Jose Reyes walked and Cabrera homered into the second deck in right field, giving the Mets a 2-0 lead after eight pitches from Braves rookie Ryan Weber in his second major league start this season. Manager Terry Collins hopes for a speedy return.
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Yanked for a guy who hadn’t gotten a hit in the majors since May and was batting.159, at that.
Jace Peterson led off the ninth against Familia (3-4) with a single, went to second on a bunt by Dansby Swanson and took third on a single by pinch hitter Emilio Bonifacio. “I caught the ball, and I knew I had it, but the fans were waiting until I took it out of the glove”. “I always think I’m the best choice. but he’s the manager and I respect his decision”.
“He didn’t need to explain that to me”. In the bottom of the seventh inning, Cespedes hit a ball that he thought had left the yard, but landed just shy and bounded off left fielder Matt Kemp’s glove.
This is the difference between the Mets leading the NL wild card race and their current three-way tie with the St. Louis Cardinals and San Francisco Giants.
Next, the Mets play the Phillies on Thursday. “But you know, my job is to try to win the game”.
LESTER SHAKES IT OFF: Joey Votto’s hard-hit comebacker struck Jon Lester and ricocheted toward first as the left-hander doubled over.
“He just grinded out an at-bat right there to knock in the go-ahead run”, Snitker said “Just put the ball in play, give yourself a chance. Right now is not that time”. “I don’t need it”.
Carlos Santana was 4 for 5 with an RBI single in the eighth.
Granderson said about Teheran, who allowed one run on five hits, and in 7.0 innings, “He’s good”. Lester improved to 9-0 since the All-Star break despite the welt on his right wrist.
The Mets were swept twice at home this year by last-place Atlanta and lost the season series, 10-9.
Freeman could barely keep his eyes open afterward.
With the Cardinals loss earlier in the day, the Mets are still holding on to a playoff spot. They had a hit and a walk with only one out against it on Tuesday, but it didn’t help them net a key win. “It’s the blister that we’re consciously trying to monitor”.
Afterward, a distraught Cespedes only answered one question, according to ESPN’s Adam Rubin, saying, “I knew I hit the ball well”.
Blister issues delayed Hill’s debut with the Dodgers for nearly a month after he was acquired from Oakland at the August 1 trade deadline.
Colon carried a three-hit shutout into the seventh before ex-Met Anthony Recker started Atlanta’s comeback with a two-run homer.
Toronto moved a game ahead of Baltimore and remained 2½ games ahead of Detroit. Mets RF Jay Bruce was out of the lineup for the third time in the last four games. “It’s been tough for me”. Mets slugger Yoenis Cespedes came to the plate in the bottom of the ninth with two outs, runners on first and second and his team trailing by a run.
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He’s the first Toronto pitcher to reach 20 wins since Roy Halladay in 2008. It was the young catcher’s sixth home run in 11 games following a 10-game drought. And in this final stretch of games, this is not like last September when the manager had that rich and prosperous pitching staff that could do no wrong. Bruce has had a rough first two months as a Met since being traded from the Cincinnati Reds, and was the center of most of the questions after the game.
