Andrew Miller got Travis d’Arnaud on a grounder for the final out. Strasburg pitched 7.1 innings and gave up three runs, one of which he was charged with after he was removed from the game.
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New York Mets relief pitcher Hansel Robles looks toward the…
RHP Carlos Torres returned to action Sunday night, when he gave up three runs on one hit and two walks while striking out one over two-thirds of an inning in the Mets’ 11-2 loss to the Yankees.
With an eye on the innings count, the team skipped Harvey’s turn after that start, with rookie Steven Matz being inserted into the rotation. Ellsbury and McCann had RBI singles in the eighth before Bird launched a three-run homer.
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“CC threw the ball as well as he’s thrown it all year”, New York’s Alex Rodriguez said.
New York Yankees’ Carlos Beltran, right, is congratulated by… And it didn’t take long in the sixth for Yankees fans to drown out their Mets counterparts.
Actress Sarah Jessica Parker, snaps a cell phone photo with her… The Mets refute that notion, insisting that no hard cap exists and that they plan to push Harvey past that threshold in the playoffs.
Former New York Mets catcher Mike Piazza grimaces as he warms up… Supervisor Terry Collins was going to permit Harvey only five innings, with the outside chance he could pitch a 6th had his pitch number stayed amazingly low. “This was your Dark Knight, and you turned it into a very dark night very quickly by pulling him out of the game 77 pitches into a performance”, he said.
“Moving forward, I want this kid on the pitching staff”.
The Mets (84-64) lost for the third time in four games as their NL East lead fell to 7 1/2 games over the Washington Nationals, pending the Nationals’ game against the Miami Marlins later Saturday. Pitching for the first time in 12 days, the right-hander yielded only an infield single and struck out seven. “It seemed like he had everything going for him”, Yankees manager Joe Girardi said.
Six relievers followed Harvey to the mound, and none were particularly effective. “You couldn’t set it up any worse than it was”. Be that as it may, regardless of the possibility that Sunday’s misfortune didn’t drastically reduce their shots of winning the National League East, it beyond any doubt did raise the level of dramatization encompassing the Mets and their pro.
The Mets scored four runs in the first off Zach Lee, who was making his major league debut for the Dodgers.
The Mets will likely use this order for the remainder of the regular season, but it remains to be seen how far the Mets will allow Harvey to go in his remaining starts. “I’m going to be ready for my next start, whenever it is”.
“Harvey has thrown 176-2/3 innings in his first season back from Tommy John surgery, and agent Scott Boras has said doctors don’t want the 26-year-old ace to surpass 180 – although Harvey says he would be available for the playoffs”, ESPN explained.
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“All the talk and everything else isn’t gonna change the fact, that’s what we had to do”, Collins said.
