What a difference a night makes. Wednesday night at Citi
Field, the A’s jumped all over Zach Wheeler scoring 6 times in the first 2
innings the A’s go on to beat the Mets 8-5. Wheeler fresh off his 3 hit shutout
got a rude awakening. In the top of the first Brandon Moss connected for a two
run homer (18) and it was 2-0 A’s. In
the top of the 2nd Coco Crisp added an RBI single and then Yoenis
Cespedes hit a 3 run double to make it 6-0. In the 3rd Wheeler was
replaced with Dana Eveland. Eveland pitched 3 innings and allowed 1 run that
was a solo homer by Crisp, his 6th on the year. The A’s last run
came in the 7th off Gonzalez German when A’s starter Brad Mills hit
into a double play that brought home the 8th run. Mills was terrific
lasting till the 7th inning when pinch hitter Lucas Duda hit a three
run homer (11) to knock Mills out of the game. In the 8th after Curtis
Granderson hit a 2 out double, Chris Young hit a 2 run homer (7), his 3rd
homer in 2 nights to bring the Mets to within three. Wheeler lasted 2 innings
allowing all 6 runs (earned) on 6 hits he walked 2 and struck out 4. He takes
the loss falling to 3-8. Curtis
Granderson is red hot, going 3 for 4 on the day. Granderson who at the end of April was batting
.126 is not batting .242. Eric Campbell and Ruben Tejada each had 2 hits in the
losing cause. Mills gets the win he’s
1-0. With the loss the Mets fall to 36-42 on the year and 17-21 at Citi Field. Next
up the Mets go back on the road for 7 games with 3 in Atlanta and next up 4 in
Pittsburgh. Thursday night Daisuke
Matsuzaka (3-1 2.68) goes for the Mets. Vance Worley (1-0 1.98) goes for the
Pirates.
1 comment:
New prediction...if Chris Young keeps hitting 3 homers every two games, he may lead the team in that category by season's end. Seriously, this surge by him at a treacherous time for him muddles up the OF picture. Duda emerging as a force? Or just a hot streak?
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