Mets: RHP Noah Syndergaard (13-8) starts on five days’ rest Monday in the series opener against Atlanta and RHP Aaron Blair (0-6).
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The Twins (55-93), who have the worst record in baseball, counter with ace Ervin Santana.
Cespedes was supposed to have a day off on Sunday, but told manager Terry Collins he wanted to be in the lineup.
Collins started Michael Conforto in right with both Curtis Granderson and Jay Bruce getting the day off and he had two hits, including an opposite-field, two-run single in the first inning as the Mets took a 2-0 lead.
“I’m so proud of the way they’ve handled themselves”.
The New York Mets won’t be winning the National League East but the Wild Card is within their grasp.
Potentially losing their most risky hitter – even if manager Terry Collins said he expects Cespedes to be available for Monday’s start of a three-game series with the Braves – should make the Mets feel ill. “You look for your ability to win close games when you take leads”. And if we do, we’ll get back in the hunt. Coming on pretty strong as of late, the Mets are looking to open up a little bit of distance between themselves and the Cardinals with the team’s final home stand against the Twins, Atlanta Braves, and Philadelphia Phillies now underway in Citi Field.
According to Twitter user @NYMStats, the Mets set a new franchise record for the most home runs in a season with 201, and are now 10 games over.500 for the first time this season.
“I think there’s been times when we’ve gotten pretty down on ourselves and allowed it to affect us”, Gibson said. “So there you go”.
The meetings likely go something like “here is your opportunity to show us you can pitch at this level in the middle of a playoff race”.
With the recent state of the Mets rotation, he probably pitched his way into another start.
DeGrom will need surgery but has not decided whether he will wait until the end of the season.
“We have no plans yet, nothing is written. Nothing’s written. Steven Matz’s name certainly will be in the mix”, Collins said. “I just haven’t been able to get as many RBI, successful chances, over the season”.
D’backs 10, Dodgers 9 • Brandon Drury singled with two outs in the 12th inning to score Paul Goldschmidt, lifting host Arizona over Los Angeles.
Ynoa retired the side in the first and gave up his only run in the second on a sacrifice fly by John-Ryan Murphy.
Then Collins began managing as if the Mets’ playoff hopes depended on it.
Josh Edgin (1-0) pitched a scoreless 12th and got his first victory since June 1, 2014.
Rivera, playing again for the injured Wilmer Flores, homered in the bottom of the third.
The New York Mets celebrate Curtis Granderson’s (3) walk off solo home run to win the game against the Minnesota Twins during the twelfth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016, in New York. When he hit Kyle Gibson’s pitch the other way to left, he looked like the Conforto from a year ago.
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That helped preserve the win for righty Erik Goeddel (2-1), who allowed one hit, walked one and struck out three in 1⅓ innings after entering in the fifth, though he uncorked two wild pitches. Brian Dozier’s infield single in the third inning extended his hitting streak to 21 games.
