Marlins can’t stop streaking Mets

Mets rookie LF Michael Conforto is hitting.333 with six homers and 14 RBIs over his last 26 games. “You talk to hitters on other teams and they talk about the guy ravingly”. Curtis Granderson leads New York with 137 hits and 64 RBI while Daniel Murphy and Lucas Duda have combined for 120 RBI.

Brad Brach worked the seventh inning, Darren O’Day and Brian Matusz shared the eighth and Zach Britton got three straight outs to complete the three-hitter and earn his 33rd save. “I thought he stifled any momentum swing that was possibly taking place there”.

Though the 29-year-old slugger has been bullying the opposition, Koehler and the Marlins had no reason to peg Cespedes especially with the first pitch that came his way.

The New York Mets look to remain hot after winning seven of their last eight games.

The Twins were led offensively by Trevor Plouffe, who got the offense going with a two-run double in the first inning.

Beyond that, a nice article both about the trade mechanics – which is stuff I find fascinating and which we very rarely hear until books are written about the principles years later – and some stuff about Cespedes himself from some of the people who know him well.

With the Mets down 3-1 against the Miami Marlins in the bottom of the sixth inning with Juan Uribe on base when d’Arnaud smoked a pitch 429 feet for a two-run home run to tie the game. Later, in the fourth, Koehler again stranded two runners in scoring position when he got an inning-ending ground out.

Against the Marlins, deGrom allowed three runs each in the fourth and the fifth, departing with the Mets down 6-1.

Wright was stranded at third in the sixth. A sacrifice fly plated another run and Justin Boar singled to center, driving in another.

Miami starts a seven-game trip after going 6-3 on a homestand that began with the New York series that featured two walk-off wins.

The Marlins finished with 15 hits.

Lonnie Chisenhall drove in three runs for the Indians, who entered play trailing Texas by 4 1/2 games for the AL’s second wild-card spot.

Heathcott homered after Brian McCann was intentionally walked, setting off a raucous celebration in the New York dugout. “We’re pretty far behind them, but that doesn’t mean we can’t play them hard and kind of show them we haven’t quit”.

Conley’s issues pitching deep into games have been clear all season. When Willie McGee was traded from St. Louis to Oakland in late August, his.335 average was frozen in the NL batting race. “It was really just a combination of good at-bats”.

Collins said that until the club can do that comfortably, deGrom may trim his between-starts workload to “save bullets for the game”.

NOTES: Mets LHP Dario Alvarez left in the ninth inning with a groin injury….

With his five innings Tuesday, deGrom has reached 181 on the season, a career high.

Marlins: OF Giancarlo Stanton (left hand) stretched with the team and took batting practice before. “There’s some comparables”, Marlins manager Dan Jennings said with a grin. “When I make my pitches, I throw the ball pretty well”, deGrom said.