New York-While there has been a lot of buzz around the New York Mets following the return of Jose Reyes, one man whose feats have drawn considerable attention is infielder Wilmer Flores. But it was also a winning one for the Mets on Wednesday afternoon.
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The Mets (46-38) have won six of their last seven games, including taking two in the three-game series with the Marlins (44-41). “It’s invaluable on days like today, where “Cabby” couldn’t go”. To be able to just slide guys around and plug guys in and feel confident about them. They were lost, not the way they hoped to begin a critical 14-game stretch leading up to the All-Star break.
“His first [at-bat], first-pitch hacking, ambushed me, I was up a little bit”, Nicolino said. “It’s going to be hard”.
The arrival of Reyes was expected to spell the end of Flores’ times as the Mets’ everyday third baseman.
Jose Reyes, signed by NY following the completion of his 51-game suspension for domestic violence and subsequent release by the Colorado Rockies, was 0-for-4 in his first game back with the team.
Flores is now batting.
Mets C Travis d’Arnaud gave his No. 7 to Reyes and switched to No. 18 in honor of Peyton Manning.
Stanton clubbed his fourth mammoth homer in a franchise-record four consecutive at-bats over two games, including his milestone 200th in just his 781st game. He was seen by team doctors and referred to Dr. Robert Thompson for further examination Thursday in St. Louis, the Mets said. “Hopefully he can continue to hit that way”.
“This cat’s always got good stuff”.
Reyes finished 2-for-4 with two doubles and started at shortstop Wednesday in place of Asdrubal Cabrera. Adding 19 home runs and 47 RBI, he has managed to compile a respectable. He doubled again in the fifth and was robbed of a possible triple in the seventh by Marlins center fielder Marcell Ozuna, who made a running catch in the gap. I don’t know what you want me to say about that. The only Mets player to reach base against Chen in the first 6 2/3 innings was Yoenis Cespedes, who singled in the first, homered in the fourth and walked leading off the seventh.
Stanton hit two homers for the second consecutive day, but Wilmer Flores went deep twice for the New York Mets and Jacob deGrom pitched seven strong innings Wednesday in a 4-2 victory over Miami.
DeGrom battled command issues at times but worked his way out of a bases-loaded jam in the first and tossed a season-high 117 pitches in his final outing of the first half.
Flores, who went 6-for-6 against the Cubs on Sunday, has four homers on the homestand after hitting two against Marlins lefty Justin Nicolino.
Two hundred home runs! “One guy gets hot and others get cold”. “I got the pitches, but it didn’t happen”. “So that’s really cool”, Stanton said.
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Mets: Harvey (4-10, 4.86 ERA) was placed on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to Tuesday.
