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- Updated: October 5, 2016
NEW YORK — In a significant National League Wild Card Game surprise, the Mets left first baseman Lucas Duda off their roster altogether for Wednesday’s winner-take-all game against the Giants at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN.
Duda, who started the bulk of games at first base down the stretch for the Mets, was not on a one-game roster that included fellow first basemen James Loney — the likely starter — Kelly Johnson and Eric Campbell. Duda hit just .217 with no home runs in September, returning from a four-month absence due to a stress fracture in his lower back. But he is historically one of their most prolific power hitters, slugging 57 homers in 2014-15.
Loney, one of the Mets’ hottest current hitters, batted .288 with three homers in September — including one in the Mets’ playoff clincher …
