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New York Mets manager Terry Collins says the newborn son of pitcher Jacob deGrom could be released from a hospital on Monday. Stacey deGrom gave birth to Jaxon on April 11. DeGrom, who missed his last turn in the rotation because of a sore lat muscle in his right side, was placed on the family medical emergency list Saturday. Continue to Article

April 17, 2016 7:49:pm EST

New York Mets manager Terry Collins says the newborn son of pitcher Jacob deGrom could be released from a hospital on Monday. Stacey deGrom gave birth to Jaxon on April 11. DeGrom, who missed his last turn in the rotation because of a sore lat muscle in his right side, was placed on the family medical emergency list Saturday. Continue to Article

April 17, 2016 7:49:pm EST

Every outfielder will tell you they dread the possibility of losing a fly ball in the bright shining sun during the day or the stadium lights at night. Unfortunately for Cleveland Indians center fielder Rajai Davis, that possibility became a reality on Sunday afternoon... twice... during the same inning. [Elsewhere: Shelby Miller takes the lead for strangest injury this season ] The double disaster occurred during the second inning of Cleveland's 6-0 loss to the New York Mets. On the first, Curtis Granderson skied a high fly ball to deep left center field that seemed to have a chance to get out or at least hit the wall. Unfortunately for Davis, it did neither. As he shielded his eyes, the baseball landed harmlessly on the warning track about three feet away, allowing Granderson to reach third base. Three batters later, it happened again. This time on Yoenis Cespedes' fly ball to straight away center. Davis did his best to fight the sun's powerful forces, but he was overwhelmed again as it dropped for a run-scoring double.  Rajai Davis is wearing sunglasses, for the record. — Adam Rubin (@AdamRubinESPN) April 17, 2016 Well, at least he was prepared, though nothing can really prepare you for a nightmare like this one.  Making matters even worse for Davis, had he made the first catch, it would have been a 1-2-3 inning for Kluber after he allowed three runs in the first inning. Kluber then made things a little worse for himself by committing a throwing error on Asdrubal Cabrera's bunt single and allowing an RBI double to Michael Conforto. In the end, it all added up to another three-run inning for New York, all of which were earned despite Kluber's mishap.   There's really only one way to sum this one up.  Continue to Article

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