SB Nation New York - Diamondbacks Rout Mets, 14-1https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48977/ny-fave.png2010-08-01T17:49:20-04:00http://newyork.sbnation.com/rss/stream/13636652010-08-01T17:49:20-04:002010-08-01T17:49:20-04:00LaRoche Drives In Six Runs For Diamondbacks
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<p>Flushing, NY (Sports Network) – Adam LaRoche homered twice and drove in a career-high six runs and Daniel Hudson had a successful Arizona debut in a 14-1 drubbing of the Mets in the rubber match of a three-game series.</p>
<p>Hudson (1-0), acquired when the Diamondbacks sent Edwin Jackson to the White Sox on Friday, gave up a mere three hits, one walk and one run over a career- high eight innings and also drove in a pair of runs with his first big-league hit in the fifth inning. The 23-year-old right-hander also struck out four.</p>
<p>Stephen Drew and John Hester added solo home runs, while Justin Upton went 2- for-4 to extend his hitting streak to 17 games in the win.</p>
<p>Jonathon Niese (7-5) was touched for seven runs — six earned — on seven hits and three walks in 4 1/3 innings for New York, which ended up splitting its six-game homestand.</p>
<p>Arizona scored more runs in this three-game set (27) than it had during its seven-game skid (18) coming in.</p>
<p>After three scoreless innings, Kelly Johnson and Upton each singled ahead of LaRoche, who smacked a 1-0 offering over the wall in right for his 15th round- tripper of the season.</p>
<p>The same trio essentially duplicated the feat in the fifth after Ike Davis’ sacrifice fly got the Mets on the board.</p>
<p>Johnson walked, Upton singled and LaRoche took Niese deep down the right-field line for his 16th career multi-home run game.</p>
<p>The D’Backs loaded the bases later in the frame just as they did in the fourth, but this time Hudson helped his own cause with a dribbler up the middle off Elmer Dessens to plate a pair for an 8-1 cushion.</p>
<p>Dessens coughed up two long homers in the seventh to Drew and Hester, and Mark Reynolds singled home Gerardo Parra in the eighth.</p>
<p>Arizona tacked on three more in the ninth on run-scoring hits from pinch- hitter Augie Ojeda and Chris Young and a sacrifice fly from Bobby Crosby, who was acquired in a trade with the Pirates on Saturday.</p>
<p>Hudson gave up one hit after the first inning and set down 11 straight at one point. Esmerling Vasquez pitched a scoreless ninth to close out the gem.</p>
<p>Four new members were welcomed into the Mets Hall of Fame Sunday, all playing a large part in their 1986 World Series championship team, as general manager Frank Cashen, manager Davey Johnson, starting pitcher Dwight Gooden and outfielder Darryl Strawberry were inducted together in the 2010 class… Arizona won the season series, 5-1…Mets shortstop Jose Reyes went 0-for-3, snapping his hitting streak at 12 games…Drew’s homer was his first since May 19, a span of 208 at-bats.</p>
<p>— <span>Full Boxscore</span></p>
https://newyork.sbnation.com/2010/8/1/1600066/laroche-drives-in-six-runs-diamondacks-rout-mets-14-1-mlbEd Valentine2010-08-01T11:49:03-04:002010-08-01T11:49:03-04:00Mets, Diamondbacks Finish Weekend Series Today
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<p>(Sports Network) - Right-hander Daniel Hudson takes the mound for the first time as a National Leaguer today when his new team -- the <span class="sbn-auto-link"><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/teams/ARI">Arizona Diamondbacks</a></span> -- visits New York for the finale of a three-game weekend series with the <span class="sbn-auto-link"><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/teams/NYM">Mets</a></span> at Citi Field.</p>
<p>A 23-year-old, Hudson was acquired by the Diamondbacks at the trade deadline along with a minor-league pitcher in a deal that sent established starter <span class="sbn-auto-link"><span>Edwin Jackson</span></span> back to the American League to the <span class="sbn-auto-link"><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/teams/CWS">Chicago White Sox</a></span>.</p>
<p>Hudson had made three appearances for Chicago over two weeks last month, splitting a pair of decisions while allowing 17 hits and 11 runs in 15 2/3 innings while walking 11 batters and striking out 14.</p>
<p>He reached the majors for the first time last season and made six appearances -- starting twice -- and going 1-1 with a 3.38 earned run average across 18 2/3 innings.</p>
<p>The 6-foot-3, 225-pounder was a fifth-round pick of the White Sox in 2008.</p>
<p>The Mets reply with lefty Jonathon Niese, a 23-year-old who'll meet the Diamondbacks for the second time in 10 days.</p>
<p>Niese got a no-decision in that initial game - the first of his career against Arizona - on July 21 after allowing six hits and three runs in five innings.</p>
<p>The Diamondbacks won, 4-3.</p>
<p>Niese, a seventh-round pick in 2005, was 6-2 on the season after a win at Washington July 2, but has gone just 1-2 in four subsequent outings.</p>
<p>He earned the lone win, an 8-2 triumph over St. Louis, with six innings of one-run ball on July 27.</p>
<p>On Saturday, <span class="sbn-auto-link"><span>Jesus Feliciano</span></span> tripled to deep right-center to open the ninth inning and scored the game-winning run on <span>Carlos Beltran</span>'s sacrifice fly as the Mets beat the Diamondbacks, 5-4.</p>
<p><span class="sbn-auto-link"><span>David Wright</span></span> went 2-for-4 with three RBI, while <span class="sbn-auto-link"><span>Angel Pagan</span></span> had three hits and scored twice for New York, which lost of the opener of this three-game set on Friday, 9-6.</p>
<p><span class="sbn-auto-link">Francisco Rodriguez</span> (4-2) threw a scoreless top of the ninth to get the win, the Mets' first in five games against Arizona this season.</p>
<p><span class="sbn-auto-link"><span>Juan Gutierrez</span></span> (0-6) was on the hill in the bottom half to take the loss, the club's eighth in nine games. <span class="sbn-auto-link"><span>Justin Upton</span></span> knocked in three runs in defeat.</p>
<p>The Diamondbacks swept a three-game set at home over the Mets from July 19-21 and have won eight of the last 10 in the series.</p>
https://newyork.sbnation.com/2010/8/1/2318708/mets-diamondbacks-finish-weekend-series-todayEd Valentine