SAN FRANCISCO — Starling Marte was contributing offensively for the Mets earlier than he hit the injured listing in early July, and since his return, he has regained that momentum.
The veteran DH now has six hits in his 10 at-bats since his activation from the IL final week after going 2-for-3 with a stroll within the Mets’ 5-3 win over the Giants on Sunday.
Marte missed two weeks after receiving a gel injection for discomfort in his proper knee.
“He’s been large,” supervisor Carlos Mendoza stated earlier than the victory. “He continues to present us strong at-bats towards lefties, righties. He goes down and missed a number of days, after which he comes again and looks like he didn’t miss a beat.”
Marte entered play with a .262/.364/.412 slash line with 4 homers and 20 RBIs. Within the beginning lineup once more Sunday, Marte reached base 3 times for the second straight day.
Mendoza’s different possibility would have been to begin Mark Vientos because the DH.
“I’m going to attempt to maintain [Marte] within the lineup, however on the similar time, I’m going to proceed to watch him,” Mendoza stated. “I’m going to proceed to present him days off and get his suggestions. He’s normally fairly trustworthy with us, so we’ll go recreation by recreation and collection by collection.”
Paul Blackburn was sharp in a possible closing rehab begin for Triple-A Syracuse.
The precise-hander allowed one earned run on 5 hits with six strikeouts and one stroll over 6 ¹/₃ innings. Blackburn, who’s rehabbing a shoulder impingement, might subsequent rejoin the crew as a protracted reliever/sixth starter, however Mendoza indicated a choice received’t be reached till a minimum of Monday.
Edwin Díaz prolonged his scoreless streak to 17 innings since June 6 by pitching a scoreless ninth Sunday.
He loaded the bases on two walks and successful batter however pitched out of bother to earn his twenty third save in 25 possibilities this season.
The All-Star nearer has allowed just one earned run over his previous 32 appearances, proudly owning a 4-0 document with 17 saves since April 23.
Jose Siri, who has been sidelined since April with a fractured left tibia, nonetheless isn’t near resuming baseball actions, but it surely’s nonetheless anticipated he’ll play once more this season, based on Mendoza.
Siri’s exercises have consisted of working in a pool to strengthen the leg.
