Duda homers 3 times, Flores plays through tears in Mets loss

His 5-9 record likely has more to do with the team he was pitching for than his own performance, as his 3.89 ERA and 121 strikeouts in 118.0 innings likely could have seen his win-loss record swapped had he been with Houston all season.

“We still have until 4 o’clock Eastern time tomorrow”, Luhnow said of the deadline.

“It makes it really helpful”.

“Her mom is right here with her, but she has go back to the Dominican, and we are still waiting on the birth certificate and the passport so they can come with me to Houston”, he said. “It’s a good team win”. Wheeler had Tommy John surgery, so some pointed to him. Ross (7-8) hadn’t given up a homer since April 28, a span of 100 innings.

Carlos Gomez would flip his bat, Carlos Gomez would show emotion, Carlos Gomez had fun. “They said, “Now you’ve been traded.’ I asked, “Is this the real one?”

They were able to pull off this trade, and add Clippard to an already stacked ‘pen of Jenrry Mejia, Bobby Parnell, Jeurys Familia, Sean Gilmartin, etc. Well, only a day after that, you can scratch Mejia off that list, as he got suspended 162 games for failing a PED test – the exact same test he took before getting suspended 80 games, and for the exact same drugs.

Duda also connected in the sixth off Kevin Quackenbush and in the ninth off Marcos Mateo.

Collins was forced into more damage control before Thursday’s game as he tried to smooth over Flores’ hurt feelings. The groups had agreed Wednesday to a deal that might ship Gomez to New York in change for injured pitcher Zack Wheeler and infielder Wilmer Flores.

Flores could be seen crying while manning shortstop in the top of the eighth inning Wednesday. His eyes were watery and red after the game, too, even though Alderson had apologized to Flores.

The Mets again insisted that they backed out of the Gomez trade because of concerns about a hip condition – not financial reasons, as the Brewers reportedly suggested.

“Unfortunately, social media, et cetera got ahead of the facts”, Alderson said. “It’s an unfortunate situation, whatever has been speculated over the course of the evening, has not, and will not, transpire”.

The 1973 team finished three games over. Originally a first round draft pick of the San Francisco Giants in 2009, the Mets obtained Wheeler at the trade deadline in 2011 in exchange for Carlos Beltran. He appeared in 28 games for San Francisco last year, hitting.192/.234/.342 with three homers and five RBIs.

Upton added a run-scoring single in the sixth. Gomez teared up as he answered questions, saying, “I’m not shocked by anything after what happened last night”. “I can only come here tomorrow and work the same way I did today and previous days and try to get myself up to a better position”. Colon’s start only worsened from there. Niese gave up six runs and watched the delivery on FaceTime. Alderson didn’t elaborate Wednesday night.

The Marlins received minor-league right-handers Jeff Brigham, Victor Araujo and Kevin Guzman while shedding around $18 million in Latos’ and Morse’s salaries.