Take a look around the league with Big League Stew's daily wrap up. We'll hit on all of the biggest moments from the day that you may have missed, while providing highlights, photos and interesting stats. When the New York Mets traded for Yoenis Cespedes, the expectations were obvious: He'd invigorate the team's sluggish offense. He'd lead them back to first place. Well, that didn't take long. The Mets pounded the Miami Marlins on Monday night, winning 12-1 as Cespedes went 3-for-5 with three doubles and four RBIs. The win put the Mets in sole possession of first place in the NL East, a place they sat earlier in the season. It had been six weeks since the Mets had been overthrown by the Washington Nationals. The way their offense was playing — worst in MLB by a number of metrics — it didn't seem likely that New York would ever be able to take it back. But they swept the Nats over the weekend to tie the division and kept that hot streak going right into Monday to re-claim first place. Manager Terry Collins told Marc Carig of Newsday after the game: "They've earned it. They belong there," said Collins, whose team showed no signs of a letdown. "And hopefully we stay there...
Yoenis Cespedes powers red-hot Mets into sole possession of first place
Published August 4, 2015 at 12:40 AM
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