Mets end skid; Wright to have surgery
NEW YORK » Jose Reyes and Asdrubal Cabrera each homered and the Mets built a big lead and beat the Phillies 11-7 on Monday to end a four-game losing streak.
The Mets were up 10-0 by the fourth inning.
Rafael Montero (4-9) won his second straight start. After an impressive outing at Cincinnati in which he tossed 8 1/3 scoreless innings, he allowed four runs and five hits in 5 1/3 innings.
The Mets chased Mark Leiter Jr. (2-5) by sending 11 batters to the plate during a six-run fourth.
Reyes extended his hitting streak to 10 games with his 10th homer of the season. Cabrera added a tworun shot, his 12th.
Ahead 4-0, the Mets broke it open in the fourth. Gavin Cecchini hit a tworun single and after a fielding error by shortstop Freddy Galvis on a bunt by Montero, Reyes had RBI single.
Nori Aoki drove in another run with a grounder, and reliever Kevin Siegrist’s wild pitch let Reyes score. After two walks, Brandon Nimmo hit an RBI single.
The long inning and a run around the bases perhaps didn’t benefit Montero, who was 2-1 with a 2.10 ERA in his previous four starts.
The Mets righty, who struggled for most part of the season before turning things around in July, ran into trouble in the fifth, facing six batters and allowing one run.
Montero left after the Phillies loaded the bases with one out. Reliever Paul Sewald threw a wild pitch that let a run score, then Hyun-Soo Kim hit a tworun double and pinch-hitter Andres Blanco had an
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Mets: INF Wilmer Flores missed his second straight game after breaking his nose off a foul ball he hit Saturday night in Houston. The team said that Flores
Tuesday’s games
N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 11-5) at Baltimore (Hellickson 8-8), 7:05 p.m. Kansas City (Vargas 14-9) at Detroit (Sanchez 3-3), 7:10 p.m. Minnesota (Colon 6-10) at Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 7-7), 7:10 p.m.
Toronto (Estrada 7-8) at Boston (Rodriguez 4-5), 7:10 p.m.
Texas (Gonzalez 7-10) at Atlanta (Teheran 9-11), 7:35 p.m.
Cleveland (Salazar 5-6) at Chicago White Sox (Holmberg 2-3), 8:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Richards 0-0) at Oakland (Graveman 4-4), 10:05 p.m. Houston (Verlander 10-8) at Seattle (Miranda 8-6), 10:10 p.m.
Wednesday’s games
Minnesota at Tampa Bay, 1:10 p.m. L.A. Angels at Oakland, 3:35 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. Kansas City at Detroit, 7:10 p.m. Toronto at Boston, 7:10 p.m. Texas at Atlanta, 7:35 p.m. Cleveland at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m. will be re-examined Tuesday . ... SS Amed Rosario (right index finger contusion) also missed the game. He is day-to-day. Washington Miami Atlanta New York Philadelphia Chicago Milwaukee St. Louis Pittsburgh Cincinnati