Mets rookie Syndergaard perfect through 6 innings vs Padres

Familia got the next batter, but at this point the rain had started to fall heavily again and we found ourselves in another rain delay, this one even longer than the first.

Forty-four minutes later, play resumed and Familia promptly got a swinging strike on Norris.

New York Mets right fielder Curtis Granderson (3) runs on his…

Later in the game, the Padres tacked on another run in the top of the 6th when Upton singled in Yangervis Solarte, giving them a comfortable 7-1 lead. He has gone at least seven innings in three of his last four outings. He was acquired from the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday.

Rockies starter Yohan Flande (1-1) allowed one run on four hits in five innings.

Casali, just the second player in Rays history with back-to-back multi-home run games, has six home runs in a span of 19 at-bats, more homers than all Rays catchers totaled last season.

The Royals’ only two runs against Estrada (8-6) came in the first inning. The righty coughed up a double to pinch hitter Yonder Alonso, and after recording an out, walked pinch hitter Brett Wallace and allowed a single to Melvin Upton Jr.to load the bases.

In extending his hitting streak to 12 games, Parra scored three times. “We’re not tigers in a circus and jumping through rings of fire and then getting put in our cages afterward”, said Niese, who walked one and struck out six. Toronto has not said when Price will make his first start but Sunday is a possibility.

Colon gave up the six runs on 10 hits while walking none and striking out one in 2 1/3 innings.

After a two-hour and 51-minute delay, the teams again took the field and Craig Kimbrel notched his 30th save of the season to give the Padres their second series win in a row. Chicago had its winning streak snapped at a season-high seven games.

The Mets lost 8-7 to the Padres. He finished with three hits.

Michael Brantley, Yan Gomes and rookie Giovanny Urshela hit solo homers for Cleveland, which had been outscored 37-10 in losing the first six games of the homestand.

The left-hander’s 2.04 ERA against the Padres is his lowest against any opponent, but he hasn’t faced them since 2013.

Marcos Mateo (1-0) pitched the eighth for the win.

Anthony Rizzo’s three-run homer in the eighth inning powered the Chicago Cubs to a 5-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers.

That’s when Syndergaard buckled down to protect a 2-0 lead. Will Smith (4-2) entered to face a trio of left-handed batters.

ORIOLES 7, BRAVES 3: Chris Davis homered twice and drove in five runs, and Baltimore cruised past Atlanta for its fourth straight victory.

The blast marked the second career walk-off homer for Castro, who helped lift Houston to a two-game lead over the Angels in the American League West. Cashner defeated the Marlins 3-1 last time out with the lone run plated on five hits covering seven innings. Brett Cecil came on and retired Eric Hosmer.

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He gave up three straight hits, including Justin Upton’s go-head home run that led the San Diego Padres to an 8-7 victory over the New York Mets on Thursday. Thankfully, Gyorko grounded into a double play, and Niese ended his day on a positive note.

Upton added a run-scoring single in the sixth. He pitched around four walks, which tied his career high.

Free-falling miles above the desert, his test spaceship ripped to pieces and the frigid air hard to breathe, pilot Peter Siebold struggled through crippling injuries to turn on his oxygen and just to stay conscious.