Bruce spent just over eight years of his career with the Reds before being traded to the Mets at the deadline.
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Bartolo Colon was the winning pitcher. The 43-year-old fired six shutout innings and has allowed two runs or fewer in 16 of his last 20 starts. NY rested several regulars in the matinee affair, including outfielders Yoenis Cespedes and Curtis Granderson, and infielders Jose Reyes and Asdrubal Cabrera. They handled their business in NY, hopped on a plane, and arrived in Cincinnati in the early morning.
“They’re not going to go board that plane tonight and go right to sleep”.
Two games, two wins, and pressure still being applied to the teams they’re chasing.
Jay Bruce still wore braces and the Reds still wore pinstripes in 2005.
Kelly Johnson hit a solo home-run in the 5th inning to give the Mets a 2 to 0 lead.
Colon pitched six innings of five-hit ball and Matt Reynolds homered to the lead the Mets to a 5-0 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Monday.
Jay Bruce was honored before the game by the Reds before going 0-for-4 with two strikeouts in his first game in Cincinnati since he was dealt to NY on August 1.
Cincinnati (57-78) took two of three from the wild-card contending St. Louis Cardinals over the weekend at Great American Ball Park.
“We had a man on the mound today”, said Collins. “He gave us what he always does, that’s quality innings, and allowed us to get some runs”. The Mets’ victory ended at 11:07 p.m. and they arrived in Cincinnati around 2:45 a.m.
The energy drinks were provided by the Reds clubhouse attendants, who thought the players might be in need of a jolt following their 3:00 a.m. arrival in Cincinnati, a byproduct of their Sunday night game against the Washington Nationals.
With such a short turnaround until Monday’s first pitch, it prevented the Mets from being at full strength. Reynolds only got the start on Monday in order to give Asdrubal Cabrera and Jose Reyes some rest and figures to serve as a bench player down the stretch. Sep.
NY swept the Reds in a three-game series April 25-27 at Citi Field.
Robert Stephenson, one of Cincinnati’s top prospects, struck out nine in 5 1/3 innings.
He arrived at the hotel around 9:15 a.m., took a 30-minute nap, then left for the park. He also had an RBI single in New York’s three-run seventh and finished with three hits.
“You’re relaxed”, Reynolds said of playing with little rest. “You saw a real masterful pitcher pitch a great game”. “I’m already here. Now I’m just trying to have fun”. Duvall is the first Cincinnati outfielder with two assists in one game since Jay Bruce on August 5, 2014, at Cleveland, according to the Reds.
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The Reds threatened twice against Colon and put a runner on third with no outs both times, but the righty managed to escape both jams. “I knew a lot of the veterans were getting a day off today”, Colon said through a translator. “I just moved forward and it worked out”.
