2015-03-14

LOS ANGELES -- The New York Mets dont want to rush all-star shortstop Jose Reyes back from a hamstring injury. nfl jerseys china . The way his teammates are filling in, Reyes may get all the time he needs for a thorough recovery. Angel Pagan, Carlos Beltran and Daniel Murphy had RBI doubles in the sixth inning after the Mets were held hitless through five by Rubby De La Rosa, and they went on to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-2 on Monday night. "Thats the only way weve played," Mets manager Terry Collins said. "Guys have just stepped up." Chris Capuano (8-7) allowed six hits and two runs in six innings. The left-hander struck out five and walked two in winning his third decision in a row. "I didnt feel like I really had my best stuff out there, so it was kind of a grind," he said. "Id been feeling like I was in a pretty good groove up until probably my last start and this start. Sometimes you get a little off with your mechanics and you just have to try to find whats working that day and try to go with it." Francisco Rodriguez pitched the ninth to earn his 21st save in 24 chances. Collins said hes willing to play with a 24-man roster for a few days while Reyes recovers from a strained left hamstring rather than immediately placing him on the disabled list, ensuring he would be out 15 days. Reyes plans to run before Tuesdays game and if he feels no pain, he may play, although the Mets might hold him out another day or two as a precaution. Reyes left Saturdays game against the Yankees after feeling tightness while running to first base in the first inning. The Mets have won their last two games without him. De La Rosa (3-4) gave up five hits and three runs over seven innings in his sixth career start, struck out five and walked a season-low one while losing his fourth straight outing. One of his victories came in relief. "We were attacking early with De La Rosa and werent getting very good pitches to hit," Collins said. "Cripes, we didnt build his pitch count up at all." Ruben Tejada singled to open the sixth for the Mets first hit. He was 2 for 4 with a run scored filling in at shortstop for Reyes. "I didnt lose my concentration or my focus after the first hit," De La Rosa said. "I was pitching the same. Everything was working for me. I thought I was attacking the zone aggressively, but in the sixth I was behind a lot in the count." Pagan was 2 for 5 with two runs scored while hitting in Reyes leadoff position. His RBI double snapped an 0-for-11 slide and keyed the Mets comeback in the sixth. "De La Rosa was pitching really well," Pagan said. "We were chasing some of his pitches close to the plate, but we were able to make the adjustment and win the ballgame." Pagan prefers to hit lower in the lineup, but hes filled in for Reyes leading off before. "Last year I did really good with men in scoring position. I told Terry, based on the numbers, Id rather be in the middle of the lineup," Pagan said. "But leading off is something Ive done pretty much my whole minor league career and three years in the big leagues. Its nothing new for me. I can do it. I told Terry whenever they need me to do it, Ill do it." After Capuano sacrificed Tejada to second, he scored on Pagans RBI double to right field. The Mets tied the game at 2 on Beltrans double to right with two outs. Murphy followed with a double to right, scoring Beltran and giving the Mets a 3-2 lead. They added two runs in the eighth on RBI singles by Jason Bay and Lucas Duda. Bay hit the auxiliary scoreboard in left field while catching a ball hit to the warning track by Aaron Miles in the seventh, bringing back memories from a year ago when Bay crashed into the left-field fence at Dodger Stadium and sustained a season-ending concussion. After doing what he described as a "system check" on himself, Bay said he smiled at the thought of what a good story it would make later for writers covering the game. He said kneepads he was wearing absorbed some of the blow. The Dodgers runs came on RBI singles by James Loney in the second and fourth that scored Matt Kemp both times. "Just made a couple poor finishing pitches," Capuano said. "We had a good game plan, I just didnt execute that game plan late in the count." Andre Ethier was 0 for 4 with a strikeout and didnt hit a ball out of the infield, while Kemp was 1 for 2 with two walks, one intentional, for the last-place Dodgers, who dropped their third in a row and fifth in their last six. They fell a season-worst 12 games below .500. NOTES: The Dodgers purchased the contract of INF-OF Eugenio Velez and optioned SS Dee Gordon to triple-A Albuquerque. ... In 16 starts, Capuano has yet to allow a run in the first inning, the only major league pitcher with a minimum of five starts to do so. ... The Mets improved to 13-15 on the road on July 4. cheap jerseys from china . The 29-year-old made 23 stops, including a spectacular save on a breakaway late in the second period, to lead Toronto to a 2-1 victory over the Lake Erie Monsters in American Hockey League action on Wednesday. wholesale nfl jerseys . Now is one of those times. Mauer had another four hits and three RBIs to lead the Twins to an 8-6 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday. "Ive seen him hit his whole career," Gardenhire said. http://www.cheapnfljerseys2015.us.com/ . -- Jurgen Melzer is playing so well again that not even a broken toe could slow him down. DUBLIN, Ohio -- The Presidents Cup has a familiar feel in so many ways. Players leave every night in darkness and resume matches the next morning when its almost as dark. The rain never leaves, with