Cody Anderson’s five-game winning streak ended with a thud. Alejandro De Aza hit a solo home run of his own to lead off the top of the fifth, a slightly-opposite field home run that cleared the high fence in left-center field.
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The Mets just completed a disappointing homestand, losing 2-of-3 to both the Philadelphia Phillies and also the Miami Marlins, although they did salvage a 2-1 win in their last game against the Fish on Wednesday afternoon to improve their record to 3-5.
“There is no excuse for the way I pitched”. The Mets, who came into the game with a major league-low 49 hits, collected 14 hits off five Cleveland pitchers. “Left a few pitches up and they definitely didn’t miss them”.
“I felt like I was kind of back where I wanted to be and mechanically I was pretty sound, ” said Harvey, reached for three earned runs and eight hits over 5 2-3 innings in the April 3 opener at Kansas City. Uribe snapped an 0-for-18 slump with his second-inning single against his former team after entering the night 1-for-19 on the year. Later in the frame, Walker made up for his bad base running play with a two run homer (2) to extend the lead to 6-1. The Indians have yet to lose a series and won their first by outscoring the Tampa Bay Rays 10-1 in two straight victories the past two days. Cespedes and De Aza each had three hits.Cleveland made it interesting in the bottom of the ninth inning when Carlos Santana belted a two-out, two-run home run off Addison Reed to cut a 6-2 Mets lead to 6-4.
“We talked at length today with the coaches”, Collins said before the game, as he explained Conforto’s ascent in the lineup. “But then throughout the course of the game, I settled down”. “If we do that enough, we’ll win one of these”.
The Mets hit more homers in the fifth inning than they had in their first eight games combined.
Neil Walker capped the five-run inning with a two-run homer of his own off lefty reliever Ross Detwiler. As for the bullpen, things got a little shaky late, but as Gary Cohen said, the team was able to stumble to the finish line. “He always takes the ball and he gives you all he’s got”. The Mariners had no problem making contact against the veteran southpaw a year ago, as they connected at a. 319 clip in two games against him in 2015 (11.2 IP).
Walker led off the second with a single and was called safe at home by plate umpire Dale Scott on Asdrubal Cabrera’s double, but the call was reversed after a challenge by Indians manager Terry Francona. The ball was ruled a home run by first base umpire Dan Iassogna.
“We just ran out of innings”, Indians manager Terry Francona said. However, New York will only see one of the big arms that the Indians have. Mets RHP Jacob deGrom, who has been bothered by a sore muscle on his right side, threw a 25-pitch bullpen session on Friday in Port St. Lucie, Fla.
Indians: OF Michael Brantley (right shoulder surgery) will play six innings Saturday for Double-A Akron. The Mets have never faced Anderson before, but they’d better scrutinize the tape of him from last September; he was 5-0 with a 1.38 ERA in six starts to close out his rookie season.
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Tomlin will be making his season debut, as the expected fifth starter had his first opportunity to pitch rained out last week.
