Bizarre disease lands Syndergaard back on DL
NEW YORK » In the latest bizarre medical development for the baffling New York Mets, ace pitcher Noah Syndergaard is headed back to the disabled list after contracting hand-footand-mouth disease.
The team figures it’s likely Syndergaard caught the contagious virus when he made an appearance at a baseball camp for kids last Thursday during the All-Star break. Mets manager Mickey Callaway said that probably explains why Syndergaard weakened and his velocity decreased during Friday night’s victory at Yankee Stadium.
“Hand-foot-and-mouth, are you serious? I guess it’s very uncommon in adults, period,” Callaway said Sunday. “It’s kind of
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odd. Maybe the first DL stint in Major League Baseball with hand-foot-andmouth? I don’t know. A record or something.”
According to WebMD. com, hand-foot-and-mouth disease is an infectious disease that “most often occurs in children under 10 and is characterized by a rash of small blister-like sores on the palms of the hands, soles of the feet, and Texas 5, Cleveland 0
Oakland 6, San Francisco 5, 10 innings L.A. Angels 14, Houston 5 Seattle 8, Chicago White Sox 2
N.Y. Mets at N.Y. Yankees, 8:05 p.m.
Monday’s games
Boston (Porcello 11-4) at Baltimore (Gausman 4-7), 7:05 p.m. Minnesota (Mejia 0-0) at Toronto (TBD), 7:07 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Severino 14-2) at Tampa Bay (TBD), 7:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (Williams 7-7) at Cleveland (Kluber 12-5), 7:10 p.m.
Oakland (Anderson 1-2) at Texas (Hamels 5-8), 8:05 p.m.
Detroit (Liriano 3-5) at Kansas City (Fillmyer 0-1), 8:15 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Giolito 6-8) at L.A. Angels (Barria 5-6), 10:07 p.m. in the mouth. Symptoms include fever, sore throat, and headache.”
The disease can spread from one person to another through saliva or fluid from blisters, among other things, and the infection normally passes in a week. The only treatment is a pain reliever such as acetaminophen, according to the website.
“It took its toll the other night. He had trouble breathing, and that’s why you saw his velo down,” Callaway said. “During the game, we couldn’t quite figure it out. But I put my hands on his legs to talk to him when he came out, and I felt his legs shaking. He was just weak and run down.”
Syndergaard, who missed most of last season with a torn lat muscle, just returned from the disabled Arizona Colorado San Francisco San Diego
Saturday’s games
Atlanta at Washington, ppd.
San Diego at Philadelphia, ppd. Chicago Cubs 7, St. Louis 2, 1st game N.Y. Yankees 7, N.Y. Mets 6 Miami 3, Tampa Bay 2 Milwaukee 4, L.A. Dodgers 2 Pittsburgh 6, Cincinnati 2
St. Louis 6, Chicago Cubs 3, 2nd game Colorado 6, Arizona 5 Oakland 4, San Francisco 3, 11 innings
Sunday’s games
San Diego 10, Philadelphia 2, 1st game Pittsburgh 9, Cincinnati 2 Tampa Bay 6, Miami 4 Washington 6, Atlanta 2
L.A. Dodgers 11, Milwaukee 2 Chicago Cubs 7, St. Louis 2 Oakland 6, San Francisco 5, 10 innings Arizona 6, Colorado 1 Philadelphia 5, San Diego 0, 2nd game N.Y. Mets at N.Y. Yankees, 8:05 p.m.
Monday’s games
54 53 51 41 46 46 50 61 .540 1 1⁄2 .535 2 .505 5 .401 151⁄2 L.A. Dodgers (Stripling 8-2) at Philadelphia (Eflin 7-2), 7:05 p.m.
Atlanta (Newcomb 8-5) at Miami (Urena 2-9), 7:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Williams 7-7) at Cleveland (Kluber 12-5), 7:10 p.m.
San Diego (Lauer 5-6) at N.Y. Mets (Wheeler 3-6), 7:10 p.m.
St. Louis (Poncedeleon 0-0) at Cincinnati (Castillo 5-8), 7:10 p.m.
Arizona (Corbin 6-4) at Chicago Cubs (Farrell 3-3), 8:05 p.m. Washington (Gonzalez 6-6) at Milwaukee (Chacin 8-3), 8:10 p.m. list July 13 after being sidelined for more than six weeks with a strained ligament in his right index finger. He is 6-1 with a 2.89 ERA in 13 starts this year for the struggling Mets, who began the night last in the NL East.
Assistant general manager John Ricco said the pitcher will be placed on the 10-day DL again Monday. Syndergaard stayed home Sunday and Callaway said no other members of the team have shown symptoms of the disease.
“It’s not a long-term thing and hopefully he misses one start,” Ricco said.
Rookie right-hander Corey Oswalt will be recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas to pitch in Syndergaard’s place Wednesday against his hometown San Diego Padres.
