Bullpen Backs Up the Mets’ Fifth Straight Win
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WASHINGTON — Chris Young returned to the Mets’ starting rotation Tuesday, reassuring the team for at least one day that his shoulder injury was not more serious. Perhaps even more reassuring to the team was the work of the bullpen, which secured a 6-4 victory over the Washington Nationals that extended the Mets’ winning streak to five games.
Ryota Igarashi earned the victory in relief by facing only one batter in the fifth inning, but it was a critical juncture in the game as he struck out Jayson Werth with runners in scoring position and two outs. Taylor Buchholz then pitched two scoreless innings and after Jason Isringhausen, who allowed a run but escaped more trouble, pitched the eighth, Francisco Rodriguez notched his fifth save.
Offensively, Josh Thole had the key hit, following Igarashi’s stellar work with a two-run, opposite-field double in the top of the sixth to give the Mets the lead for good.
Young, pitching for the first time since returning from the disabled list with biceps tendinitis in his right shoulder, pitched admirably in his first game in more than two weeks. He was not dominating, surrendering three long home runs, and he threw 88 pitches before the fifth inning was over. But he did not allow the game to spiral out of control, and he showed his competitiveness while struggling to overcome fatigue.
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Ryota Igarashi earned the victory in relief by facing only one batter in the fifth inning, but it was a critical juncture in the game as he struck out Jayson Werth with runners in scoring position and two outs. Taylor Buchholz then pitched two scoreless innings and after Jason Isringhausen, who allowed a run but escaped more trouble, pitched the eighth, Francisco Rodriguez notched his fifth save.
Offensively, Josh Thole had the key hit, following Igarashi’s stellar work with a two-run, opposite-field double in the top of the sixth to give the Mets the lead for good.
Young, pitching for the first time since returning from the disabled list with biceps tendinitis in his right shoulder, pitched admirably in his first game in more than two weeks. He was not dominating, surrendering three long home runs, and he threw 88 pitches before the fifth inning was over. But he did not allow the game to spiral out of control, and he showed his competitiveness while struggling to overcome fatigue.
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