Rays End Mets’ 7-game Winning Streak With 5-4 Victory

The Mets were victorious the last time Syndergaard pitched.

Grady Sizemore hit another home run for the Tampa Bay Rays while the New York Mets were left swinging at air on Saturday. With the Nationals leading at the time the Mets loss went final, the Mets were likely to hold just a 1.5-game lead in the National League East.

“It was a disappointing outing”, Syndergaard said. The revamped lineup broke out against the Marlins, amassing 25 runs and 39 hits in the three-game set.

Two singles, a flyout and a walk produced the first run of the game. The Rays won the game 5-4.

Jeurys Familia earned his 30th save of the season.

The Rays jumped on his fastball, which was sitting around 96 miles an hour all night, early and often. He allowed two runs, six hits and had seven strikeouts in 6 1-3 innings.

3B Evan Longoria hit a 414-foot home run barely over the center-field wall to give the Rays a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the eighth inning. On Wednesday (Aug. 5) the Rays rallied from an early 5-0 deficit against the Sox before losing in the 10th inning via a bases-loaded walk from closer Brad Boxberger to Avisail Garcia that scored Adam Eaton, snapping the Rays three-game winning streak.

The Rays answered again within the backside of the seventh when first baseman hit a solo homer to proper off Mets starter Jacob deGrom to take a 2-1 lead.

Granderson tied Jose Reyes (2006) for the team record in a single season with his sixth leadoff homer this year.

Conforto simply went with the outside pitch and drove it perfectly to left center which allowed Duda to score from second.

The Matrix is a computer program coupled with scouting, Collins said Saturday they use the info to help figure out what pitchers the Mets’ young hitters, especially, might have the most success against.

“I used to be simply trying to get a ball in play with two outs and reached for a pitch away and drop it on the market”, Flores stated.

Kiermaier was hurt sliding as he hustled to second after his two-run single in the first.

Syndergaard, who allowed four runs in that first inning, entered the game having yielded three total runs in 21 innings over his past three starts.

He issued his second walk to Jaso with one out in the fourth.

Cubs 7, Giants 3: Rookie Kyle Schwarber had two hits and two RBIs to back Jon Lester, and Chicago beat San Francisco for its eighth victory in nine games.

While Syndergaard labored through the first inning, lefty Sean Gilmartin started warming up just in case.

It was a stark contrast from Syndergaard’s last start.

ATLANTA (AP) – Nick Markakis had three hits, including a tie-breaking two-run double in the seventh inning, and Atlanta beat Miami.

Noah Syndergaard, their burgeoning ace, struggled mightily.

“You saw a difference in Harv, a little difference in deGrom last night”.

“I did not really feel like I had the whole lot however I undoubtedly had sufficient to attempt to get by way of it”, Boxberger stated. Rays VP Rick Vaughn said Burgess was “informed of our displeasure” about the post, and that “it does not in any way reflect the views of our organization”.