Mets pitcher Steven Matz has not given up a hit through seven innings against the San Diego Padres.
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In the 2nd inning Wilmer Flores took Richard deep.
Rays 12, Yankees 3 • Corey Dickerson hit a three-run homer and Evan Longoria added a three-run double in a six-run fourth and visiting Tampa Bay rolled by NY. In his final 10 starts, he was 3-7 with an 8.27 ERA.
The righty finally allowed a run in the seventh when Yangervis Solarte hit a decent 0-1 change-up into the right field seats to even the score at 1-all. Addison Reed finished the inning, and Gabriel Ynoa, though giving up a run, finished the game for the Mets.
Mets rookie left-hander Steven Matz has always been regarded as one of the top pitching prospects in baseball.
Flores hit a walk-off fielder’s choice to lift the Mets to 3-2 win in 11 innings over the Padres on Saturday night at Citi Field.
The rookie left-hander was lifted by manager Terry Collins immediately after Ramirez slapped a sharp single the other way just inside first base. Ramirez’s ball, however, didn’t appear to be as close, and first-base umpire Carlos Torres was standing right over the line with a ideal view. After the Mets got two on with two outs, rookie third baseman T.J. Rivera delivered the big blow, a two run double to blow the game open at 5-0. “He just got to it”, deGrom said. They are 11-20 since that “winning streak” but are still only 2 1/2 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals in the race for the NL’s second wild card.
The Mets added three insurance runs in the eighth, when Jose Reyes scored on a wild pitch and rookie T.J. Rivera – another NY product playing for his hometown team – hit a two-run double for his first career RBIs.
We’ve entered the third season of the annual South Point-lined Play of the Day competition, effective July 1. Coming into the season, he had six career homers off lefties.
Padres: CF Jon Jay (broken right forearm) is scheduled to have another CT scan Monday in California and the team hopes he will be cleared to begin swinging a bat. It means a lot to those guys sitting in Las Vegas because make no mistake, they’re looking at the boxscores, and when they see, wow, they’re expected to throw 115 to 120 pitches a night.
The Mets later took a 2-1 lead in the seventh before the usually reliable Familia faltered, but the Padres lent a helping hand to keep the Mets from another rough loss.
Mets: OF Curtis Granderson was rested. Wheeler has been slow to recover from Tommy John surgery in March 2015. Against the Mets, he struck out two and walked three, surrendering three hits along the way.
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Santana made 10 more starts and several trips to the disabled list, and he was done for the season in mid-August. Perdomo will be on the mound against Drew Smyly. They thought this homestand would be the one to get the team going, but they instead lost the first four games to the lowly Diamondbacks and Padres.
