Noah Syndergaard won his eighth game.
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Yoenis Cespedes hit his 18th home run and Asdrubal Cabrera also connected for NY, which had lost three consecutive and six of eight.
The Mets should have Sean Gilmartin available, as he was called up to replace the injured Jim Henderson, although he threw 100 pitches Sunday in his last appearance in Triple-A. Yet a gritty Hansel Robles (1-3) and four other relievers bailed out the Mets by combining for 8 2/3 stellar innings in the opener of a two-game set. After throwing 41 pitches Sunday, he threw 65 over 3 2/3 effective innings in this one and struck out six. Dyson singled to left and went to second on Danny Duffy’s sacrifice bunt.
Chris Sale, White Sox – The Chicago ace became the first Major League Baseball pitcher to get to 12 wins after shutting down the Boston Red Sox. Orlando has one homer, 14 RBIs and five stolen bases in 46 games this season. Chicago led the whole way after Anderson homered to left on the first pitch from Clay Buchholz (3-7) in the right-hander’s return to Boston’s rotation after spending about a month in the bullpen. As mentioned on the SNY broadcast, barring a World Series meeting, the Mets and Royals will not meet again until the 2019 season.
Kluber (7-7) took a one-hitter into the ninth before Brad Miller and Evan Longoria singled with one out.
Juan Uribe homered for the fourth straight game, a solo shot in the eighth. Justin Bour hit a two-run homer, his 12th. All three games have been decided by a total of four runs. RHP Edinson Volquez (7-6, 4.12 ERA) faces AL Cy Young Award victor Dallas Keuchel (3-9, 5.32) when Houston visits Kansas City on Friday night for a three-game series. The Mets improved to 37-32 and pulled within 4.5 games of the Nationals in the NL East. Familia, charged with three blown saves in the World Series a year ago against the Royals, has converted a club-record 39 consecutive regular-season chances dating to last August – though he did blow a four-run lead in the ninth inning of a game this season.
Syndergaard (8-2), who flirted with his first career shutout in his previous start, allowed eight hits and three runs.
GIANTS 15, PIRATES 4 Angel Pagan hit a grand slam during a seven-run fourth inning, Johnny Cueto shut down host Pittsburgh into the seventh and San Francisco clobbered the Pirates.
Jeurys Familia struck out two in a one-hit ninth for his major league-leading 23rd save.
“That could spell disaster, but he didn’t allow that to happen”, Yost said. Asdrubal Cabrera went 2-for-3 with two runs scored during an impressive all-around day for the Mets.
Luke Gregerson (1-1) pitched a ideal ninth for the win.
The Blue Jays stranded seven runners and wasted a strong outing from Marco Estrada (5-3). Jerry Blevins threw a ideal seventh inning, Addison Reed worked around a leadoff single in the eighth and Jeurys Familia notched his 24th save with a 1-2-3 ninth. Overall, the righthander tossed 40.1 innings with a 4.02 ERA.
Daniel Hudson earned his first save of the season.
Kelly, a switch-hitter, was 4 for 27 (.148) with a home run and two RBIs for NY.
After a pitching mix-up, Syndergaard takes the mound today for the Mets.
As durable a starter as anyone in baseball, Colon is 6-3 this season with a 3.00 ERA, over a run less than last season. He was 4 for 11 with a home run and a double in his first three games and could rejoin the Royals this weekend.
On Tuesday night, Colon was diagnosed with a right thumb bruise, but that x-rays were negative. Joakim Soria was called on in the 5th with 2-outs. Gordon was 3 for 6 with a home run and a double in two rehab games with Double-A Northwest Arkansas.
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The Mets picked up a win Wednesday, but it could prove very costly. But with Salvador Perez splayed and blocking the plate, Carbera was about to slide around Perez, avoiding the tag and snagging the plate with his trailing hand, giving the Mets the 1-0 lead.
