Paced by their ace, flame-throwing, hair-flowing right-hander Jacob deGrom, the Mets beat the Orioles, 5-3, Tuesday night before an announced 34,068, which included a large and vocal Mets contingent. He’s homered three times in his last four games and is on a five-game hitting streak.
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Coming off a confidence-building, four-game sweep at home against the dreadful Oakland Athletics, the Orioles talked about how they controlled their own playoff destiny as they readied for a two-game interleague series against the New York Mets. With a 1.64 ERA since the All Star game, DeGrom has become the most dominant pitcher on New York’s terrific rotation.
Gerardo Parra hit his third home run in the last four games with one out in the sixth. He walked one and struck out six Tuesday night to improve to 2-0 against the O’s this season and in his career.
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Tyler Clippard replaced deGrom, and Parra lined to right field. Jimenez had a great start to his season, but since the all star break he has an ERA of 7.39.
deGrom (12-6) had retired 12 straight since Matt Wieters’ second inning single when J.J. Hardy doubled.
The Mets 27-year old right hander had had another close call Tuesday, only escaping the fifth only with help from Michael Conforto and catcher Travis d’Arnaud.
New York Mets’ Daniel Murphy doubles in front of Baltimore Orioles…
Actually, only five such games remain.
A three-run lead was plenty for deGrom, the defending National League Rookie of the Year who has pitched his way into the conversation for this year’s NL Cy Young Award. Wilmer Flores scored on the play.
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This one came with ninth-inning suspense, as Jeurys Familia walked in two runs following a Lucas Duda error before Manny Machado grounded out with the bases loaded to end the game. Jonathan Schoop momentarily bobbled the relay, allowing Flores to score. And the Mets tacked on a couple of insurance runs in the ninth on a sac fly from Murphy and a wild pitch.
