Austin American-Statesman

Harvey sorry for skipping game

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A contrite Matt Harvey rejoined the New York Mets on Tuesday and apologized to his teammates after serving his three-day suspension for skipping a game last weekend.

Harvey also apologized to fans who attended Sunday’s game expecting to see him start against Miami. Instead, he was sent home for not showing up to the ballpark for a game the night before.

Harvey was back at Citi Field on Tuesday. Before the Mets’ game against San Francisco, he expressed embarrassm­ent for his actions over the weekend, repeatedly saying, “I made a mistake.”

He acknowledg­ed that he went out Friday night, played golf Saturday morning and did not show up for Saturday night’s game.

“I made a mistake,” Harvey said. “I apologized. All I can do is continue to work to be better and make sure it doesn’t happen again.”

It was latest flap for a pitcher fined for missing a mandatory team workout before the 2015 playoffs. Harvey was suspended by the team this time, costing him $84,016 of his $5.125 million salary.

The right-hander is slated to make his next start at Milwaukee on Friday night.

Twins: MLB upheld a onegame suspension of third baseman Miguel Sano for his role in a scrap with Detroit last month. Sano had to sit out Tuesday’s game at the White Sox. He also was fined.

Dodgers: Right-hander Brandon McCarthy was placed on the 10-day disabled list with a sore left shoulder he injured weightlift­ing.

Athletics: Jed Lowrie’s second homer of the game in the 11th inning Monday night gave Oakland its third straight walk-off win for the first time since June 2004.

Indians: Former Blue Jays slugger Edwin Encarnacio­n, who signed a $60 million, three-year contract with Cleveland last winter, got a standing ovation before his first at-bat Monday night in his return to Toronto. Encarnacio­n went 2 for 3 with a walk in the Indians’ 4-2 loss.

Marlins: Manager Don Mattingly was ejected from a game against the Cardinals for the second straight night for arguing balls and strikes. He was tossed after the second inning Monday and during the first Tuesday.

Rays: Tampa Bay struck out 16 times in Monday’s loss, marking the 22nd time in 34 games the Rays have struck out 10 or more times in a game. They came into the game with an MLB-high 330 strikeouts.

Cubs: Jake Arrieta was removed Tuesday after 3⅔ innings — his shortest start since 2012. He surrendere­d nine runs (five earned).

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