The big bats in Arizona’s lineup provided the power
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defense had a couple of gems behind him, and the bullpen came through again.
As wins go, this one could not have followed the game plan any better.
David Peralta hit two solo homers, Matt Koch pitched six effective innings in a combined four-hitter and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the New York Mets 6-3
on Thursday night.
”A pretty well-played game start to finish,” Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said. ”That’s the way you think about things before the game.”
Koch (5-3) gave up solo homers to Brandon Nimmo and Michael Conforto, but only one other hit.
Peralta and Paul Goldschmidt hit solo homers off Jason Vargas (2-5) to help give Arizona a 3-1 lead early. Amed Rosario pulled the Mets within a run on solo
homer off Archie Bradley in the eighth inning, but Peralta hit his 14th of the
season off Jacob Rhame in the bottom half.
Jake Lamb added a solo shot later in the eighth and Brian Boxberger worked a perfect ninth for his 15th save in NL West-leading Diamondbacks’ sixth win in
seven games.
The Mets
Tashaun Gipson Jersey , like the Diamondbacks, had a strong start to the season, followed by a lull. While Arizona is back on track, winning 12 of 16,
New York is not. The Mets failed to score more than three runs for the 10th
straight game and lost for the 10th time in 11 games.
”You can’t sit there and think they are never going to come around,” Mets manager Mickey Callaway said. ”We go out there every day and try to do our best
to prepare them and they do the same thing.”
Nimmo at least got the Mets’ trip to the desert started off right, hitting a solo homer in the first inning that barely cleared the wall in right. Conforto
hit another solo shot off Koch in the sixth, pulling New York to 3-2.
That was about all they could manage against Koch
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”The command was pretty good, the cutter better, the curveball when I needed it, the changeup was off and on a little bit,” Koch said. ”But for the most part
it was good.”
Vargas has pitched better since a shaky start to the season, going 2-1 with a 2.50 ERA over his last four starts. He was moved up in the rotation to start
against Arizona while Steven Matz deals with a blister on his throwing hand.
Vargas got through five innings against the Diamondbacks, giving up Ketel Marte’s RBI single in the second inning, Goldschmidt’s solo homer in the third
and Peralta’s leadoff homer in the fourth
Vargas allowed three runs on five hits with five strikeouts.
”I made some good pitches
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HIRANO DOMINATING
Hirano has been dominated for the Diamondbacks this season, posting a 1.50 ERA in 32 games. He’s been lights out recently, pushing his scoreless streak to
18 games (15 2/3 innings) with a perfect seventh inning.
Hirano reminds Lovullo of fellow Japanese pitcher Koji Uehara, who pitched for the Boston Red Sox while he was the bench coach there.
”They do remind me of one another because they’re fearless, attack the zone, can make pitches in both corners of the zone
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DIAMONDBACKS MOVES
The Diamondbacks reinstated RHP Jorge De La Rosa (Achilles bursitis) from the 10-day disabled list and optioned RHP Silvino Bracho to Triple-A Reno. De La
Rosa was 0-2 with a 3.54 ERA in 27 games before going on the DL.
Bracho was 2-0 with a 1.42 ERA in 11 games with Arizona.
TRAINER’S TABLE
Mets: 1B Wilmer Flores went 2 for 3 with an RBI for Single-A St. Lucie Wednesday night, his second rehab game since going on the 10-day DL with a sore
lower back on May 28. … OF Jay Bruce was held out of the lineup after
aggravating a hip injury Wednesday against Atlanta.
Diamondbacks: OF Steven Souza will continue throwing take live batting practice on Friday as he works his way back from a strained right pectoral
muscle.
UP NEXT
Arizona RHP Zack Godley is 3-1 with a 2.93 ERA in five home starts this season headed into Friday’s game against the Mets and RHP Seth Lugo.
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The Patriots have their rookies reporting to training camp on Sunday and it appears running back Sony Michel will be joining them.
Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that Michel has agreed to a contract with the team. Michel was the 31st overall pick in April and will sign the standard
rookie deal for first-round picks that runs four years with a team option for a
fifth season.
Michel comes to the Patriots off a senior season at Georgia that saw him run for 1,227 yards and 16 touchdowns while splitting time with Browns rookie Nick
Chubb. James White, Rex Burkhead, Jeremy Hill and Mike Gillislee will provide
him with company in the New England backfield and the coming weeks will help
determine how things shake out for that group.
Michel joins college teammate and fellow first-round pick Isaiah Wynn and the rest of the Patriots draft class with contracts. There are 11 players unsigned
from the 2018 draft class around the league.
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