First baseman Lucas Duda was a late scratch from Wednesday’s lineup due to soreness, according to a report by Marc Carig of Newsday. He was replaced at first base by James Loney. Duda, 30, missed four months of the season with a stress fracture in his back and has been eased back slowly since rejoining the team. He had a bases clearing double on Tuesday and has gone 5-for-15 with four...
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Wednesday, September 28, 2016 • 7:10 p.m. Marlins Park • Miami, FL RHP Seth Lugo (4-2, 2.61) vs. RHP José Ureña (4-8, 5.95) SNY • WOR 710 AM • ESPN 1050 AM METS MAGIC NUMBER IS 4 Last night’s win was punctuated by a positive offensive performance, including a homer from Jay Bruce, a monster shot from Cespedes, and a bases clearing double for Duda. Both the Giants and the Cardinals won last...
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On the first ever pitch (91 MPH fastball) Tim Tebow saw in a professional game, he hit a solo home run off St. Louis Cardinals prospect John Kilichowski. Here’s the video of #Tebow’s home run. pic.twitter.com/EVId65fT3O — Luis Torres (@LFTorresIII) September 28, 2016 The left-handed Kilichowski was the Cardinals’ 2016 11th round pick out of Vanderbilt. He made nine...
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With Matt Harvey, Jacob deGrom, and Steven Matz all needing season ending surgery, Zack Wheeler needing to be shut down after a number of setbacks during his rehabilitation from Tommy John surgery, and Noah Syndergaard dealing with bone spurs in his elbow, everyone has joked about how it was the 43 year old Bartolo Colon who has made it through the season healthy. Well, the joke is now on Mets...
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Last season, on the eve of September, Sandy Alderson went out and obtained Addison Reed from the Arizona Diamondbacks. Up until that point in the season, Reed was having a poor year that included a demotion to AAA. In his 38 appearances with the Diamondbacks, he was 2-2 with a 4.20 ERA and a 1.500 WHIP while only striking out 7.5 batters per nine innings. When Reed joined the Mets, he became a...
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