Kallet: Sorrowful Night In Miami Might Have Been What Everyone Needed
The Marlins beat the Mets on a night when the final score won't be remembered, but everything else will be.
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The Marlins beat the Mets on a night when the final score won't be remembered, but everything else will be.
The Miami Marlins, playing inspired baseball in their first game since the tragic death of pitcher Jose Fernandez, routed the New York Mets 7-3 on Monday night at Marlins Park.
There's wasn't a dry eye in the stands or on the field before the Miami Marlins game against the New York Mets on Monday night, as players and fans remembered 24-year-old Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez, who was tragically killed in a boating accident early Sunday morning.
The New York Mets went 6-4 on their final homestand of 2016 and head into the last week of the regular season in position for the first National League wild-card spot.
Nobody ever wants to play a game like the Mets have to Monday night.
Rookie Robert Gsellman continued to come up big on Sunday afternoon, when the long-haired right-hander threw a career-high seven scoreless innings to lead the New York Mets to a 17-0 rout of the Philadelphia Phillies at Citi Field.
The Mets fell behind by 10 runs early and finished just short of what would have been the largest comeback victory in team history, losing 10-8 to the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday night.
Michael Conforto's three-run homer capped a six-run fifth inning Friday night by the New York Mets, who retained at least a share of the National League wild-card lead
In Syndergaard's place, Sean Gilmartin will make his first start of the season and just the second of his career.
Jose Reyes hit a tying two-run homer in the ninth inning and Asbrubal Cabrera hit a three-run drive in an 11th-inning comeback to lift the New York Mets to a dramatic 9-8 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday night that assured them of remaining in the NL wild-card lead.
General manager Sandy Alderson told reporters Thursday the young left-hander is experiencing soreness in his throwing shoulder after pitching a bullpen session at Citi Field on Wednesday.
Sure, they can sneak into the wild card. If they wind up playing the Cubs in a division series, they will get smashed. If they don't play the Cubs, they will get smashed.
Steven Matz is tentatively scheduled to return to the New York Mets' injury-ravaged rotation Friday night.
Ender Inciarte drove home the winning run with an RBI groundout in the top of the ninth inning and made a game-saving catch to end the bottom of the inning as the Atlanta Braves continued to play wild-card spoiler by beating the New York Mets 4-3.
Trailing the Braves 5-3 Tuesday night with a runner on second base, Collins pinch-hit for Bruce with Eric Campbell.
