grady Sizemore was unable to pick up a hit to bring Rivera home and the threat was over. The Mets have a 41-4 record when outhitting opponents. He drove in three of the four runs and increased his season slash line to.329/.393/.493. Byrd added his homer in the ninth. He was making his third major-league appearance and his second start.
Two innings later, Colon forced Shaffer into a 2-and-2 count with a couple of early breaking pitches before Shaffer sent a fastball into the leftfield seats.
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Cespedes and Kelly Johnson are the only current Mets that has faced Odorizzi.
