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deGrom Injured Again, but Mets Still Sweep D-Backs

 METS 4 - DIAMONDBACKS 2 

After only two warmup pitches before the top of the sixth inning, Jacob deGrom's day was done. 

The Mets ace, and arguably the best pitcher in the sport, was feeling tightness on his right side again, the same pain that led him to miss his last scheduled start a week ago. 

The Mets indicated that deGrom will have an MRI Monday on his lower back near his right side to make sure there is no serious injury to the pitcher, before diagnosing further. 

The news comes off the heels of five superb innings by deGrom, who held the Arizona Diamondbacks to just a run on one hit in his first start since April 28 against Boston. 

Still, as has been the case lately with the Mets, bad news doesn't seem to stop this team from finding ways to win. The Mets persevered, swept the lowly D-Backs 4-2 on Sunday behind another stellar effort by a suddenly hot Mets bullpen. 

The combination of Miguel Castro, Jacob Barnes and Edwin Diaz combined the hold the D-Backs to just a run over the final four innings. Diaz was especially impressive Sunday. He came into the game with a man on in the eighth inning, and after hitting Josh VanMeter, proceeded to induce the inning ending double-play on David Peralta to get out of the jam. 

In the ninth, Diaz worked around a misjudged dropped popup by third baseman Jonathan Villar to strikeout the side to save the game for deGrom's third win of the year. 

Francisco Lindor continues to show improvement at the pate, collecting an RBI on a sac fly and a base hit. His average is now up to .194, and is hitting .454 since Friday's dugout dustup with Jeff McNeil. 

Michael Conforto also had two hits and an RBI in the win. Friday's walk-off here Patrick Mazeika had his second RBI of the series on a walk. Dom Smith tallied a RBI single in the seventh. 

After a day off, the Mets host the Baltimore Orioles Tuesday and Wednesday, and rumor has it ex-Met Matt Harvey could be in line to start a game in that series. 


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