Such things seem to carry no weight anymore as the Mets look to hold on to their wild-card spot through the final two weeks of the regular season.
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NY (78-69) extended its lead in the race for the second wild card to two games Friday night when it beat the Twins 3-0 while the St. Louis Cardinals lost to the San Francisco Giants 8-2. Conforto came up with the bases loaded and none out in the first and laced an opposite-field single for a 2-0 lead. He recorded four strikeouts in four innings along with his first career hit in the third inning.
Ynoa, making an emergency start in place of deGrom, was pretty good for his first major league start. End-game relievers Addison Reed and Jeurys Familia were not available.
Matched against a pitcher almost half his age, Colon also helped himself with his glove – starting an inning-ending 1-6-3 double play in the first and covering first base on a grounder to the right side in the seventh.
Yes, the Mets have had plenty of big-name setbacks.
“Like he hasn’t played in four months”, the manager said.
Sure, you can point to Seth Lugo and Robert Gsellman’s strong spot-start appearances, too. Loney was fished from the discard pile and is batting.263.
“When you’re called upon to get your chance to get in the lineup, make the most of it”, Collins said. Rivera is an example. It’s important to note he threw to the base and not to Asdrubal Cabrera, who was not at the base yet, but got there at the same time as the throw – leading the receiver is not just for football, and it’s something a lot of less-experienced pitchers do not realize. “We’re a little bit beat up. That’s what you saw today”.
In 177 2/3 innings pitched this season, Colon has a 3.14 ERA. Erik Goeddel (2-1) got four outs. Home runs seem to be the key, given that the Mets are 69-37 when they hit one.
That being said, it should be obvious that Bart would get the ball in a one-game Wild Card playoff.
“This is our season in a nutshell”, Blevins said. New York’s collective psyche received a boost Friday with the news that Jacob deGrom would start the series finale, only to find out the next day that he will require elbow surgery.”I actually watched Jake’s bullpen yesterday and it was outstanding”, Mets manager Terry Collins told reporters Saturday. Nine of New York’s last 14 wins have come after trailing, and it has won six straight against the Twins dating to 2010.
“The Royals have a ton of them, so that was heartbreaking for me as a competitor, ” he said.
“I just thought this is our guy”. We’ve seen a lot of them. “We have a lot of guys that are exhausted and a lot of guys that are banged up”. The Mets stayed in the postseason race with Saturday’s narrow win where their pitching saved the day. Rivera might somehow end up an option.
By hitting a tying home run in the 11th inning and a winning homer in the 12th Saturday, Granderson joined Philadelphia’s John Mayberry Jr. Kyle Gibson will be shooting for consecutive victories when he takes the hill at Citi Field Sunday.
He was named an All-Star back in July for a reason, right? Rivera’s star turn? Conforto’s redemption?
He repeated the Mets are a “great fit” for him, but his agent and GM Sandy Alderson have yet to open negotiations.
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“We’re in position to play playoff baseball, and that’s all that matters now”, Conforto said.
