Mets’ Lucas Duda for third straight day due to stiff back

RHP Noah Syndergaard will look to bounce back from one of the worst starts of his rookie season when he takes the mound for the Mets on Thursday afternoon in the finale of a four-game series against the Colorado Rockies at Citi Field. “If that means we’ll have to push Matt [Harvey] back a day to make sure he gets an extra day’s rest so we think he’ll stay healthy, we’re going to do that”, Collins said. “He wasn’t feeling much better today than he did yesterday”.

Cuddyer, who signed with the Mets last fall, drove home Uribe with his fourth-inning single, which was the 1,500th hit of his career.

Trouble is always lurking around the corner for the New York Mets, even in these unexpectedly halcyon days.

Manager Terry Collins once more careworn the staff will do every little thing it could to stop having to close down the starters, however they’ve to have the ability to regulate to what’s occurring. As they did on Tuesday and Wednesday, the Mets beat the Colorado Rockies anyway on Thursday – this time by a 12-3 score. Uribe notched his on his sixth-inning single, and Cuddyer’s came on his RBI single in the fourth. Rockies second baseman D.J. LeMahieu led off with a ground rule double and stole third as catcher Michael McHenry drew a walk. 259 with 11 homers and 30 RBIs overall this season, including. “It’s moving in the right direction”, said Duda, who hopes to play Saturday – he sat three straight games and did not play in the Mets’ 3-2, 10-inning loss to the Pirates on Friday.