Don't Miss
- Commissioner’s statement on Ventura, Marte
- Ronnie O’Sullivan: Masters champion ‘felt so vulnerable’ in final
- Arron Fletcher Wins 2017 WSOP International Circuit Marrakech Main Event ($140,224)
- Smith challenges Warner to go big in India
- Moncada No. 1 on MLB Pipeline’s Top 10 2B Prospects list
- Braves land 2 on MLB Pipeline’s Top 10 2B Prospects list
- Kingery makes MLB Pipeline’s Top 10 2B Prospects list
- New Zealand wrap up 2-0 after Bangladesh implosion
- Mathews, Pradeep, Gunathilaka to return to Sri Lanka
- Elliott hopes for rain for Poli
Duda jumps back into game action
- Updated: September 18, 2016
NEW YORK — All told, Lucas Duda played five and a half innings in Sunday’s 3-2 Mets win, his first game since May 20, looking mostly, in manager Terry Collins’ words, “like he hasn’t played in four months.”
That’s no slight to Duda, who finished 0-for-2 in his return from a stress fracture in his lower back. It’s more recognition of the fact that the Mets brought Duda to New York despite a complete lack of game action in the Minors, hoping he might work his way back into peak form.
Initially, the Mets planned to use Duda exclusively as a pinch-hitter. But they rethought things upon the first baseman’s arrival, deciding to plug him into Sunday’s starting lineup. The idea was that with only 14 games left in the season, the Mets need …