San Diego
Jankowski cf 5 Asuaje 2b 4 Myers lf 5 Hosmer 1b 5 Renfroe rf 5 Galvis ss 5 Villanueva 3b 4 Stammen p 0 c-Pirela ph 1 Brewer p 0 Hedges c 4 Ross p 2 a-Reyes ph 0 Strahm p 0 Spangenberg 3b 1
Totals Philadelphia
Hernandez 2b Hoskins lf Herrera cf Santana 1b d-Walding ph Williams rf Franco 3b Davis p b-Altherr ph Leiter Jr; p Kingery ss Pivetta p Ramos p Plouffe 3b Knapp c
Totals San Diego
a-walked for Ross in the 6th; b-struck out for Davis in the 7th; c-flied out for Stammen in the 9th; d-struck out for Santana in the 9th.
Villanueva (12), Hernandez (8);
San Diego 6, Philadelphia 11; Jankowski (7), Asuaje 2 (8), Renfroe (15), Hoskins (22); Myers (9), off Leiter Jr.,
E: LOB: AB 41 10 15 AB R H 34 9 1 13 BI BB SO 301 003 003 HR:
5 5 4 2 1 2 3 0 1 0 4 2 0 2 3
R H BIBBSO
1 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2
2 2 1 2 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6
2 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 —
0 2 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 0
11 Avg
.263 .237 .284 .247 .249 .239 .229
— .259
— .226 .118 .230 .000 .237
Avg
.272 .252 .280 .208 .000 .244 .266 .000 .171 .000 .237 .143
— .286 .242
10 15 2B: 1
Hoskins (15), off Ross; Jankowski 2 (11), Asuaje (19), Myers 2 (23), Hosmer (42), Renfroe (26), Galvis 2 (37), Hoskins (58), Williams (35); Asuaje;
San Diego 2 (Villanueva, Pirela), Philadelphia 5 (Hoskins, Franco, Kingery 3); San Diego 4 for 11, Philadelphia 0 for 10; Home, Jansen Visconti, First, James Hoye, Second, Jeff Kellogg, Third, Quinn Wolcott;
3:10; 29,392 (43,647).
SF: left in scoring position: T: A: Philadelphia
Ross, W, 6-8 Strahm Stammen Brewer
Pivetta, L, 6-85 1⁄3 Ramos 1⁄3 Davis 11⁄3 Leiter Jr. 2
RISP: Umpires:
4 0 9 94 4.69 0 1 0 13 1.91 0 0 3 19 3.14 3 0 1 44 5.74
Ramos 2-2; Ross (Herrera), Strahm (Williams).
Inherited runners-scored: HBP: San Diego
Jankowski cf 4 Spangenberg 3b 4 Hosmer 1b 4 Renfroe lf 3 Pirela 2b 2 Galvis ss 2 Reyes rf 3 Ellis c 3 Perdomo p 2 Maton p 0 b-Asuaje ph 1 Hughes p 0
Totals Philadelphia
Santana 1b Hoskins lf Herrera cf
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5 2 1 1
AB 28 AB
3 4 4 5 1 0 0
8 0 1 6
R H BIBBSO
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 R
1 1 1 2 0 0 0
6 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
2 H
1 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 1 8 BIBBSO
1 3 1
Runners 6
5 84 4.29 2 43 2.21 2 9 2.85 2 12 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1
1 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
Avg
.258 .232 .245 .245 .261 .238 .223 .286 .286
— .235
—
Avg
.209 .252 .280 Williams rf Valentin 2b Walding 3b Kingery ss Alfaro c Velasquez p a-Hernandez ph Neshek p c-Knapp ph Morgan p Dominguez p
Totals San Diego 000 000 000 — 0 20 Philadelphia 000 100 40x — 581
a-popped out for Velasquez in the 7th; b-popped out for Maton in the 8th; cstruck out for Neshek in the 8th.
Valentin (1); San Diego 3, Philadelphia 7; Williams (8); Herrera (17), off Perdomo, Hoskins (16), off Maton; Santana (57), Hoskins 3 (61), Herrera (55);
San Diego 1 (Hosmer), Philadelphia 4 (Valentin 2, Knapp 2);
San Diego 0 for 2, Philadelphia 2 for 7; Galvis; Philadelphia 1 (Valentin, Kingery, Santana); Home, Shane Livensparger, First, Jeff Kellogg, Second, Quinn Wolcott, Third, James Hoye; 2:41; 25,054 (43,647).
E: 32 LOB: 2B: RBIs: scoring position: RISP: GIDP: T:
4 3 3 4 3 2 1 0 1 0 0
Runners left in DP:
Perdomo, L, 1-561⁄35 Maton 2⁄3 2 Hughes 1 1
Velasquez, W, 6-8 87 4.09 Neshek 1 Knapp 0 Morgan 2⁄3 Dominguez 1⁄3
7
0 0 1 11 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 4 4.78 0 0 0 3 1.59 Maton 2-2; Velasquez (Pirela), Perdomo (Alfaro).
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 A:
3 2 0
2
0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8
3 2 0
0
Inherited runners-scored: HBP:
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5
1 0 2
0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Umpires:
5 1 3
1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0
9 HR:
99 6.99 17 2.96 22 6.41
7 .252 .182 .000 .237 .252 .200 .271
— .241
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