Mets manager Terry Collins wasn’t concerned about Bruce pressing while playing against his former team in his former home ballpark. He pitched 6 innings and gave up 5 hits. He’s an awesome guy.
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Colon has allowed two runs or fewer in 16 of his last 20 starts. The Reds put a runner on third with nobody out on two occasions, and Colon wiggled out of the jam each time. “I still believe that we haven’t hit our stride yet – I mean, every team has won seven, eight, nine, 10 in a row except us”, Baker said of the Nationals, whose longest winning streak of the season was a seven-game run in April.
It seemed like sleep wasn’t that essential to the New York Mets.
NY had a short turnaround after a 5-1 victory over Washington on Sunday night, but the 43-year-old Colon traveled to Cincinnati ahead of the team and it looks as if the rest paid off.
Due to the quick turnaround between games, manager Terry Collins made a decision to rest many of his regulars, including Yoenis Cespedes, Asdrubal Cabrera and Jose Reyes.
“Never had any pressure at all”, Colon said. “I knew a lot of the veterans were getting a day off today”, Colon said through a translator. “I thought that was an inning (where) hey, look, you’ve got to go out and get us through this”.
For the first time as a visiting player, Jay Bruce played a game at the Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati on Monday. “Definitely odd being on the other side, but once the first pitch is thrown, it’s just baseball”.
Stephenson, one of Cincinnati’s top prospects, allowed two runs and six hits, falling short in his bid to become the first Reds pitcher since Wayne Simpson in 1970 to win each of his first three major league starts. “I just missed my spot”, said Stephenson of the homers.
Colon limited the Reds to five hits while walking one and striking out two, improving to 13-7 with a 3.22 ERA this season. Asdrubal Cabrera has hit 118 times with 51 runs and 48 RBI.
Reynolds checked into the Mets’ Cincinnati hotel at 9:15 Monday morning after flying all night from Salt Lake City. “I think he’s gotten stronger because he’s lengthened himself out a little bit”, Collins said.
Despite the odds not being in their favor, the Mets persevered despite the adversity, and it helped that the team they played in sub-optimal conditions is now 22 games below.500. “Just so happened I had a couple big hits”.
Johnson led off the fifth with his 10th homer.
NY is 9-2 in its last 11 games at Great American Ball Park.2. Wilmer Flores was retired twice while trying for the extra base, both times on throws from left fielder Adam Duvall.In the first inning, Flores was thrown out at second following a single.
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Reds: 2B Brandon Phillips returned to the starting lineup after being scratched each of the previous two days with a sore left foot. That’s when the Reds drafted Bruce in the first round, beginning an association that ended only this year when the Mets traded for the rightfielder. He walked 1 batter and struck out 9.
