They moved one step closer to clinching a post-season berth without their manager in the dugout.
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Nationals: RHP Tanner Roark (14-8, 2.85), who has quality starts in seven of his last nine outings, starts the finale of the three-game series for Washington.
Baker has been with the Nationals for every inning this year and has not been ejected, though he came close late in the game Tuesday when he argued a possible strikeout by one of the NY hitters.
New York Mets’ Curtis Granderson (3) scores off T.J. Rivera’s sacrifice fly as Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos (40) waits for the throw during the fifth inning of a baseball game at Nationals Park, Tuesday, Sept. 13, .
“You get pitches to hit you got to hit them”, Bruce said.
Meanwhile, Latos’s home run, which led off the second inning, triggered an offensive outburst. “This one is for Dusty”.
A year ago a win like this, with its crushing low moment followed by a no-he-didn’t exhilarating high, would have felt like destiny for the Mets, as they were in the process of burying the Nationals in the NL East.
“I was super excited going around the bases”, said Rivera, who was ambushed by a whipped-cream pie to the face when he retreated to the clubhouse postgame.
“He has been struggling a little bit”, Speier said of Ramos. NY managed four baserunners – one hit and three walks – over the final eight innings.
Blake Treinen pitched the eighth and Mark Melancon got three outs for his 42 save.
Only one more team with a winning record appears on the New York Mets’ schedule this season.
“When you run probably your best pitcher out, you’ve got to win that game”, Collins said. The only positive for the Mets is that their two main rivals for the wild card, the San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals, both lost so there will be no change in the wild card standings today.
Reigning AL MVP Josh Donaldson sat out his third straight game for the Blue Jays and was scheduled to get an MRI on his sore right hip. “They got me good”.
Roark threw at least seven shutout innings for a major league-leading ninth time this season. Over four games (three starts) and a 2-1 record, Gsellman has a 3.92 ERA with a 1.50 WHIP in 20.2 innings.
The Mets loaded the bases with one out in the top of the first against Tanner Roark but came away empty.
“I’m extremely grateful for. them giving me the chance and putting me down in Viera [Fla.] and putting a program together”, Latos said.
In the first inning, Trea Turner was nailed at second as part of a strikeout-throwout double play and Rivera also nailed Harper attempting to steal second in the fourth. He had won the Pacific Coast League batting title in early September before returning upon the completion of Triple-A Las Vegas’ season. OF Justin Ruggiano, on the DL since August 27, underwent left shoulder surgery.
Syndergaard threw a modest 99 pitches, a sign that the Mets are seriously weighing bringing him back on standard rest Sunday against the Minnesota Twins, rather than using Thursday’s team day off after this series to give him extra rest.
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No, this one wasn’t good for the hearts of Mets fans, as their team blew a two-run lead in the ninth, but in the end it sure felt good for the soul, when T.J. Rivera, a kid from the Bronx getting his first taste of the big leagues at age 27, hit his first major-league home run in the 10th. Manager Terry Collins said that Flores tried to hit Monday afternoon but his neck remained sore.
