Series Thread: NY Mets @ LA Dodgers (5/9-12)

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• Series preview: Mets at Dodgers


NEW YORK METS (19-11, first place/NL East) at LOS ANGELES DODGERS (16-15, first place/NL West)

Monday: LHP Steven Matz (4-1, 2.83) vs. LHP Scott Kazmir (2-2, 5.68), 10:10 p.m. ET

Tuesday: RHP Jacob deGrom (3-1, 1.99) vs. LHP Alex Wood (1-3, 5.18), 10:10 p.m. ET

Wednesday: RHP Noah Syndergaard (2-2, 2.58) vs. RHP Kenta Maeda (3-1, 1.66), 10:10 p.m. ET

Thursday: RHP Bartolo Colon (3-1, 2.82) vs. LHP Clayton Kershaw (4-1, 2.02), 10:10 p.m. ET

 

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More Bartolo....

LOS ANGELES -- New York Mets right-hander Bartolo Colon's historic home run helped earn him earn a Major League Baseball honor on Monday.

Colon was named National League co-Player of the Week. He shares the honor with Chicago Cubs second baseman Ben Zobrist.

Colon, 42, became the oldest player in major league history to hit his first major league homer when he took San Diego Padres right-hander James Shields deep on Saturday.

Colon also went 2-0 with a 1.84 ERA. The first of those wins broke a tie with Pedro Martinez for sole possession of second place in career victories among Dominican-born pitchers. Juan Marichal leads that list with 243 wins, followed by Colon now with 221 and Martinez with 219.

 

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LOS ANGELES -- Here are the lineups for Monday's 10:10 p.m. ET series opener between the New York Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium.

With the Mets starting a southpaw, Chase Utley is not in the starting lineup for the Dodgers.

Neil Walker remains sidelined for a second straight game with a bruised right shin.







Curtis Granderson, RF

Asdrubal Cabrera, SS

David Wright, 3B

Yoenis Cespedes, LF

Lucas Duda, 1B

Juan Lagares, CF

Wilmer Flores, 2B

Kevin Plawecki, C

Steven Matz, LHP






Enrique Hernandez, LF

Howie Kendrick, 2B

Adrian Gonzalez, 1B

Justin Turner, 3B

Yasiel Puig, RF

Trayce Thompson, CF

AJ Ellis, C

Charlie Culberson, SS

Scott Kazmir, LHP

 

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Mets/Matz, solid BP take game 1...

Steven Matz and Mets' bats earn 4-2 win over Dodgers


Grandy, WeckiWecki go yard.....

Granderson's HR helps Mets beat Dodgers 4-2

 

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•Morning Briefing: Jacob deGrom back at scene of rocky Game 5 win


•Kevin Plawecki heating up as Travis d'Arnaud rehab stalls

 

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LOS ANGELES -- Here are the lineups for Tuesday's 10:10 p.m. ET game between the New York Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium.

Chase Utley starts against the Mets for the first time since Game 2 of the National League Division Series. He had two uneventful at-bats off the bench in Monday's series opener.

The Dodgers have dropped struggling Yasiel Puig to seventh in the lineup.



Mets

Juan Lagares, RF

Asdrubal Cabrera, SS

David Wright, 3B

Yoenis Cespedes, CF

Wilmer Flores, 2B

Michael Conforto, LF

Kevin Plawecki, C

Eric Campbell, 1B

Jacob deGrom, RHP




Dodgers

Chase Utley, 2B

Corey Seager, SS

Justin Turner, 3B

Adrian Gonzalez, 1B

Yasmani Grandal, C

Joc Pederson, CF

Yasiel Puig, RF

Carl Crawford, LF

Alex Wood, LHP

 

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Terry Collins said Neil Walker should be back in the lineup on Wednesday after missing three starts with a bruised right shin.

 

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Lefties are hitting .367 against Alex Wood this season, but Terry Collins preferred to bat Michael Conforto sixth on Tuesday, where he did not "have a lot of heat" to produce against the southpaw. Collins noted that Asdrubal Cabrera and David Wright both are getting on base, so it makes sense to bat them second and third against Wood. "You've got to score," Collins said about Conforto. "I'd like to leave him in the three-hole if I thought he could do some damage." Conforto is expected to remain the No. 3 hitter vs. right-handed pitching.

 

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Klay's brother Trayce Thompson hits a 2 out, 2 strike, PH walk off solo bomb off Robles in the bottom 9th.

Doyers win 3-2.


David Wright needs to sit until he gets his throwing arm back....+/ or move down in the lineup to find his hitting stroke once again.

