New York Mets’ Daniel Murphy follows through on a single to left field to drive in two runs against the Colorado Rockies during the seventh inning of a baseball game, Monday, August 10, 2015, in New York.
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Gray is the first Rockies starter to make his major league debut this season and the fourth in the past two seasons. It was Gonzalez’s 13th homer since the All-Star break.
Miller gave up a single to d’Arnaud, walked Michael Conforto and then Ruben Tejada as well with two outs.
With the bases-loaded and ex-Yankee Boone Logan on the hill, Curtis Granderson took a pitch off the elbow on a full count to force in the tying-run.
Johnny Cueto pitched a shutout and Lorenzo Cain doubled home two runs as the Kansas City Royals beat the Detroit Tigers 4-0. As for the pitching staff, the Mets don’t allow many hitters to get on base, leading the league with a 1.16 WHIP.
On Monday, he was back at Citi Field-the only place where he’s tasted any form of winning-for the second time this year and the fifth time of his career without a Mets jersey hanging in his locker.
In Chicago, Chris Sale allowed two runs and five hits in 7 1-3 innings and Avisail Garcia homered twice to drive in four runs as the White Sox downed the Los Angeles Angels 8-2. Still, he would’ve liked to go back out to the mound in the seventh inning. No, but really, short of a flawless game or a frightful injury, the difference between him throwing seven scoreless innings, and him getting tagged for ten hits in three innings is absolutely nothing.
The Arizona Diamondbacks trounced the Philadelphia Phillies 13-3 after Welington Castillo equaled a career high with four RBIs, and Yasmany Tomas and A.J. Pollock bot hit home runs.
The Rockies (47-63) have lost eight of their last 12 games.
Mets: 3B David Wright (spinal stenosis) went 1 for 3 with a walk.
RF Carlos Gonzalez continued his scorching post-All-Star-break run Monday, when he hit a two-run homer to account for the Rockies’ offense in a 4-2 loss to the Mets.
“He’s got as good of stuff as any guy in the league”, Colorado catcher Nick Hundley told reporters on Saturday. He finished off the inning with a two-pitch groundout and a three-pitch fly out.
Niese gave up six hits and two runs without walking a batter in seven innings. The left-hander is 5-0 with a 1.48 ERA in eight starts since losing 6-1 at Tampa Bay on June 15.
The Mets have favorable pitching matchups against the Rockies than the Nationals do against Dodgers in their first series of games this week.
Reyes, wearing his familiar No. 7 and occupying his usual spot atop the order, received a warm ovation upon stepping to the plate in the top of the first inning Monday night.
Cuddyer spent the past three years in Colorado, hitting. Matt Harvey takes the hill, and he’s 10-7 with a 2.76 ERA and 131 strikeouts this season.
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Orioles 3, Mariners 2: Chris Davis hit a go-ahead single and his 30th home run for Baltimore.
