The Rays rallied from a 3-0 deficit before they ever came to bat and pulled out a 5-4 victory over the New York Mets on Saturday.
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Tampa Bay Rays catcher Bobby Wilson (60) tags out New York Mets left fielder Kirk Nieuwenhuis (9) at home plate during the second inning tat Charlotte Sports Park.
The Washington Nationals lost tonight, allowing the Mets to extend their National League East lead to 2.5 games.
“Nice solution to begin the sport, particularly towards a man that does not have a tendency to surrender plenty of runs”, Granderson stated. “We talk about the character all the time – they prove it consistently”. Boxberger recorded the second out, but Wilmer Flores dunked a single into right field to bring home Conforto and put the Mets up 4-3. Tampa Bay turns to Chris Archer for his first career meeting with the New York Mets.
After Evan Longoria’s home run in the eighth – the fifth solo homer of the game – the Rays took a 3-2 lead into the ninth.
ATLANTA (AP) – Nick Markakis had three hits, including a tie-breaking two-run double in the seventh inning, and Atlanta beat Miami.
Syndergaard, who allowed four runs in that first inning, entered the game having yielded three total runs in 21 innings over his past three starts. He fell to Zero-5 on the street. The go-ahead run scored on Longoria’s routine ground ball to shortstop that Ruben Tejada could not make a clean play on. The key is when they think less and hit more, simply try to get the barrel on the ball and clear the infield.
The Matrix is a computer program coupled with scouting, Collins said Saturday they use the info to help figure out what pitchers the Mets’ young hitters, especially, might have the most success against. “That is a type of issues we did not do in any respect (in the course of the win streak)”.
Rays starter right-hander Austin Karns recovered from a slow start to post his seventh win of the season before Xavier Cedeno, Steve Geltz, Jake McGee and Brad Boxberger did not give up a hit in four innings of relief. He must be again Monday.
Kiermaier appeared to hurt his leg sliding while advancing to second base on a throw to third on the play, but remained in the game.
The outfielder tied it at 4 on a solo shot in the second. He should be back Monday.
Granderson, who had his streak of reaching base snapped at 20 straight Friday night, had led off the game with a home run to dead center field over the 404-foot sign in front of the batter’s eye.
Manager Terry Collins has said he does not want his starters to throw more than 40 pitches in an inning, and Syndergaard managed to stay under that threshold by getting the final out on his 38th pitch.
Rays: C Curt Casali left after two innings with a head bruise after being hit one inning earlier by a back swing….
Mets slugger Lucas Duda was 2 for 4 with two RBIs to raise his average to.
Angels 8, Orioles 4: Mike Trout homered on his birthday for the third time in his career, and Chris Iannetta delivered a go-ahead, two-run double in Los Angeles’ victory over Baltimore.
The Rays return home from a 3-3 road trip with a stop in Boston where the team went 1-2 and in Chicago, where the Rays took 2-of-3 from the White Sox.
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Mets LHP Alex Torres, designated for assignment Tuesday, was sent outright to Triple-A Las Vegas. A 2015 All-Star, deGrom is 2-0 with a 1.30 ERA in his last four starts and has won three consecutive outings on the road, where he’s gone 5-1 with a 1.22 ERA in his six most recent starts.
