Arizona Diamondbacks defeat New York Mets 5-3 – MLB Update
The American League’s Arizona Diamondbacks overpowered their rivals New York Mets 5-3 in the final outing of the three-game series at Chase Field in Phoenix, on Sunday, August 14.
The D-backs batters and pitchers combined to get this achievement for their manager Kirk Gibson, who was happy at one end and was worried at the other. He was worried because of Jason Marquis, who had a bruise over his shin in the third inning. At first,
he preferred to stay in the game but one inning later, he tumbled to ground after tossing a pitch and had to leave the ground.
"I was put on a good position coming over here. I finally was getting the results I had wanted to, so to finish on this note. Hopefully it's not the end." He added. "I thought it was just tightness from a bruise. The pain was enough I could deal with to
stay out there. I just felt something pop and (team physician Dr. Michael Lee) said it completed the break."
When he left the game, he had taken two batters over his three innings, in which he allowed one run on three hits. Zach Duke took over the responsibility in the fourth inning after Marquis hit the New York Mets’ catcher Josh Thole. Duke allowed two runs
in the fifth inning to help the Mets to take a 3-2 lead.
Marquis may have to leave the bull-pen for four to six weeks, according to Kirk.
However, in the bottom of the fifth inning Justin Upton launched a 426-feet long one-run homer off the Mets’ starter Chris Capuano to tie the game at 3-all. Then D-backs Henry Blanco took the lead with his line drive RBI single in the sixth inning. Blanco
added another RBI single in the eighth inning to cement the D-backs shut-out series win over the strong rivals.
"He caught a great game," Gibson said of Blanco, who has been used primarily on Sundays to spell starter Miguel Montero. "He was ready for this game and to contribute today offensively is just a bonus."
Capuano gave away four runs on nine hits and struck-out six batters over six innings but failed to save him from eleventh loss of the season. His record has declined to 9-11 with 4.58 ERA in 2011 regular season.
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