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Home runs fly as Mets fall to Cubs, 7-6
Ledger on Mets | Newark Star-Ledger — R.A. Dickey allowed all seven Cubs runs
1 hour agoNationals' Morgan suspended 8 games, but could face Mets
New York Post — Nyjer Morgan’s wild week has landed him an eight-game suspension, one of nine punishments handed out Friday by Major League Baseball following a brawl between Washington Nationals and Florida Marlins. MLB suspended Nationals outfielder Morgan and fined him an undisclosed amount for three separate incidents over the past week...
1 hour agoYour comments: Mets Santana strains pectoral muscle
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2 hours agoMets starter Johan Santana reports no discomfort day after leaving start with injury
Ledger on Mets | Newark Star-Ledger — Team still unsure about Santana's bullpen session, slated for Saturday
3 hours agoOuchie and Boo-Boo updates: Santana, Reyes, Pagan
Surfing the Mets | New York Daily News — The Mets continue to call Johan Santana’s injury a pectoral strain, and say that it is not severe. After confusion last night regarding whether Santana’s pec or shoulder is the...
4 hours agoManuel on injuries
Mets Blog | ESPN New York — A day after Johan Santana came out of the lineup, Jerry Manuel portrayed the left-hander as doing OK with a strain at the top of his chest, near the shoulder. The manager also placed Angel Pagan in the starting lineup for the first time since Monday, and acknowledged Jose Reyes is not making progress with his right oblique issue. Regarding Santana, Manuel said: "Johan, on a day like today, doesn't actually do anything. It's a day game after a night game. From what I understand, it's basically a strain -- nothing that they think is serious. But we'll know more as he probably participates in th...
4 hours agoGame 134: Mets @ Cubs
Mets Blog | ESPN New York — 2:20 p.m.: Angel Pagan, who did not bat the past three games because of right wrist tendinitis, is back in the lineup as the Mets open a series against the Cubs. Meanwhile, en route to training room, Johan Santana says: "I'm good." Lineups: Mets Angel Pagan, CF Lucas Duda, LF, Chris Carter, RF David Wright, 3B Ike Davis, 1B Joaquin Arias, 2B Josh Thole, C Ruben Tejada, SS R.A. Dickey, RHP Cubs Kosuke Fukudome, RF Starlin Castro, SS Marlon Byrd, CF Aramis Ramirez, 3B Xavier Nady, 1B Geovany Soto, C Alfonso Soriano, LF Blake DeWitt, 2B Randy Wells, LHP Game notes: The Cubs altered their ro...
4 hours agoMets lose to Cubs, 7-6
New York Post — New manager Mike Quade and the Cubs continued their momentum against the visiting Mets with a 7-6 win on Friday afternoon...
5 hours agoSantana hurts shoulder in Mets win over Braves
New York Post — ATLANTA -- Even when the Mets win, they lose. The latest concern is for Johan Santana, after the team's ace departed last night's 4-2 victory over the Braves with what the Mets are calling a strained pectoral muscle. But pitching coach Dan Warthen used the term "shoulder," and...
13 hours agoMets manager likes sound of Duda's bat
New York Post — ATLANTA -- The sound of Lucas Duda's bat during BP is music to Jerry Manuel's ears. The Mets manager is intrigued enough with the rookie, who arrived Wednesday from Triple-A Buffalo, that he inserted Duda in the No. 2 spot in the lineup last night just to ensure...
13 hours agoNext game at Chicago Cubs on Fri, Sep 3
Opponent news and rumors snapshot:
- Sandberg named PCL manager of the year Chicago Cubs Blog | ESPN Chicago
- Sandberg has lunch with Hendry Chicago Sun-Times
- DeWitt's 3-run HR powers Cubs' 7-6 win vs. Mets Cubs Blog | Chicago Breaking Sports
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- Stephen Strasburg's Tommy John surgery successful Nationals Journal | Washington Post Nationals phenom Stephen Strasburg underwent successful Tommy John surgery this morning in Los Angeles, Nationals General Manager Mike Rizzo said. Renowned orthopedist Dr. Lewis Youcum and Nationals team doctor Wiemi Douoguih performed the operation, which took three hours. "He came through it with flying colors," Rizzo said. "It went smooth and uneventful." Strasburg's ulnar collateral ligament was replaced by a tendon from his thigh. He will spend the night at the hospital and return home to San Diego tomorrow. His rehab will start at a facility outside San Diego, and Strasburg will miss at ...
- Braves have 93.6 percent chance of making playoffs? Atlanta Braves with David O'Brien | Atlanta Journal-Constitution FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Hello from South Fla., where the weather went from perfectly sunny to thunderstorms, dark clouds and torrential rain in a span of about 20 minutes while ago. In other words, pretty much normal here. Any way, before we go any further I’d like to bring two pieces of potentially good news to you, since we’re all about sunshine and smiley faces here at the ol’ blog: Marlins' Gaby Sanchez got three-game suspension today for part in Wednesday brawl with Nationals. (Getty Images) First, Marlins first baseman Gaby Sanchez got a three-game suspension today for ...
- Nyjer Morgan apparently appealing suspension Nationals Journal | Washington Post While nothing formal has been announced, Nyjer Morgan apparently, will appeal his suspension, because he is in center field and leading off for the Nationals. Also, Danny Espinosa - who worked with Jim Riggleman and Pat Listach at second base four hours before the game - is making his first career start. The full lineup: 1. Nyjer Morgan, CF 2. Ian Desmond, SS 3. Ryan Zimmerman, 3B 4. Adam Dunn, 1B 5. Michael Morse, RF 6. Ivan Rodriguez, C 7. Justin Maxwell, LF 8. Danny Espinosa, 2B 9. Livan Hernandez, SP Nyjer Morgan - Ian Desmond - Pat Listach - Jim Riggleman - Ryan Zimmerman
- Nine members of Florida Marlins, Nationals suspended or fined for brawl Miami Herald Almost from the instant Nyjer Morgan charged the mound and Florida Marlins pitcher Chris Volstad readied himself for bare-knuckled combat by throwing down his glove, it became a given that punishment would result.
- Morgan gets eight games, Volstad six after Nats/Marlins brawl Miami Herald Washington Nationals outfielder Nyjer Morgan was suspended for eight games and Florida Marlins pitcher Chris Volstad was given a six-game penalty for their roles in Wednesday's benches-clearing incident.