another half-inch accumulating on top of a previous inch of rain that led to yet another delay Saturday. The ball doesnt bounce when it lands on the green. It splats. And the International team is still trying to figure out what it has to do to beat the Americans. When another long day ended at Muirfield Village, the Americans were assured of the lead going into the final round of singles matches. Zach Johnson took care of that with a wedge from 115 yards that disappeared into the cup for eagle on the 15th hole as he and Jason Dufner completed the only foursomes match with a 4-and-3 victory. Tiger Woods and Matt Kuchar were doing their part, having won every match they played. Woods delivered another signature moment in the Presidents Cup, hitting a fairway metal that plopped down 4 feet below the pin for an eagle that was conceded and a 2-up lead that allowed them to rally for a fourballs win earlier Saturday. Woods and Kuchar were 2 down at the turn in their foursomes match against Ernie Els and Brendon de Jonge. "This guy is a horse - holy cow!" Kuchar said. "He played some incredible golf today." Still to be determined was how big the lead was going to be. The other four matches were to be completed Sunday morning - weather permitting - and the Americans were leading 11 1/2-6 1/2. They were 2 up in one match, while the Internationals were 3 up and 2 up in two others. The fourth match was all square, momentum on the American side. "Well, its not over," International captain Nick Price said. "Weve still got a lot of golf to play tomorrow, and I have the utmost confidence in these guys that they can turn those two games around. We dont want to go into the singles with too much of a deficit." Since the Presidents Cup began in 1994, no team has ever trailed going into singles and won outright. The Americans were three points behind in 2003 and rallied for that infamous tie in South Africa. "The U.S. has really been unrelenting," Price said. "They have just played superbly the last three days. Any slip from us and we find ourselves one or two down very quickly." The final hour was another example of that. Early in the foursomes session, the board was filled with blue International scores on the front nine. Steve Stricker and Bill Haas warmed up their putters and went from 1 down to a 2-up lead through 10 holes. Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley, who rallied earlier in a fourballs match to win, were 3 down through seven holes when Mickelson made two big putts that led to them squaring the match through 14 holes. Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel were 3 up over Webb Simpson and Brandt SSnedeker through 12 holes. jerseys from china. "Were still in pretty good shape," Price said. "If we can turn one of these games around tomorrow, it would make our life a lot easier going into singles." But not that easy. The Americans have a 5-1-3 advantage in the singles session at the Presidents Cup, the only loss coming in 2007 at Royal Montreal when they started the final round with a seven-point lead. The International team was doing well to stay in range until one session put it in a big hole. The long day began with the Angel Cabrera and Marc Leishman coming up with big shots late for a 2-and-1 win, which enabled the Internationals to scratch out a 3-3 draw in foursomes that began on Friday. It was the first time since 2005 that the Internationals did not lose a foursomes session. But in fourballs, everything changed. Mickelson and Bradley made seven birdies in an eight-hole stretch to go from 2 down to a 2-and-1 win over Els and de Jonge. Woods and Kuchar were never in control of their match against Adam Scott and Hideki Matsuyama until Woods took over. He hit an approach into 5 feet for birdie on the 13th, Kuchar finally made a putt with a 7-foot birdie on the 14th and Woods drilled that fairway metal into the 15th for eagle. He crouched and extended his arms as he marched along, and the 2-up lead was too much for the International side to overcome. Woods was not made available for interviews. The second of two questions on a transcript the PGA Tour distributed mentioned that he was 3-0 and asked how his week was going so far. "So far 3-0," Woods replied. The Americans wound up going 4-1 in the fourballs scheduled for Saturday morning. It was the most lopsided session this week, but it was enough to make the International team face another tough climb if it wants to take home the gold cup it has won only one time - 15 years ago. "We had close games that went the U.S. way," Price said. The lone International win in fourballs came from Jason Day and Graham DeLaet of Weyburn, Sask., who gave Stricker and 20-year-old Jordan Spieth their first loss. The American tandem of young and old - Stricker at 46 is the oldest player on either team - fell behind for the first time all week. Strickers birdie on the 15th tied the match, only for DeLaet to stuff his tee shot into 6 feet for birdie on the 16th for a lead they held. Dufner sat out the morning balls. Mahan, along with Spieth, sat out in the afternoon. U.S. captain Fred Couples was pleased that both contributed when it was their turn to play. He has gotten that out of all his players - each one has contributed at least a point his week. On the International side, Branden Grace and Richard Sterne have been shut out. Sterne was with Leishman in the afternoon foursomes. They were 2 up through seven holes until Johnson and Dufner won six out of the next eight for another American point. cheap jerseys wholesale jerseys ' ' '

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