TORONTO (AP) Brandon Morrow pitched his following shutout inside a number of starts, blanking the particular Mets on about three hits and foremost your Toronto Blue Jays about New York 2-0 about Saturday.
Morrow (5-2) struck out eight as well as walked just one that will win for the fifth time with six outings. He has several employment shutouts, including a wining within the Los Angeles Angels on May 3.
Toronto matched up it has the months excessive simply by winning its fourth in a strip overall.
Morrow also benefited originating from a close up call with that ninth. Pinch-hitter Scott Hairston directed away from which has a walk in addition to traveled to lastly on Mike Baxter's one-out single. Baxter experimented with to help grow his click in to a two bottle nonetheless was cast out and about at next starting simply by Jose Bautista.
Baxter along with Mets office manager Terry Collins argued with umpire Brian Knight that will shortstop Yunel Escobar had never label Baxter. Replays confirmed that Baxter really should have happen to be safe.
Instead, Morrow lost the action by having Daniel Murphy to tier out that will shortstop.
New York displaced for that sixth time in eleven games and discovered starter Miguel Batista leave that has a painful back immediately after not one but two scoreless innings.
The right-hander warmed up for the next nonetheless must end up being supplanted through righty Jeremy Hefner, whom was recalled through Triple-A Buffalo ahead of the game.
Hefner (0-1) held the actual Blue Jays under control until finally that fifth, whenever ninth-place hitter Jeff Mathis singled together with not one but two outs. Kelly Johnson doubled to centre and also the ball obtained beyond Andres Torres with regard to a strong error, allowing Mathis for you to history your opening run along with sending Johnson that will third. Escobar taken by using a great RBI solo to right.
Mets third baseman David Wright, whose .409 batting average can be greatest inside the majors, was held out of your lineup. Collins mentioned Wright is still slowed by a great health issues and might possibly be stored out of Sunday's sequence finale.
Escobar as well as Johnson just about every doubled along with singled.
Morrow set affordable the very first seven players they challenged before Ronny Cedeno singled through the perfect edge in the third. Unfazed, Morrow retired your next 13 Mets hitters around order, your streak which concluded using Lucas Duda's two-out two bottle in order to appropriate from the seventh. Morrow rapidly lost that inning through beautiful out there Ike Davis.
NOTES: Mets INF Jordany Valdespin was optioned to help Triple-A in order to make bedroom intended for Hefner. . Mets OF Jason Bay (fractured rib) hit down a tee Saturday plus stays to normal to be able to resume complete batting practice Monday in Pittsburgh. . Blue Jays LHP Evan Crawford (back spasms) hasn't been available. . Toronto's Vladimir Guerrero went 0 with regard to four Friday within his / her first activity actions from extended spring and coil training, splitting time period concerning your outfield in addition to DH.
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