They may be battered and bruised, but the Mets headed back to NY late Thursday night very much alive.
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Behind a pair of unlikely heroes, the Mets managed to stay afloat in the playoff race, defeating the St. Louis Cardinals, 10-6, in Thursday’s series finale at Busch Stadium.
But New York could get Bruce back in the lineup Thursday night, which would have to serve as a relief to manager Terry Collins. “We’ve got some pieces back, getting home and playing in front of our fans”.
Neil Walker is due to rejoin the Mets after a three-day paternity leave.
Niese was scheduled to undergo arthroscopic knee surgery Thursday that will likely end his season, and the Mets are hoping Matz can return Tuesday from the shoulder tightness that landed him on the disabled list this week. The best news for the Mets is that Lugo doesn’t think this injury will cost him his next start.
“I noticed in Houston the way the ball was coming off his bat”, said Stephen Piscotty, an outfield mate and one of the people Grichuk is closest to on the team.
WASHINGTON – Max Scherzer allowed two hits over eight innings and Bryce Harper’s two-run double helped the Washington Nationals avoid a four-game home-and-home sweep with a 4-0 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday night. Lugo allowed seven hits and walked a batter to go along with three strikeouts.
NY won their first series in St. Louis since 2008.
In the fifth, Wilmer Flores’ two-out grounder that would have ushered Wainwright out of the inning trailing only 3-0 was botched by shortstop Greg Garcia for a run-scoring error.
Alejandro De Aza’s two-run home run in the fifth gave NY a 7-0 edge. In four August starts, he has coughed up 23 runs (18 earned) in 24 innings.
“That wasn’t bad baseball”, Matheny said.
“Yeah, it’s a different animal here”, said Moss, who came into the game having hit 14 home runs on the road and nine at home. “I don’t know what else to say other than I’ve got to keep going”.
“That’s where the issue lies”, Collins said. “He doesn’t have to like it, but he accepts it and gets himself ready”.
The Cardinals have been a very interesting team this season as they don’t have almost the fire power that we have seen in years past but they are still very much in the mix in the National League wild card and could even overthrow the Cubs with a magical run down the stretch.
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Adam Wainwright has steadfastly tried to keep his chin up during this challenging season, but that’s becoming more and more hard for the longtime St. Louis Cardinals pitcher. He went eight innings, only gave up one earned run to Asdrubal Cabrera for a RBI double. They remained 1 1/2 games ahead of Miami for the NL’s second wild-card slot and are a game behind reeling San Francisco for the first wild-card spot, which would bring with it a home game on October 5. Martinez had a padded 5-1 lead before he returned in the sixth.
