Mets Blow 4-Run Lead In Loss To Red-Hot Dodgers
Down late in the game, the Dodgers were just setting the stage for more timely hitting and another scintillating comeback. "Seriously? Explain that game?" LA manager Don Mattingly said.
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Down late in the game, the Dodgers were just setting the stage for more timely hitting and another scintillating comeback. "Seriously? Explain that game?" LA manager Don Mattingly said.
An imposter claiming to be Spencer called the station and admitted to taking steroids, saying, "I have used steroids in the past ... Did I ever see anyone using them? Absolutely."
Cy Young? Maybe, maybe not. But Hiroki Kuroda has pitched well enough to dream. And Matt Harvey's season speaks for itself. It would be nice if the year ended with a little positive history.
Matt Harvey (9-4) gave up four runs and eight hits in six innings, struck out three and walked two. The right-hander was coming off his first career shutout, pitching a four-hitter in a 5-0 win over Colorado on Aug. 7.
The rookie third baseman will eventually lose his position when captain David Wright returns from a hamstring injury. So what then? A move to the outfield?
Jenrry Mejia (1-2) gave up three runs - two earned - and six hits in six innings as the Mets' two-game winning streak ended. New York had won five of six.
Flores is the third player in Mets history to collect nine or more RBIs in his first six games with the club.
Wilmer Flores capped the Mets' Sunday night victory in Arizona with a ninth inning home run.
Hefner says he has been dealing with a sore elbow all season but it had worsened recently.
Rookie Wilmer Flores drove in three runs to extend his RBI streak to four games
Paul Goldschmidt's 27th homer, his second game-winner of the year, came on a 1-1 pitch from Scott Atchison after the Mets had rallied from a two-run deficit.
"We can't have a collapse, and Terry knows that," one source told the New York Daily News. "Otherwise, at the end of the season, something good might happen."
If this was the end of May, the question would hold no interest of all. Of course, launch Collins. He was on the verge of losing the locker room. But things change during a baseball season.
Dillon Gee followed Matt Harvey's first career shutout with an impressive outing of his own, helping the Mets beat Colorado, 2-1, Thursday and sending the Rockies home after matching the worst road trip in team history.
The Mets want to ensure the 24-year-old's arm is rested and protected for the future — and the team and "will not waver" from that strategy, the Daily News reported.
Matt Harvey tossed a four-hitter and prospect Wilmer Flores drove in three runs in the Mets' 5-0 win over the Colorado Rockies' on Wednesday evening.
Valdespin wasn't exactly on solid footing in the Mets organization, and that was before his 50-game suspension as part of Major League Baseball's investigation into Biogenesis.
Eric Young made a diving catch to take a go-ahead hit away from Todd Helton in the sixth inning, then raced home with the tiebreaking run in the eighth, and the Mets beat the Rockies 3-2 on Tuesday night.
The Mets had an all-time record 46-20 against the Rockies at Shea Stadium, including an 18-2 mark vs. Colorado in the final 20 games between the two clubs at Shea.
The Mets have called up 22-year-old -- he turned 22 on Tuesday -- infielder Wilmer Flores to the major leagues. Flores is the Mets' No. 4 rated prospect in the system, according to MLB.com.
"If all the allegations are true, then I'm glad they got caught and I'm glad baseball is doing something about it," Royals reliever Aaron Crow said.
Mets outfielder Jordany Valdespin has been suspended 50 games by Major League Baseball for his ties to the Biogenesis of America clinic. Valdespin will accept the 50-game ban without an appeal.
Zack Wheeler lost for the first time in six starts. He gave up four runs - three earned - and issued five walks.
Without injured captain David Wright, the Mets lost to the Royals in twelve innings.
