New York beat the Reds in Cincinnati 10-2 Saturday to clinch their first playoff berth since they won the division in 2006. “I don’t feel great, but it’s September”. “The organization went out and did something because they think we’re going to win this.’ And I think it changed the entire outlook in the clubhouse”. I stayed over the rubber instead of rushing out.
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Matt Harvey takes the ball today.
The Mets and Dodgers are neck-and-neck for home field advantage in the playoffs with a week left in the regular season, so there’s not a lot of time to celebrate. The Reds are looking for Sampson to bring the success back home, where he’s 0-4 with an 8.74 ERA in five starts.
Syndergaard was dominant in all facets on Friday night, allowing two earned runs on just four hits in 7 2/3 innings and retiring 16 straight in one stretch.
“My fastball isn’t there”, Sampson said. Kelly Johnson was at shortstop for the first time in 1,163 career games.
After giving up a first-inning leadoff double to Skip Schumaker, deGrom retired the next 12 in a row, eight on strikeouts.
“It’s worth all the time, all the effort, all the things you do – this is the culmination of it all“, Mets manager Terry Collins said.
Smoltz is an outspoken advocate of allowing pitchers to throw more often, albeit with fewer pitches and at less than peak velocity. In the fifth, leftfielder Ivan De Jesus Jr. muffed deGrom’s liner, allowing the first of two runs to score.
MIAMI – Jose Fernandez survived a rough first inning and became the first major league pitcher to start his home career with a 17 straight wins.
Mets: After getting Monday off, the reshuffled Mets’ rotation has RHP Bartolo Colon (14-12) starting the first game of a three-game series in Philadelphia on Tuesday. The Reds’ club record is 48 games by Pete Rose in 1978. “(Noah) Syndergaard is nasty. “I don’t care where”. He’s the real deal. X-rays were negative. He’s been much better lately, winning his last two road decisions. Harvey weaseled his way out of minor trouble easily, keeping the Mets in the lead the whole way through.
Congrats, Mets fans – both on the fact that your team is back in the postseason, and on just how far you were willing to go to see them get there. “At the same time, it’s a kick in the rear end”. “Attack hitters, attack the strike zone.”…
New York is hoping a plan similar to the one it employed past year pays off again.
“If you’re going to have success or stop a losing streak, it begins with a quality start”, manager Bryan Price said.
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Reds: Cincinnati travels to Washington for the makeup of a game postponed on July 8 by the possibility of a storm that never developed. On Sunday, Cincinnati claimed OF Tyler Holt off waivers from the Indians and moved INF/OF Kristopher Negron to the 60-day disabled list.
