The Mets’ Matt Harvey also pitched well in his third start of the season. Cespedes followed with a single, but the Mets could not convert the opportunity into runs. Then Collins sent Reed to the mound in the bottom of the ninth, hoping to hold the tie. “That was a heck of a sequence,” said Reed, who like Collins, thought the Mets were turning the game in their favor. “There’s always stretches throughout the year where one or two guys go what seems like every day,” Reed said.

Source: New York Times April 16, 2017 21:15 UTC