He got an 88 miles per hour fastball on the outside corner and well below the strike zone, and did what you do when you swing at a pitch like that and make contact: he pounded it into the dirt in front of home plate.
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Sure, you can point to Seth Lugo and Robert Gsellman’s strong spot-start appearances, too.
The Minnesota Twins picked up another loss last (Friday) night 3-0 against the New York Mets as the season draws to a close.
“Today, we’re very disappointed it’s not Jake deGrom but you know what, Gabriel Ynoa this is his chance, this is his chance to say look I can pitch in the big leagues”, Collins said. Looking at it now, he’s got homers – he doesn’t have a lot of RBIs, but there’s a lot of reasons for it.
Michael Conforto drove in two runs with a first-inning, opposite-field single off Kyle Gibson (6-10) and T.J. Rivera added a solo home run in the third. Mets left fielder Yoenis Cespedes, slowed by an injured right quadriceps during the season’s second half, left after six innings because of a nausea and dizziness. “And tonight, those guys did that”.
First pitch is at 5:30 p.m. Before the game, Collins said they had not yet decided what they will do with Jacob deGrom’s spot now that he is done for the season. I just talked to him a minute ago and he said he feels a lot better.
He allowed four hits, one walk and Murphy’s sacrifice fly in the second. Santana retired the first 11 batters he faced and allowed four hits and two walks while striking out nine. I think he is one of those guys. Ynoa then stranded two by retiring Gibson on a groundout. He also struck out two to end the fourth with a runner on first and would have likely had his first career win had Brian Dozier not singled to extend his hitting streak to 22.
Nine of the last 15 games are going to be played at Citi Field, where the Mets are now 39-33, going 10-3 in their last 13 home games.
Five relievers finished up for the Mets, who completed their seventh sweep of the season.
After hitting three homers in five games earlier this month, Cespedes has slowed down a bit – not having hit a homer since September 11.
A season-high 11 games over.500, the Mets won for the 11th time in 14 games despite benching Jose Reyes, Asdrubal Cabrera, James Loney, Curtis Granderson and Jay Bruce from the starting lineup after Saturday’s late-night win, powered by Granderson’s home runs in the 11th and 12th innings. Their makeshift lineup featured Alejandro DeAza leading off and Cespedes batting third between Rivera and Conforto. Michael Conforto, getting his first start in nearly two weeks, came through with an opposite field two run single to get the Mets on the board.
“It was one of those days where I didn’t walk out of the bullpen not trusting my stuff”, Gibson said. The fact that we just hung in there enough to win enough games and keep us going and we saw the pieces start to come back, the energy level picked up in the clubhouse and they take the field now and we’ve got some big games at the right time.
“At the end of the day, kind of doesn’t mean anything, to be honest with you”, Dozier said.
NOTES: Mets 2B Neil Walker (back), who had surgery to fix a herniated disk earlier this month, said he is feeling better although the numbness is still there.
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Twins: LF Eddie Rosario didn’t play after hurting his left thumb while diving into first base Saturday.
