Notes: Mets’ Yoenis Céspedes, Noah Syndergaard hurting.

Yoenis Céspedes reached down and golfed a knuckleball on a bounce against the right-center field wall, and then while running at threequarters speed started hopping toward second. He bent over when he reached the base and put hands on both knees.

In a series of setbacks for the New York Mets on Thursday, they scratched scheduled starting pitcher Noah Syndergaard because of biceps and shoulder discomfort, lost Céspedes, their top power hitter, to a strained hamstring that will send him to the disabled list, and watched substitute starter Matt Harvey get whacked.

Their 7-5 defeat to Atlanta was their sixth straight loss and 10th in 11 games, dropping them into last in the NL East at 8-13, 7½ games behind division-leading Washington.

“We can no longer sit back and say, ‘Hey, look, you know what: It’s ugly weather. We got some guys hurt.’ No one cares,” manager Terry Collins said. “They’ve got to care. They’ve got to come out, play with some energy and get this thing going, and I truly believe we can do it.”

Céspedes left an April 20 loss to Philadelphia with what was called a left hamstring cramp and returned to the lineup Wednesday. After pulling up Thursday, he needed a full minute to hobble to the dugout. He was sent for an MRI exam, and Collins said a DL stint is certain.

Syndergaard, the hardestthrowing starting pitcher in the major leagues, had been scheduled to take the mound for the homestand finale.

“Kind of started irritating me a couple of days ago,” Syndergaard said. “I was able to throw through it, and then I took some anti-inflammatories and woke up the next day, I was feeling good as new . ... I played catch yesterday and felt great, playing catch, and then it kind of stiffens up once it gets cold. I couldn’t really lift my arm above my shoulder at that point, but took another antiinflammatory last night and I felt really good this morning. I felt like I could go out there and compete, but right now it’s a precautionary thing.”

Syndergaard hopes to start Sunday at Washington. Miller gets bad news: Arizona Diamondbacks righthander Shelby Miller has a partially torn ligament in his elbow and is considering Tommy John surgery. Miller said that he has a tear in his right ulnar collateral ligament, but that it is not a 100 percent tear. He also has a flexor strain in his elbow.

Miller, on the 10-day disabled list since Monday with right forearm soreness, was transferred to the 60-day DL.

The Diamondbacks purchased the contract of lefthander T.J. McFarland from Triple-A Reno to take Miller’s spot on the 40-man roster. Marlins’ sale: Not so fast, Jeb Bush and Derek Jeter. Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says their group is only one of two bidding to buy the Miami Marlins from Jeffrey Loria.

Bloomberg reported Tuesday that the Jeter/Bush group won an auction for the team with a $1.3 billion bid. Manfred said the reports are premature.

“There are multiple bidders for the Marlins,” Manfred said at the groundbreaking for the Jackie Robinson Museum in New York. “There is no agreement in place. We’re working with more than one group, and when we have a definitive agreement we’ll make an announcement.” Strasburg back: The Nationals reinstated right-hander Stephen Strasburg from the paternity list after the birth of his second child. Strasburg is scheduled to pitch Saturday against the Mets.