DeGrom suffered through some rare struggles last time out in a 9-3 loss to Miami with six runs scored on ten hits in five frames.
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When the Reds hit at least one home run, they are 54-45.
“I felt good today”, he said.
Things finally started to change with the acquisition of Yoenis Cespedes from the Detroit Tigers. “It’s a pitch I used a lot past year, but I kind of got away from it”.
Collins, who will manage in the playoffs for the first time in 11 years, said he had the “best sleep he’s had in a long time” after clinching the NL East. He joyously recalled seeing how excited his players were, and called it a really special day.
The Mets certainly are a half-game a step ahead of Dodgers for homeis thatfield full advantage within the NL Division.
Cincinnati Reds’ Jay Bruce hits a single in the third inning of a…
Add one more indignity to the Reds’ season: They had to watch the Mets spray champagne all over Great American Ball Park. Harvey went 5.0 innings, surrendering zero runs, striking out seven and walking one in an 11-2 defeat to the Yankees in his most recent start.
The victory breaks an eight-game losing streak to the Rangers and ends a three-game skid overall for Houston, which increased its lead for the second AL wild card spot to one game over the Angels.
The only bad news the Mets got on Saturday was on infielder Juan Uribe, who status for the playoffs is in doubt after he apparently aggravated the rib cage cartilage injury he suffered last Sunday.
Duda sparked a warm-up celebration with his first career slam in the first inning off left-hander John Lamb (1-4).
NOTES: Mets LHP Jon Niese will pitch out of the bullpen during the postseason, something he’s done just once in his career.
The Nationals’ victory came less than an hour after the New York Mets also won and clinched the NL East title.
New York Mets manager Terry Collins walks off the field after defeating the Cincinnati Reds 8-1 in a baseball game, Sunday, September 27, 2015, in Cincinnati.
“We knew we wanted to win this game”, Harvey said. “Every time he’s played up here, he’s played well”.
Olt snapped a 2-2 tie when he drove a 2-1 fastball from CC Sabathia into the lower rows of the second deck in left field.
First baseman Joey Votto reached base for the 43rd consecutive game when he singled home a run in the sixth.
New York Mets’ Noah Syndergaard pitches against the Cincinnati Reds… A proper ending to the chase for the division, but just the beginning of a postseason journey that could result in the team’s first world championship in 29 years.
In fact, the Reds pretty much sent the entire four-game series via FedEx.
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Mets: After getting Monday off, the reshuffled Mets’ rotation has RHP Bartolo Colon (14-12) starting the first game of a three-game series in Philadelphia on Tuesday.
