“He’s an incredible guy”.
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Colon (13-7) improved to 4-1 with a 2.25 ERA in his last seven starts.
The Reds put runners at second and third with no outs in the third in a 1-0 game before Colon stranded both. The Mets have now won 7 out of the last 9 games and are working hard at getting a shot at the wild card. It was New York’s 12th straight victory over Cincinnati.
Jose Reyes, Curtis Granderson and Wilmer Flores each homered to help the New York Mets complete a three-game sweep of the Cincinnati Reds with a 6-3 victory on Wednesday afternoon at Great American Ball Park.The Mets have won 14 straight games against Cincinnati, dating to September 7, 2014.
Today’s win pulled the Mets to within a half game of the St. Louis Cardinals and a game of the San Francisco Giants in the wild card standings.
NY had a short turnaround after a 5-1 victory over Washington on Sunday night, arriving in Cincinnati early Monday morning.
“There’s so much, so many people that want him in it, and so much to do, and a little extra pressure on going back home, someplace you’ve been a long time”, Collins said.
“I got a chance to come play in a playoff race and I’m so happy to be here. They all have this whole series”.
“It was a bit odd, coming over to the visiting side for the first time”, Bruce said.
Just like nearly every other baseball story line in NY, it is a lot of media driven talk over nothing.
From this stretch of 18 innings in less than two days, the Mets emerged unscathed, save for perhaps some blurry eyes and a lack of sleep that can be cured with a good night’s rest. He allowed one run on six hits over six innings of his first career start in a 3-1 win over Washington on Saturday. Curtis Granderson hit one to right-center for a 1-0 lead in the second, and Jose Reyes led off the third with one that stayed fair down the left-field line to make it a 2-0 game. “I’m already here. Now I’m just trying to have fun”. Cespedes followed with his 28th homer of the season, New York’s third home run of the game.
Reynolds checked into the Mets’ Cincinnati hotel at 9:15 Monday morning after flying all night from Salt Lake City.
The two have been going back-and-forth with the record ever since Reyes rejoined the club in late June. “I definitely didn’t have my best stuff, but overall it was a really good team win”. “I just moved forward and it worked out”. It was the fifth time this season he’s allowed two or fewer runs and not earned a victory.
There was no play at the plate on the wild pitch because Reds’ starting pitcher Anthony DeSclafani failed to cover home, one of many critical Reds’ errors throughout the afternoon.
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The Mets swept this series from the Reds to complete a 6-0 sweep of the season series between the two teams. Syndergaard won both starts against the Reds a year ago and tossed 6 2/3 innings of three-run ball in a no-decision against them on April 25.DeSclafani settled for a no-decision against St. Louis on Friday, permitting two runs on a pair of solo homers and six hits over seven strong innings.
