But the bullpen failed to hold the 2-1 lead, and the Rockies lost their seventh straight at Citi Field.
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“DeGrom is the best pitcher in the game, hands down”, Carlos Gonzalez said Wednesday night, after the Mets right-hander shut down the Rockies on two hits over seven innings in a 3-0 Mets win.
Weiss said he has texted with Tulowitzki since he was traded to Toronto. “We’ve got some guys out there… anything is possible”. He was lifted for pinch-hitter Curtis Granderson with the bases loaded in the eighth. And for the second straight night, that pitcher’s efforts were rendered irrelevant by veteran Rockies left-hander Boone Logan. “That’s a situation that he’s very accustomed to”. “Struggled the last couple nights”. The rest of the Rockies’ rotation – RHP Eddie Butler, LHP Yohan Flande, RHP Jon Gray and LHP Chris Rusin – have combined for just 66 big league starts.
Niese gave up six hits and two runs without walking a batter in seven innings. The 29-year-old Venezuelan is 7-for-21 (.333) with 11 RBIs and five runs scored during the Rockies’ 3-2 run but is 0-for-3 with two strikeouts in his brief dealings with Harvey.
“It is important to link together our at-bats”, said Weiss.
“We knew it was going to be hard to score against Harvey and he was real good”.
That changed in the sixth. Michael Cuddyer singled with one out.
“It was like a home run a right-handed hitter would hit (to left field)”, Arenado said. “Tough matchup”.
New York Mets’ Yoenis Cespedes, right, is greeted at home plate by Juan Uribe (2) after hitting a solo home run against the Colorado Rockies during the eighth inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, August 12, 2015, in New York.
Rockies: OF Charlie Blackmon was out of the starting lineup. They have endured over 22 hours of weather delays at Coors Field and had four games postponed. A July game against the Padres was stopped by rain – a first in San Diego since 2006 – and they waited out an 1-hour, 23-minute delay at the Dodgers.
Colorado might have preferred a rainout against Harvey.
Harvey (11-7) was dominant for a fourth straight start.
Cueto (1-1) did not allow a runner past second base, struck out eight and walked none.
J.D. Martinez doubled in the second for the Tigers’ only extra-base hit.
New York ranks in the bottom half of the league at 16th when it comes to home runs, hitting 102 this season.
Mets manager Terry Collins said. The Mets have seen an uptick in scoring as of late, averaging 5.2 runs during the last 10 games compared to their season average of 3.7 runs per game.
Gray gave up just one hit, Travis d’Arnaud’s early homer, in his second major league start. New York is an impressive 8-1 as the favorite over its last 10 games. “For the most part it was predetermined”.
The Mets and Rockies were locked in a good ‘ol fashioned pitchers duel for the first four innings. Bettis is scheduled to make a rehab start Saturday for Double-A New Britain.
The Mets will likely use a spot starter to push Harvey and the other Mets pitchers back a day in the rotation.
Collins hopes Duda will be back Thursday.
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“I wasn’t able to stop the bleeding”, he said.
