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The Mets demoted reliever Paul Sewald to Triple-A and returned to having just seven relievers on the roster for Thursday's game against the Marlins. Then they played 16 innings, won, but used every relief pitcher on the team... "It can affect you for a few days," manager Terry Collins said after the five-and-a-half hour affair. "Guys get very, very fatigued. I just went around the room and some of the guys want to play tomorrow and some of them are going to get tomorrow off. But It's a win, it's a win and you gotta get 'em when you can get 'em." Following the game, though he believes everyone but Smoker and Robles will be available, Collins said it's possible the Mets make a roster move Friday Continue to Article

April 14, 2017 10:20:am EST

Last year Bartolo Colon made headlines when it was revealed that he was involved in a court case regarding child support for his “secret family.” Which is a tabloid-sensationalized way of referring to children he had with a mistress. Now his former teammate, Mets third baseman Jose Reyes, is getting some similar coverage about his so-called “double life.” The story comes via the Daily News, who conducted an exclusive interview with a woman named Christina Sanchez, who had a six-year affair with Reyes, resulting in the birth of a daughter. Unlike Colon, who was alleged to have failed to support his out-of-wedlock children, Reyes has apparently paid support to Sanchez for years and a relationship Continue to Article

April 14, 2017 9:35:am EST

Michael Conforto’s sweet swing (AP) Michael Conforto doesn’t have a regular job, or a long track record. He’s not even owned in 20 percent of Yahoo leagues. He’s had a modest 12 at-bats on the season. And yet, I think about Conforto daily — his potential Continue to Article

April 14, 2017 9:31:am EST

The Mets offense overcame a shaky start from Robert Gsellman to score nine runs off Marlins pitching in Thursday's extra-inning win in Miami. Travis d'Arnaud had three hits and three RBI; Yoenis Cespedes and Wilmer Flores both homered, with Cespedes going deep twice; Jay Bruce had three hits; and Michael Conforto had a pinch-hit RBI double to tie the game in the eighth inning. After d'Arnaud tripled in the second inning, Curtis Granderson drove him in with a line drive RBI single. Jose Reyes, who had the day off, also had a pinch-hit single for the Mets. In the last 72 hours, Cespedes has hit five homers, driven in nine runs and increased his batting average more than .120 points. In 199 games Continue to Article

April 14, 2017 9:00:am EST

The New York Mets' winning streak grew a lot longer Thursday. Travis d'Arnaud led off the 16th inning with a home run, giving him a career-high four hits, and the Mets beat the Miami Marlins 9-8 for their fifth consecutive victory. D'Arnaud also had a bases-loaded triple in the second inning, and teammate Yoenis Cespedes had his second multihomer game in three nights. Continue to Article

April 14, 2017 1:53:am EST