“That last pitch I threw in warmups, the third or fourth pitch, it felt different”. He worked around some hard contact and made do with only three strikeouts, but it was good enough to silence the Giants.
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Greg Garcia, on a fielders choice, reached first, Mets got the out at second and Piscotty in to add a run to cut the Mets lead in half, 8-4. He allowed two hits and three walks while striking out five. Reed gave up an infield single to load the bases, but got two nifty plays from Jose Reyes at third to escape the inning allowing only one run. He had his glove down on the base for the tag, but Yoenis Cespedes steps on Wainwright’s glove; and, he removes his hand instinctively to avoid a possible cleat puncture. Cespedes was ruled safe, and replay determined Wainwright did not have control of the ball long enough.
“I love how starting pitching set the tone, ” Matheny said. Moments later, De Aza hit a three-run homer to make it 7-0. I understand that. However, with the “flow of motion” by Wainwright, he didn’t expect to have his glove held hostage underneath the runners foot. De Aza hit a three-run homer, extending the Mets’ lead to seven. The five RBI is a career-high for the outfielder.
“We had a lot of hits early but didn’t get a lot of runs until Stephen’s ball gave us some room”, said Mike Matheny following the game.
But New York could get Bruce back in the lineup Thursday night, which would have to serve as a relief to manager Terry Collins. “He doesn’t have to like it, but he accepts it and gets himself ready”.
Adam Wainwright allowed seven runs – two earned – on nine hits over five innings in Thursday’s loss to the Mets.
The Mets said Bruce was taken out for precautionary reasons.
Lefty reliever Sean Gilmartin joined the team Thursday after Erik Goeddel was optioned to Class AAA Las Vegas.
Thanks to an easy win last night in St. Louis, the Mets are very much in the National League Wild Card mix.
Together, Lugo and Gsellman helped the Mets win a road series from the first time since July 22-24 in Miami. Drawing the start because Jay Bruce sat out due to a right calf cramp, De Aza stroked a two-run single in the fourth and also starred defensively, gliding back to the center field wall in the first to deny Matt Carpenter a leadoff homer.
The Angels also prevented J.A. Happ from becoming the first 18-game victor in the majors.
There’s a whole thing in baseball about the frequency with which you see things you’ve never seen before, and the reason it’s a whole thing is the actual frequency with which you see things you’ve never seen before.
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MINNEAPOLIS – James McCann had a three-run homer and finished with four hits, Daniel Norris pitched into the seventh inning and Detroit completed a sweep for Minnesota’s seventh straight loss.
