Cheap Jerseys Willie Harris’ grand slam powered a five-run second inning for the Mets, who took an early lead and posted a 7-4 victory over the Tigers on Tuesday afternoon at Joker Marchant Stadium. In the second, Detroit had four straight batters single and score in the bottom of the inning to turn what looked like an early runaway into a close game again.
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hat Harris and David Wright built off Tigers starter Brad Penny.Penny stranded two runners in his opening inning and retired the leadoff batter in the second, but allowed seven of New York’s next eight batters to reach base safely, including five straight two-out hits. Jose Reyes’ comebacker off Penny started the two-out rally and loaded the bases for Harris, who turned on a 2-2 pitch and sent it just over the right-field fence and out of the reach of Brennan Boesch for his third homer of the spring. The Mets seemed to be on their way to an easy win after their second-inning rally before four straight Tigers singled and scored in the bottom of the inning. In the end, single tallies in the eighth and ninth gave the Mets some cushion for their first road win since March 12.
Detroit has its only scheduled off-day of the spring on Wednesday, though not all the players will be off. Max Scherzer will make his scheduled turn in the rotation by pitching in a Minor League game at 1:05 p.m. ET on the back fields of the Tigertown complex.
MLB Jerseys Scherzer has allowed nine runs over 10 innings in his past three starts, but Wednesday’s outing is more about keeping him on turn for his spot in the regular-season rotation, which pops up a week from Sunday at Yankee Stadium. After Lucas Duda pinch-hit for a hobbled Angel Pagan and reached base with a roller to third, Penny fell behind against Wright, who sent left fielder Ryan Raburn deep to left trying to fight the sun and track down his high fly. The ball skipped off his glove as he tried to make an over-the-shoulder catch, allowing Duda to score easily.
New York will head to Jupiter, Fla.,
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Cheap Jerseys Wholesale Miguel Cabrera singled on a right-field blooper and scored on Raburn’s shot down the left-field line to start the Tigers’ rally in the bottom half. Once a Jonathon Niese pitch hit Alex Avila in the head to drive in a run, Danny Worth’s fly ball scored another and Austin Jackson ran out a fielder’s choice grounder to plate another, Detroit was within a run. But Niese es
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