“The crowd was a little more into it”, Nationals infielder Anthony Rendon said.
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Jordan Zimmermann struggled allowing three home runs for first time since August of 2013.
While the Nationals seemed indifferent to this weekend’s big-series feel, Collins admitted he felt the exact opposite, which makes sense because the Mets were the team doing the chasing. Donaldson went 3-for-4 with a walk and two RBIs.
Both benches cleared in the top of the eighth after Brandon Phillips was hit by Pirates left-hander Tony Watson, an inning after Andrew McCutchen of the Reds was plunked by Pedro Villarreal. Alejandro de Aza had two hits for Boston.
Following a Yoesnis Cespedes single, his first hit as a Met, Duda turned a first-pitch inside fastball into a towering drive down the right field line and drilling the foul pole. Manager Clint Hurdle was ejected as well. Will Wilmer Flores ever be traded?
The Mets said Duda joined Jason Bay (2006) and Josh Hamilton (2012) as the only players in the past 10 years to hit nine home runs in an eight-game stretch, according to the Elias Sports Bureau….
In 24 career starts at Marlins Park, Fernandez has a 1.15 ERA. With a man on first, Canha stepped to the plate against Allen. He got another standing ovation after driving in a run in the fourth inning.
With the win, the Dodgers improved to 60-45 on the season.
Loney’s go-ahead hit scored Asdrubal Cabrera from second. In 58 games, he is hitting. He doubled in the first, scoring then on Beltre’s homer lined over the 14-foot wall in left field.
Junichi Tazawa (2-3) earned the win.
The Nationals will head back home and will face the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Washington has lost five of their last seven games, and seven of their last ten. Houston moved a season-high 14 games over. 500 for the third time this season. As it was, a few bodies short of a sellout, Citi Field was rocking.
That word gets thrown around a lot.
New York has to be happy that they took all three games even though their big new slugger didn’t really add a whole lot to the offense. Washington, which dropped to 3-5 on its 10-game road trip, has been limited to one run in four of its last five contests.
Hammel (6-5) improved to 7-0 in nine starts against Milwaukee and picked up his first victory since June 6. He struck out. He was 0 for 3 with the walk.
Newly acquired Yoenis Cespedes loosens up before taking batting… Two outs later, Granderson launched a 2-2 curve into the front row of the second deck in right field. Jepsen walked the first two batters in the 11th inning, opening the door for Seattle.
The Mets beat the Nationals 5-2.
Nathan Eovaldi (11-2) was the victor.
Though he later escaped that jam, trouble found Gonzalez once more in the fifth.
ARLINGTON, Texas – Martin Perez allowed two hits in 8 1/3 innings as Texas edged San Francisco. In another stanza of baseball’s twisted poetry, former National Tyler Clippard stamped out the Nationals’ last hopes with a scoreless ninth.
He’ll get his first shot Saturday night as the No. 3 hitter, playing left field, thrust into a crucial series for the Mets.
The Oakland Athletics pulled off a walk-off win Sunday against the Cleveland Indians.
Dan Uggla entered at first base in the 11th. Fuld reached with a single to center.
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Yunel Escobar tied it in the eighth with a two-out RBI single on Harvey’s final pitch. Four days earlier, Duda hit one of his three homers against the Padres off Joe’s brother Tyson Ross.
