“Baseball’s just a really amusing game”, he said.
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Bruce is hitting only.176 with his new team. Meanwhile, Mets All-Star right-hander Noah Syndergaard was chased after giving up five runs in 3 2/3 innings.
NY bounced back from a four-game sweep against Boston that had them losing seven of eight games.
It was Teixeira’s 407th homer, which tied Duke Snider for 54th place on baseball’s career list. “He has a chance to get back in there, but right now I gotta go with who’s getting it done”.
Luis Severino (3-8) pitched 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief to earn the win.
Jim Johnson got three outs for his 17th save.
NY had won 11 of its previous 14 games.
Brad Miller put the Rays up 2-0 with a two-run triple in the third.
Yankees: Ellsbury didn’t rule out starting Wednesday. Utility man Nick Franklin (left hamstring) might not play again this season.
“I told you, we were going to keep fighting”, Girardi said. “I always think I’m the best choice”. He tied a career high with seven strikeouts.
Rays: RHP Alex Cobb (1-0) makes his fourth start since returning from Tommy John surgery.
Right-hander Julio Teheran continued his mastery of the Mets on Tuesday night, when he threw seven innings of one-run ball before the Braves held off a furious NY comeback to escape with a 5-4 win at Citi Field.
Atlanta Braves ace Julio Teheran is proving to be the New York Mets’ kryptonite.
Activated to start against the Mets, Blair (6-1) did not allow a hit until the fourth, when Curtis Granderson singled and Pacific Coast League batting champion T.J. Rivera hit his third home run this month.
Rio Ruiz, a 22-year-old Braves third base prospect, had been announced as a pinch hitter in the seventh inning Sunday in his major league debut when Washington changed pitchers, rain started to fall and the tarp was brought out.
The Braves (59-91) earned an unlikely 7-3 victory Monday. In June, Teheran threw a one-hit shutout at Citi Field, and the two-time All-Star is 2-0 in four starts against NY this year.
The Mets hope Gsellman can be the one to flip the script on Tuesday. Ender Inciarte robbed Yoenis Cespedes of a walk-off three-run homer by leaping to grab the ball above the wall to end the game. Colon carried a three-hit shutout into the seventh before ex-Met Anthony Recker started Atlanta’s comeback with a two-run homer.
Freddie Freeman went 2-for-4 and reached base safely for the 41st straight game while extending his hitting streak to 25 games.
Rangers 5, Angels 4 • Rookie Nomar Mazara hit his 20th homer in another testy game with multiple ejections and host Texas moved closer to their second consecutive AL West title by beating Los Angeles.
Red Sox 5, Orioles 2 • David Ortiz broke open a tight game with a three-run homer in the seventh, and Boston beat Baltimore for its sixth straight victory. NY is also 5-1 in Colon’s last six starts, and 8-2 in Colon’s last 10 home starts. The rookie took a 1-0 lead into the sixth before a misplayed flyball cost him.
After Atlanta loaded the bases with one out, Kemp lofted a catchable fly to right-center, but Granderson and Jay Bruce both backed off at the last moment and the ball fell for an RBI single. Interim manager Brian Snitker hopes Foltynewicz, who hasn’t pitched since he was hit by a comebacker on September 12, can return before the end of the season.
Steven Matz, who has been out since August 22 with a left shoulder impingement, will rejoin the Mets in NY and throw a bullpen for pitching coach Dan Warthen Wednesday. INF Wilmer Flores (right wrist) remained out of the lineup and is not expected to play Thursday night against Philadelphia.
Terry Collins on pinch-hitting for Bruce: “It’s one of the worst things you can do as a manager is to pinch-hit for a star”. In his 15 games, one start and 1-1 record, Weber owns a 5.46 ERA with a 1.44 WHIP in 31.1 innings.
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Bartolo Colon and Jeurys Familia failed to protect a three-run lead for the Mets in a late-season thriller. Atlanta is also 1-5 in Weber’s last six starts against the NL East, and 1-5 in Weber’s last six starts overall.
