He the clear star and leader of the NY pitching staff.
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Manager Terry Collins has been adamant since the team promoted Reyes that the infielder can boost the team, and is hoping Reyes will galvanize the lineup. “Hopefully this is the start of something”. Neil Walker’s 21st home run made it 2-0 in the fourth inning. Ynoa yielded Yangervis Solarte’s run-scoring single in the ninth, but the Padres fell to 10-28 in day games. “We don’t win the game without what he did in the first inning”, Collins said.
With the infield playing halfway, Flores hit a grounder over the mound that was fielded in front of second base by Schimpf.
Ryan Schimpf threw home for some reason instead of going for the double play, and his throw sailed wide to give the Mets the win. Neil Walker leads NY with 107 hits, Yoenis Cespedes has 59 RBI and Asdrubal Cabrera has 13 home runs. “We really wanted to cut him back tonight because of the 120 last time, and I saw 65 or 70, and I said, “Crap, here we go again”.
Schimpf, who homered twice and set a San Diego rookie record with six RBIs in the series opener Friday night, bent over and put his head between his knees.
“I would say this is probably the best game I’ve thrown in the big leagues so far”, Matz said. “I made the wrong decision”.
The 25-year-old lefty, a hometown favorite who grew up about 50 miles from Citi Field, struck out eight and walked two.
The major league leader with 39 saves, Familia has blown three of his past six chances after converting 52 straight regular-season opportunities dating to previous year – the third-longest streak in baseball history. He hadn’t allowed a home run in the regular season since Freddie Freeman connected for Atlanta last September 23.
The game ended on a play at the plate as Marlins left fielder Christian Yelich threw out Carlos Sanchez, who tried to score from second on a two-out single by Tyler Saladino. “We’re grinding away and this is what it’s all about”.
Solarte also jolted NY when his two-out homer in the seventh tied it at 1. DeGrom had faced the minimum up until that point, but Solarte produced a nice piece of hitting to get San Diego on the board.
Roark (13-6) scattered five hits while yielding one run to the Braves. The problem was, as Collins said, the Mets dug a hole early and had to fight back. “Especially in that kind of weather, to go out, pitch like that, it was pretty impressive”.
Just off the disabled list, Jose Reyes provided an immediate spark for the slumping Mets.
A sacrifice fly by pinch-hitter Kelly Johnson put NY ahead 2-1 in the seventh.
Matz was, as you may have guessed, excellent today, striking out 8 and walking two before giving up a base hit to Alexei Ramirez with one out in the eighth. He is 2-1 with a 1.62 ERA since the All-Star break. With a big road trip coming, the Mets needed to win the series against the Padres in the worst way.
Jon Niese allowed six runs in one inning of relief in that game, but has managed to fail up the ladder. They thought this homestand would be the one to get the team going, but they instead lost the first four games to the lowly Diamondbacks and Padres.
The Mets took a 1-0 lead in the second when Flores hit his 12th homer of the season off Clayton Richard (0-2).
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Steven Matz was sailing along with a no-hitter intact, his pitch count climbing in 96-degree heat.
