Walker hit a solo home run in the ninth for the Mets.The Mets threatened again by loading the bases with nobody out in the seventh against Severino. Do not collect $200.
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Both teams were warned and Mets manager Terry Collins could be seen on television yelling a profanity from the dugout.
“It’s not an easy circumstance, but there are no plans right now to do anything but give some reps to other people and see where it takes us, and if matchups or injuries hit, you might see him back out there”, said Cashman on ESPN Radio. Words were exchanged, both players were held back from going any further, no one was ejected and warnings were issued. NY is also 7-2 in their last nine against the National League East and 4-1 in their last five games on grass. Tuesday night it was Alejandro De Aza with the big blow, and Wednesday it was Curtis Granderson who led off the game with a blast off starter Chad Green. James Loney came through with a hit, but only Walker was able to score.
Even with all that, an actual baseball game was played at Yankee Stadium.
Taking the mound for the Mets on Wednesday will be lefty Steven Matz. The southpaw’s body language also told a pretty clear story of “That one got away” rather than “Ha, ha, payback!” If he can get somewhat hot, the Yankees still can finish this rebuilding year over.500 and still have that outside chance for the last Wild Card.
Walker had another strong night, going 4 for 5 with two runs scored and a home run.
The Washington Nationals followed up their 14-1 hammering of the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday with another 10-4 rout, while the Los Angeles Angels beat the Oakland Athletics 5-4 and the Milwaukee Brewers were 3-2 victors over the San Diego Padres. Johnson turned this into a double and Rene Rivera brought him home with a single. Following two-out singles by Jacoby Ellsbury and Rob Refsnyder, the switch-hitter lofted the ball over the right-field scoreboard and into the first row of seats at Yankee Stadium for his 10th home run this season and first batting right-handed since July 31 past year against Carlos Rodon of the Chicago White Sox. In Green’s previous start, at Cleveland on July 8, he gave up consecutive home runs to Carlos Santana and Jason Kipnis starting the first. The Mets picked up Jay Bruce at the deadline in one of the bigger moves across the league but has yet to get anything positive from the veteran at the plate. After the Mets traded the 29-year left-hander to Pittsburgh in December for Neil Walker, the second baseman signed a one-year sublease for the pitcher’s apartment on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Michael Conforto struck out looking and Wilmer Flores’ weak grounder became4 a 6-4-3 double play. No punches were thrown, and the players were warned.
Matz insisted he didn’t deliberately hit Teixeira.
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New York Yankees on-deck batter Chase Headley (12) congratulates Mark Teixeira after Teixeira hit a three-run home run during the second inning against the New York Mets in a baseball game Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016, in New York. Bruce made his big league debut with Cincinnati in 2008 and reached the postseason in 2010, ’12 and ’13, but the Reds are one of the National League’s worst teams and chose to deal him for infielder Dilson Herrera and left-hander Max Wotell. The Yankees scored three runs each in the first and second innings, and three in two-thirds on an inning against Robles in the seventh.
