New York manager Terry Collins was left amazed by the play. He exited with a 3-2 lead, but the Marlins tied the score in the eighth. It was just the latest big hit for the cult hero, who has been among the Mets’ most productive players since his near-trade to the Brewers on July 29.
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“That looked like the Cosart from past year that we had counted on coming in, ” Jennings said.
“We’ll get Murph (Daniel Murphy) back in there (Monday)”.
ASTROS 8, TWINS 5: Jed Lowrie hit a grand slam in a five-run seventh inning and Dallas Keuchel became the American League’s first 17-game victor as host Houston rallied for a victory over Minnesota.
“I saw a specialist”, Cosart said. I got a lot of groundballs. Flores hit a 3-1 pitch from reliever Chris Narveson to left for his 16th homer of the season.
The Toronto Blue Jays restored their 1.5-game lead over the New York Yankees in the American League East, beating the Baltimore Orioles 5-1 as pitcher David Price earned his 100th MLB win.
In Oakland, Logan Morrison had 3 collides with, and a two-run double during Seattle’s six-run one in three. Ozuna walked on a full count, Yelich scored, Prado to third, Dietrich to second. The Marlins totaled 17 hits in their fourth consecutive victory. Before Sunday, Clippard allowed just one run in 19 2/3 innings (0.48 ERA) since being acquired by the Mets in July. “We just have to make sure we get our pitching straightened out”.
Johnson’s two-out RBI single in the sixth – on which d’Arnaud made a ideal headfirst slide to allude the tag at the plate – pulled the Mets within 3-2. Leading off the inning, Lagares ripped a grounder down the first-base line that Ichiro ran down in the corner.
Yoenis Cespedes tripled and homered to help the Mets overcome a 3-0 deficit. With all of that going on, Colon has quietly gone about his business and delivered quality performances in four of his last five starts, helping give the Mets’ rotation stability. I did a fairly good job of that.
“Martin has taken over this team as the very outspoken go-to leader in the clubhouse”, Jennings said. “That’s what I like”. Hopefully this time, it will be the same for the Mets. He said he’ll wear a splint and hopes to return to action in a day or two… “The ball was absolutely crushed”, Collins said of the shot to dead center field. INF Wilmer Flores rejoined the Mets on Friday after missing Wednesday’s game to be with his ailing grandfather in Venezuela.
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In New York, sizzling rookie Luis Severino won his third straight start and Alex Rodriguez hit his 681st career home run.
