Cespedes hits 3 doubles, Mets top Marlins, take NL East lead

His three doubles tied a franchise record.

The Mets (56-50) won their fourth game in a row.

“I’m just happy and proud for Brian, and obviously happy for the program”, UWF baseball head coach Mike Jeffcoat said. “Just an unbelievable night, and I’m looking forward to the days to come”. In regards to being a rental, Cespedes was one of the best available on the market at the trade deadline.

There’s little doubt that Michael Conforto continues to be in the future long term plans of the New York Mets.

Garcia made his major league debut this season and has three home runs in 11 games.

The Mets topped the 10 total runs they scored in the three-game sweep against the Nationals, whose loss Monday put New York on top of the division for the first time since June 19.

In the fifth, Granderson led off with a single and Koehler walked Daniel Murphy, setting up Cespedes’ two-run double high off the right-center field fence.

This deadline marks the Mets’ largest haul since 2004, when they (disastrously) added starting pitchers Victor Zambrano and Kris Benson.

New Met Yoenis Cespedes returned to center field Sunday night – the position where it all started for him – and he could remain there for a while, according to Terry Collins. “Really looked good. He hit some balls hard.”… “It was up and in for a ball up, and somehow he kept it fair”.

New York Mets batter Yoenis Cespedes hits a first inning double in front of Miami Marlins catcher J.T. Realmuto during a baseball game in Miami, Monday August 3, 2015.

It was Duda’s ninth home run in his last eight games.

Miami scored its only run in the eighth when Yelich hit an RBI double that drove in Ichiro. If anything, I’d give him a slight downgrade, but his value barely shifts. “From my experience in this stadium, that was unique”.

Tom Koehler (8-8) gave up seven runs in 4 1-3 innings in the Marlins’ most-lopsided loss of the season. The 22-year-old rookie is hitting.

“It’s out there about our pitching”. “The one thing I think we had to prove to ourselves is that we could play with the Nationals“, Collins said. “He was pretty adamant that he can play center field when I asked him about it”.

The Mets are on a magical streak after sweeping the Nationals at home over the weekend. These are the type of games we’re going to have to win and when it slips away it’s frustrating. “But when you stay right there cheek-to-cheek with them and let it get away it’s definitely frustrating”. He threw 111 pitches.

“Let’s go, Mets!” it began, softly. OF Kirk Nieuwenhuis was placed on the 15-day disabled list with discomfort in his neck and left shoulder.

Before Saturday’s game, Conforto officially had been demoted to Triple-A Las Vegas.

He’s 2-1 with a 3.48 ERA in three starts against the Marlins (43-62) this year. Matt Harvey will attempt to keep that run going as he gets the start against punchless Miami, which has been held to one run or fewer five times during a 2-10 swoon.