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Mets outfielder Yoenis Cespedes left Sunday’s game early due to nausea/dizziness

Mets pitcher Bartolo Colon limited the Twins to just three singles in seven innings. Cespedes has 22 RBIs since coming off the disabled list August 19, and NY is 18-5 in games he’s started since returning.

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Gibson’s recovery from a shaky first and Grossman’s second career four-hit game were not enough as the Twins (55-95) lost for the 11th time in 17 games and were swept for the 14th time this season.

The Mets opened up a half game lead over the San Francisco Giants for the top wild card spot and a 2.5 game lead over the St. Louis Cardinals. Cespedes, who had declined the option of taking the game, went 1-for-2 with a double and was hit by a pitch in the first inning.

Said Ynoa: “I’m thankful for the opportunity this team gave me”.

“The inning before we took him out, he came up, said he just got sick”, manager Terry Collins said.

The Twins made another comeback attempt in the eighth, when Vargas launched a solo homer (8) off Fernando Salas to cut the lead to one. NYM starter Seth Lugo gave up a run on four hits and four free passes through five innings with Hansel Robles served up a 10th inning long ball.

“I think there’s been times when we’ve gotten pretty down on ourselves and allowed it to affect us”, Gibson said. The transaction, which made room for 1B Lucas Duda on the 40-man roster, ends the season for Niese, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list August 24, while also likely ending his second stint with the Mets as well.

Michael Conforto drove in two runs with a first-inning, opposite-field single to left, his first multi-RBI game since June 8. The Mets’ 13 remaining games are against teams with losing records: Atlanta, Philadelphia and Miami. Ynoa has never faced the Twins.

“I don’t think there’s any question he can play here, ” Collins said. Alderson did not officially rule deGrom out for the season, but given that the injury requires surgery – which comes with a three-month recovery – and that the pain can return with no warning, it is unlikely deGrom pitches again before 2017.

Second baseman Neil Walker, out for the rest of the year after undergoing surgery to fix a herniated disk in his back, said he was open to discussing a multi-year contract with the Mets before going on the free-agent market.

First, Granderson hit a game-tying home run in the bottom of the 11th inning – just moments after Byron Buxton had put the Twins out in front with a solo shot of his own. They had four of New York’s seventh hits. Collins wanted to play Wilmer Flores (wrist), but the infielder was unable to swing a bat.

Erik Goeddel (2-1) struck out Vargas with the bases loaded to end the sixth. Colon then retired Jorge Polanco on a flyout to escape a bases-loaded jam. Curtis Granderson was 0 for 3 and is in a 1-for-22 slide.

TWINS: Rosario injured his left hand diving into first base trying to beat out a grounder in the 10th inning. He doubled. T.J. Rivera homered and Michael Conforto had a two-run single to handle the offense Sunday.

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Colon brought it on Friday night, allowing only three singles on the night, while walking two and striking out six batters.

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