If you’re New York Mets starting pitcher Jonathon Niese, you try to be in two places at once.
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Well, except for the final result. 172 during this three-game losing streak after mustering just six hits in Friday’s 7-2 loss to the Dodgers (56-42).
“That’s kind of me trying to be too much of an athlete”, Lee said. Lee, the Dodgers’ first-round draft pick in 2010, was charged with seven runs in 4 2/3 innings in his major league debut.
Twins 3, Angels 0 • Trevor Plouffe hit a three-run homer in the fourth inning and Ervin Santana allowed four hits in eight innings to help visiting Minnesota win. “I had a lot of fun out there”.
“He’s a good looking hitter”, Mets manager Terry Collins said of Conforto. “Walking (Curtis Granderson) to lead off the game is never a good way of doing it. Some weak contact hits in the first inning got me behind”.
In a series already upended by a birth, the anticipation of another brought even more uncertainty to Friday night’s matchup. The left-hander’s availability was in question just a couple of hours before game time, with his wife expected to go into labor at any time.
“I wouldn’t be at all surprised if it was a fairly large factor”, Collins said of Niese’s struggles.
The most frustrating thing about Alderson’s dithering over promoting Conforto was that it appeared to hinge on whether Michael Cuddyer would need to go on the DL. Greinke was placed on the paternity list Friday to be with his wife and first child in Los Angeles.
The NL West leaders made the roster move with Greinke and called up right-hander Josh Ravin from Triple-A Oklahoma City. On Saturday night, they had a feast with a season high in runs and hits. Just over a month after Scherzer no-hit the Pirates, Pittsburgh touched Washington’s ace for five runs in five innings before putting it away against reliever Sammy Solis (1-1). Greinke was originally scheduled to start the game before returning to Los Angeles on Thursday to be with wife Emily.
Niese had quietly strung together eight consecutive quality starts before Friday’s outing. But Lee thought it could have been an inning-ending double play and still a 1-0 game.
Turner made it 4-0 when he led off the third with his 13th home run, and Puig gave Los Angeles a six-run cushion with his sixth homer run two batters later.
That also came after reports began circulating that the Mets were obtaining infielders Juan Uribe and Kelly Johnson in a trade from the Atlanta Braves for two minor league pitchers. RHP Logan Verrett was recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas.
Dodgers: 1B Adrian Gonzalez was a late addition to the lineup, dealing with neck stiffness. Anderson, whose MRI showed inflammation in the sheath surrounding his Achilles tendon, worked out Thursday afternoon at Citi Field and expects to be able to throw a between-starts bullpen session Friday.
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