 

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Dodgers beat Mets 3-2 on Thompson's pinch-hit homer in 9th

Jacob deGrom has carbon copy of NLDS Game 5, except that the Mets lost


* Mets are still in 1st because the Tigers beat the Nats 5-4 in DC.

 

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•Morning Briefing: It's Thor's-Day in L.A.

•Terry Collins salutes Jacob deGrom for battling through mechanical woes

•Yoenis Cespedes reports no difficulty with twisted ankle

•Mets reliever Hansel Robles shook off slider before walk-off homer

 

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LOS ANGELES -- Here are the lineups for Wednesday's 10:10 p.m. ET game between the New York Mets and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium.

Neil Walker returns after missing three starts with a bruised right shin.

Rene Rivera, who threw out one of three base stealers in San Diego, catches Noah Syndergaard for a second straight start.

David Wright gets a scheduled day off.

Syndergaard pitches one day shy of the one-year anniversary of his major-league debut.

Syndergaard has thrown 269 pitches registering 97 mph or more this season, by far the most in the majors. Arquimedes Caminero ranks second with 165, followed by Nate Eovaldi with 162 and Craig Kimbrel with 146.

Beginning with the day of Syndergaard's debut, his 29 percent strikeout rate trails only Clayton Kershaw (34 percent) and Max Scherzer (30 percent) in the National League among qualified starters.






Curtis Granderson, RF

Asdrubal Cabrera, SS

Michael Conforto, LF

Yoenis Cespedes, CF

Lucas Duda, 1B

Walker, 2B

Eric Campbell, 3B

Rivera, C

Syndergaard, RHP







Chase Utley, 2B

Corey Seager, SS

Howie Kendrick 3B

Adrian Gonzalez, 1B

Yasmani Grandal, C

Joc Pederson, CF

Yasiel Puig, RF

Carl Crawford, LF

Kenta Maeda. RHP

 

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Mets' Matz to miss next start with sore forearm

Mets' David Wright dealing with shoulder soreness

Adam Rubin ESPN Staff Writer
The Mets will place Wilmer Flores on the disabled list with a left hamstring issue. He originally injured it in series opener and tried to play through it. Flores is flying to New York to learn the extent of the injury. Sean Gilmartin expected to be promoted.

 

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THOR!!
Does.
It.
All.



Thor swings mighty bat as Mets top Dodgers

Syndergaard homers twice in Mets' 4-3 win over Dodgers

Mets' Syndergaard goes deep twice vs. Dodgers

 

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Wilmer Flores headed to DL with left hamstring injury

Noah Syndergaard quietly had elbow checked after May 1 start

 

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Morning Briefing: Bartolo Colon ready to step back into the box

The evolution of Bartolo Colon, the hitter

Besides home run, a look at Bartolo Colon's other best moments

Yasiel Puig and Yoenis Cespedes have point and shoot cannons

 

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Wilmer Flores headed to DL with left hamstring injury

Noah Syndergaard quietly had elbow checked after May 1 start

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Assistant GM John Ricco described Wilmer Flores' hamstring strain as very mild. Flores was examined in New York and will now head to Port St. Lucie.

I think they should call up either Dilson Herrera or Matt Reynolds, instead of another reliever....but what do I know.

 

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LOS ANGELES -- Here are the lineups for Thursday's 10:10 p.m. ET series finale between the New York Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium.



The Amazin's

Curtis Granderson, RF

Asdrubal Cabrera, SS

David Wright, 3B

Yoenis Cespedes, LF

Neil Walker, 2B

Juan Lagares, CF

Kevin Plawecki, C

Eric Campbell, 1B

Bartolo Colon, RHP





Los Doyers

Chase Utley, 2B

Corey Seager, SS

Justin Turner, 3B

Adrian Gonzalez, 1B

Yasmani Grandal, C

Joc Pederson, CF

Yasiel Puig, RF

Enrique Hernandez, LF

Clayton Kershaw, LHP

 

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Ugghhhh

Big Bart didn't have it tonight.

Mets lose 5-0.

They K'd 13 times and could only muster 3 hits.

I'm afraid TC is gonna be thick headed with these lineups of his based on matchups again for the foreseeable future.

Sitting Duda & Conforto simply because there's a lefty on the mound is beyond silly....especially when the right handed batters aren't doing squat.

Gotta go against "the book" & "unwritten rules" once in a while, don't ya?

Wright just simply can't stay in the 3 hole. He needs to get moved down in the order.

Silver lining: Sean Gilmartin was solid in his 3 innings of work.


*Also: why wasn't Utley drilled in the back or on the leg in this game??

 

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Dodgers beat Mets 5-0 behind Kershaw's 13 Ks

Clayton Kershaw silences Mets as Dodgers earn series split