Las Vegas (76-65) 9, Tacoma 4 After losing three of four to El Paso and moving out of first place the 51’s seemed to be reeling before Brandon Nimmo and Dillon Gee put them on their shoulders carrying them back atop the division by half a game. Nimmo was slid up to the #2 hole in the lineup and responded by going 4-5 with three runs, double, two RBI with a homerun for second...
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Michael Cuddyer finally saw a doctor on Friday night and was diagnosed with tendinitis. He will be in splint for the next two days. “It’s tendinitis that we have to get calmed down,” Cuddyer said. “I’m going to have a little splint for a day or so, to restrict the mobility to get it to calm down. Hopefully in a couple days it gets back to normal.” (Daily News) Cuddyer explained that he had...
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Let’s face it, the Miami Marlins suck… That is until the New York Mets set their eyes on a playoff spot. Then in a blink of an eye they suddenly transform themselves into a cross between Murderer’s Row and the Gas House Gang… Right? Wrong! You can go ahead and hang last night’s loss to the Marlins squarely on the shoulders of manager Terry Collins who bumbled his...
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The Mets (74-60) were defeated by the Miami Marlins (56-79) by the score of 6-5 tonight at Marlins Park. Offense: Tom Koehler, who the Mets have had much success with in the past, did a good job of silencing the Mets bats before they finally broke through in the sixth inning. Yoenis Cespedes led off in that sixth inning, and tripled to center field to give Michael Conforto a prime RBI...
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Terry Collins told reporters in Miami that Daniel Murphy received a platelet-rich plasma therapy injection on Thursday for his left quadriceps strain. He is fully unavailable today while it takes effect and possibly Saturday as well. Murphy had an MRI yesterday on his left quad and team doctors diagnosed him with a mild strain. Initially Murphy left last Wednesday’s game, for what the team said...
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After a day off on Thursday, the New York Mets begin a three-game series against the Miami Marlins tonight at Marlins Park. On the mound for the Mets is Jacob deGrom (12-7, 2.32) and hevopposes right-hander Tom Koehler (8-13, 4.12) for the Marlins in Friday’s 7:10 PM series opener. The Mets are 36-18 vs. the NL East this year, including 14-11 on the road. Their .667 winning percentage is the...
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