The win moved the Giants within 5½ games of the Cubs for the second NL wild-card spot. He went only 2.2 innings, surrendering seven runs (six earned). He was also the first starter to not allow a run in his debut since Hamels.
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“Oh, I’m sure Joe Torre will send me a nice letter”, Bowa the bench coach said Wednesday upon his return to the field at Citizens Bank Park, which he’d been asked to exit the night before. Thirteen of the home runs came in this series, including eight in the first game. Murphy managed to stay with the ball despite a unusual last second hop, but made the stop with his back turned to first.
Michael Perez/AP Jon Niese is roughed up as he gives up five runs over six innings.
It wouldn’t be this series if most of those runs didn’t come on home runs.
Eickhoff retired 16 straight before Conforto hit a two-out double in the sixth.
Jonathan Papelbon got his fourth save with Washington despite giving up a run on Yonder Alonso’s two-out single.
They split a pair of games against the Orioles before beating the Rockies in a three-game sweep at Coors Field, and they completed the four-game sweep Thursday against their personal punching bags.
The 1-3-1 putout got the Mets out of the inning. He finished with two walks and nine strikeouts. He scored on Aaron Altherr’s grounder, and then Darin Ruf belted a homer to right-center to make it 5-zip.
Jim Johnson pitched the ninth for his 10th save. The same principle would hold if you happened to have tickets to said game. Then the Mets bullpen, which struggled on Wednesday night, took over, pitching seven scoreless innings, helped by the memorable play in the 10th. Curtis Granderson followed with a single and Murphy doubled to give the Mets a 7-5 lead.
Curt Schilling’s controversial tweet led to former softball player Jessica Mendoza becoming the first woman to call a major league game for ESPN.
New York has averaged 10.4 runs during their winning streak.
The Mets are 4-1 in their last 5 during game 4 of a series and 4-1 in Nieses last 5 starts as a favorite. Not because the ball might have injured him but because Francoeur, at 6-4, 220 pounds, was barreling toward him when the two arrived at the base nearly simultaneously. He didn’t limp in sprinting over to the base, where he reeled in Murphy’s belt-high toss without breaking stride. He improved to 100-73 in 241 career games with Milwaukee and Texas. Altherr played all 13 innings Thursday and was 2-for-6 with two doubles. He just trusted that Torres would do his job and get to the bag in time.
Shoemaker (6-9) dominated the Tigers, permitting just a single by Gose in the third. He walked five.
Huston Street got his 31st save in the combined two-hitter.
Colon encountered problems in the first but escaped without allowing a run.
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Francoeur’s two-run single and Ruf’s opposite-field shot off Jonathon Niese highlighted the inning.
