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SPORTS Tuesday 5 sepTember 2017
Mets top Phils 11-7 to end 4-game skid

By ADRY TORRES from Triple-A Las Vegas in
Associated Press August, Reyes was there to
NEW YORK (AP) — In a sea- guide the new kid and will-
son where a lot has gone ingly accepted the move
wrong for the New York to second, moving around
Mets, a jovial Jose Reyes the field whenever man-
gave his team a reason to ager Terry Collins made the
smile on Labor Day. lineup.
The 34-year-old Reyes “Of course I’m a big Jose
looked like his old self Mon- Reyes fan and I’m very,
day when he homered, very excited that he’s got-
drew two walks and sped ten going,” Collins said.
from first to third on an in- “He’s a guy that’s just said,
field out during an 11-7 look, I’ll do what I have to
win over Philadelphia that do to play. And he’s done
broke a four-game skid. that. . Fortunately, he’s got-
Donning the crown and ten hot at the right time
cape awarded by his team- for us and he’s a guy that
mates to the outstanding certainly I think is going to
player of the game, Reyes establish himself as a very,
then got on his phone and very good extra player.”
fired away a couple of in- The long inning lasted near-
spirational messages to Da- ly 40 minutes and a run
vid Wright. Philadelphia Phillies runner Nick Williams, right, falls backward after being tagged out on a fielder’s around the bases perhaps
choice by New York Mets shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera during the fourth inning of a baseball game
“It was an important win Monday, Sept. 4, 2017, at Citi Field in New York. didn’t benefit Montero,
with all the bad news that Associated Press who was 2-1 with a 2.10 ERA
we’ve received lately,” don’t hesitate to communi- the Phillies took him in the vis on a bunt by Montero, in his previous four starts.
Reyes said. “We still had to cate with me,” he said. 2013 draft. Reyes — who started at The Mets righty, who strug-
go out to do our jobs out on Asdrubal Cabrera hom- Reyes extended his hitting shortstop in place of Amed gled for most part of the
the field. We know what the ered to back Rafael Mon- streak to 10 games with his Rosario — had a RBI single. season before turning
team is going through with tero, who won his second 10th homer of the season Nori Aoki drove in another things around in July, ran
all the injuries this season, straight start. to lighten up the mood on run with a grounder and into trouble in the fifth, fac-
but we still have to keep After an impressive out- a team that has been be- Reyes took advantage of ing six batters and allowing
playing hard and finish off ing at Cincinnati in which set by one injury after an- the Phillies defense by ad- one run.“When I came in I
the season strong.” he tossed 8 1/3 scoreless other over the last couple vancing to third before re- was little bit off, but I tried
On Tuesday, Wright is set innings, Montero (4-9) al- of weeks. liever Kevin Siegrist’s wild to bounce back,” Mon-
to undergo season-ending lowed four runs and five hits Cabrera’s two-run shot was pitch let him score. tero said. “I fell behind the
surgery on his right shoul- in 5 1/3 innings. his 12th of the season, one Reyes started the season as (count) against the batters
der. The star third baseman The Mets chased Mark Leit- in which the Mets were the club’s third baseman and that’s where I started
didn’t play in the majors this er Jr. (2-5) by sending 11 positioned to make a third and then shifted to short in to give up the walks.”
year. batters to the plate during straight run to the playoffs late June when Cabrera, Montero left after the Phil-
“David Wright is like a a six-run fourth. before almost every player who was showing deficien- lies loaded the bases with
brother for me, being that “They had a good game on the opening day roster cies fielding at short, went one out in the sixth. Reliever
we’ve played a lot of years plan against me and made a trip to the disabled on the disabled list. Paul Sewald threw a wild
together,” Reyes said. swung the bats really well list. In 122 games, the 15-year- pitch that let a run score,
“He’ll continue to work. today,” said Leiter Jr., who Ahead 4-0, the Mets broke veteran is hitting .238 with then Hyun-Soo Kim hit a
He’ll go through his opera- grew up in Toms River, New it open in the fourth. Gavin 42 RBIs and 18 stolen bases. two-run double and pinch-
tion. He’ll rehabilitate him- Jersey, and played college Cecchini hit a two-run sin- Once the Mets made the hitter Andres Blanco had
self. He’ll try to return. I told ball at the New Jersey Insti- gle and after a fielding er- decision that Rosario was an RBI single that made it
him whatever you need, tute of Technology before ror by shortstop Freddy Gal- ready to make the jump 10-5.q

Jake Arrieta exits with injury, Pirates rout Cubs 12-0

By WILL GRAVES Braves in 1995. Max Moroff Chad Kuhl (7-10) allowed
AP Sports Writer added three hits and four four hits in seven innings
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Josh Bell RBIs for Pittsburgh, includ- for the Pirates, striking
broke the National League ing a solo home run off Ar- out a career-high eight.
record for most home runs rieta (14-9) in the third. Pittsburgh has won three
by a rookie switch hitter, Arrieta was removed later straight.
hitting his 24th of the sea- in the third inning with an Arrieta’s second-half surge
son off hurting Chicago apparent right leg injury. has helped shake the
ace Jake Arrieta to lead The 2015 Cy Young Award defending World Series
the Pittsburgh Pirates over winner clutched his right champions from a funk. He
the Cubs 12-0 on Monday. leg several times following came in 6-1 with a 1.59 ERA
Bell had three hits and four a pitch to Bell. Arrieta at- since the All-Star break, a
RBIs, including a two-run tempted to throw a prac- run that stirred echoes of
shot off Arrieta in the first in- tice pitch after being vis- his brilliance two years ago
ning. Bell moved ahead of ited by trainers but failed Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Jake Arrieta delivers in the first when he went 13-1 after
former Atlanta star Chipper to release the ball while in inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the break on his way to
Jones, who hit 23 for the obvious pain. Pittsburgh, Monday, Sept. 4, 2017. capturing the Cy Young.q
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