Niese was terrific again for the Mets, allowing only two runs in seven innings to pick up his seventh win of the season.
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For the second straight night, the Colorado Rockies’ bullpen wasted an impressive outing by a starter.
Highlights of Monday’s Major League Baseball games. Then Ruben Tejada, a right-handed batter, grounded an outside pitch through the hole between first and second with second baseman DJ LeMahieu shading up the middle to give the Mets the lead.
With the bases-loaded and ex-Yankee Boone Logan on the hill, Curtis Granderson took a pitch off the elbow on a full count to force in the tying-run. He walked none for the third straight outing and struck out 4, pitching to fairly than overpowering the Rockies. That’s a bit more of a tossup, as Syndergaard still has to show exactly what his season is going to look like, but he’s statistically at an advantage over Butler. Cueto was acquired from Cincinnati on July 26 for three pitching prospects.
Lorenzo Cain doubled to center, scoring both.
CHICAGO (AP) – Carlos Rodon threw seven scoreless innings, Trayce Thompson hit his first career home run and Chicago beat Los Angeles.
The Rockies wouldn’t let Jon Gray see the seventh inning, even on a night when he allowed just one hit through six.
Just to make things that much harder, all four games are in New York.
Diamondbacks 13, Phillies 3: Welington Castillo tied a career high with four RBIs and Yasmany Tomas and A.J. Pollock homered to lead Arizona.
The Mets scored three more in the eighth.
Kahnle has now allowed just one run in his last 15 games on his way to lowering his ERA to 2.51.
The Mets finally got on the board in the sixth on the strength of three singles.
Peralta finished 3 for 5 with two RBIs and Pollock had three hits.
Nationals 8, Dodgers 3: Gio Gonzalez scattered seven hits over eight scoreless innings and Ian Desmond hit two homers as Washington kicked off a 10-game trip. Gray walked two and struck out five.NOTES: The Mets activated LF Michael Cuddyer from the 15-day disabled list and optioned INF/OF Eric Campbell to Triple-A Las Vegas. The left-hander is 5-0 with a 1.48 ERA in eight starts since losing 6-1 at Tampa Bay on June 15.
MIAMI (AP) – Dee Gordon tripled to lead off the 10th inning and scored on a walk-off base hit by Justin Bour to lift Miami to a come-from-behind win over Boston.
With the well-documented struggles of John Axford and the late July trade of LaTroy Hawkins to the Toronto Blue Jays, trying to figure out who the Rockies would use in save situations was a guessing game until Friday night when Kahnle was given in the chance in the ninth inning. A victory Wednesday would give them the best home record in franchise history after 59 games.
Axford, who recently lost his closer’s job, got only two outs while yielding a hit and walking two to load the bases in the eighth.
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6 IP, H, R, 2 BB, 5 K. 75 pitches, 48 strikes.
