“Good hitters find a night where they can lock themselves in and they won’t miss a ball”, Cespedes said through an interpreter.
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The New York Mets’ slugger ripped three home runs in a 14-9 victory over the Colorado Rockies, going 5-for-6 with five runs scored and seven RBIs.
New York Mets outfielder Yoenis Cespedes had a career night at Coors Field on Friday. Juan Uribe’s solo homer broke a 3-all tie, Jonathon Niese contributed a two-run single and Curtis Granderson chased Rusin with a two-run double for a 10-3 lead.
Cespedes improved his homer total to 23 overall, five in 18 games with the Mets. All the sudden the bases get a couple guys on, now you’ve burned your whole bullpen.
Twins 4, Orioles 3: Kurt Suzuki hit a two-run single in the eighth inning to cap a comeback against All-Star reliever Darren O’Day and carry Minnesota past Baltimore.
Not only have the Mets (66-56) won all six meetings with the Rockies this season, but Colorado starter David Hale has struggled, making him an even matchup at best against Logan Verrett.
“I loved it. Loved that I was a part of it”, Niese said. Last night, driving home from the Nationals game and listening to the Oakland A’s broadcast, their announcers commented on how important Cespedes has been to recent playoff runs for the A’s and now with what the Mets are trying to do. They’ve allowed 135 home runs, 625 runs, and 417 walks this season, all of which are worst in the NL. The 28-year-old native of Ohio has given up seven runs in 26 frames while going 2-0 during his run. Arenado’s three-run moonshot to left in the fourth, to cut the deficit to 8-7, was his 30th. His first came on April 19th for Detroit against the Chicago White Sox.
“I think you can’t do it here”, Collins said of staying away from Clippard and Familia in the end.
Brewers 10, Nationals Three: Bryce Harper hit his 31st residence run, prime prospect Trea Turner made his debut at shortstop, however they could not cease Washington from dropping the opener of a nine-game homestand following a Three-7 West Coast journey. He joins Kirk Nieuwenhuis and Lucas Duda this season, the first time in franchise history three players accomplished it in a season. Colorado nearly took the lead in the fifth when Kyle Parker hit what looked like a sacrifice fly to right, but Granderson fired a throw home to retire Hundley.
“This is how a lot of teams win pennants”, Collins said. He walked two and struck out three in just 5.1 innings of work Saturday and was just happy to be out of there.
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Rockies: LHP Chris Rusin (4-5) takes the mound for the Rockies after pitching his first career shutout in his previous start.
