NY has won four straight games overall and seven of the last nine as it attempts to complete a three-game sweep of the host Reds in a matinee series finale.The Mets will send ace Noah Syndergaard to the mound in an attempt to extend that streak that began on September 7, 2014, at Great American Ball Park. “He’s an incredible guy”. And for their continuing to put heat on both the Cardinals (73-64) and Giants (74-64), as the formerly four-team race (the Marlins, Pirates, Mets and Cardinals) for one National League wild-card spot has evolved into a three-team race for two NL wild-card invitations. NY are 17-4 in the last 21 meetings and the over is 6-2-1 in the last 9 meetings. Four regulars – outfielders Curtis Granderson and Yoenis Cespedes and infielders Jose Reyes and Asdrubal Cabera – were out of the starting lineup.
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“I knew coming in some of the veterans were going to have the day off likely”, Colon said through a translator.
YANKEES 7, BLUE JAYS 6: Brett Gardner made a leaping catch at the top of the left-field wall on Justin Smoak’s bases-loaded drive for the final out, and the New York Yankees held on during a nervy ninth inning to beat the AL East-leading Toronto Blue Jays 7-6 on a misty Tuesday night. They have tomorrow night off and on Friday right-handed pitcher Robert Gsellman (2-1) is scheduled to start Friday in Atlanta.
Jay Bruce went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts in his first game in Cincinnati since the Reds traded him to the Mets on August 1. He allowed one run on two hits, struck out three and walked two in 6 1-3 innings.
Syndergaard is 4-1 with a 1.38 ERA in his last five starts.
“It’s just confidence”, he said.
“The Reds came to me very early in the process and asked me where I wanted to go and I gave them three places I wanted to go and NY wasn’t one of them”, he said. “I try to look for a good pitch and make good contact”.
An error by shortstop Jose Peraza contributed to the Mets’ second run when Reyes scored from third on a wild pitch.
Noah Syndergaard got the win in today’s game, but it really wasn’t his best performance. “I just moved forward and it worked out”.
Flores hit his first career pinch-hit home run in the eighth inning of Wandy Peralta, tying a Mets’ franchise record for pinch-hit homers in a season with 12.
The Cincinnati Reds have struggled in what is a rebuilding season with players needing experience.
This two-game stretch wouldn’t have been a problem had the games stayed at their original times, but Sunday’s game against Washington was bumped to 8 p.m.to be shown in prime time.
The New York Mets will reach a two-year anniversary Wednesday – the start of a streak that has seen them win 13 consecutive meetings against the Cincinnati Reds.
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The Mets avoided a letdown despite the hectic travel schedule and cruised past the Reds, 5-0, on Monday afternoon at Great American Ball Park. Sort of like when Cespedes joined the Mets on August 1 of past year and everything changed.
