Like I said, the right-handers have given Alex the most struggles.
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“He’s a good hitter and that’s what he can do”. That’s why you look at what he’s done with runners in scoring position, he’s put up huge numbers. “If we at some point choose to do anything, that’s our right at any time”, he said.
Reds 7, Cardinals 0: Brandon Phillips had three hits and left-hander Brandon Finnegan limited St. Louis to two hits in six innings, leading Cincinnati to a rare series win over the Cardinals.
Mets general manager Sandy Alderson said Thursday he and Cespedes arrived at a “mutual understanding” he would stay away from the golf course while recovering from an injury to his right quad. “That’s a big homer”. Eovaldi tried to get Granderson out at second on the fielder’s choice but was late, giving the Mets an extra out to work with. Of his 99 hits this season, 54 have been for extra bases. “I was surprised not to see him”. Cespedes’ golf habit is well known – he golfed before games while carrying the Mets into the postseason a year ago, and maintains that the hobby keeps his mind relaxed and even benefits his baseball swing.
Johnson lined the first pitch from Nathan Eovaldi (9-8) in the fifth over the right-field wall.
The drives by Johnson and Bruce were enough for Bartolo Colon (10-6), who Collins said had his best stuff and Bruce described as “ageless”. “We brought (Gary Sanchez) up, and we said that Sanchey was going to play”. “He was just being Bart”.
Jerry Blevins took over for Colon and gave up an RBI single to Aaron Hicks.
Jeurys Familia allowed two singles in the ninth but got Rob Refsnyder to bounce into a game-ending double play.
The Yankees have scored 15 runs in their last two wins and Wednesday’s game was highlighted by Mark Teixeira’s three-run homer and his reactions to being hit in the left knee by Steven Matz and being accused of stealing signs in the seventh by reliever Hansel Robles. Rodriquez needs four more home runs to reach 700 milestone for his career.
Sure, a lot has happened to Rodriguez since that day, most of it bad, but it should be recalled that at that postgame press conference, which was a celebratory event, a reporter asked, without embarrassment or a trace of snark, “Alex, do you nearly expect to break the all-time home run record?”
“I’ve had conversations with his people, but not directly with Yoenis”, Alderson said. I always say, ‘that’s my dad’. So though it’s unclear and unlikely that his golfing did anything whatsoever to exacerbate his injury, the questionably timed photo caused a stir among Mets fans and media.
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“I don’t think he wants me to just put him in there to get this thing done and sacrifice the team when you’ve got somebody else that’s going good”, manager Don Mattingly said. Severino threw a 98 miles per hour fastball that froze new Mets slugger Jay Bruce for a called third strike, gave up James Loney’s RBI groundout and got Michael Conforto to strike out on a slider.
