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Rea flirts with no-hitter as Padres topple Mets
- Updated: May 6, 2016
SAN DIEGO — The Padres’ 48-year, 7,517-game flirtation with their first no-hitter will continue indefinitely. But Colin Rea did his best in an effort to land the franchise its white whale Thursday night, tossing eight brilliant innings, as the Padres beat the Mets, 5-3.
New York didn’t get into the hits column until two outs into the top of the seventh inning, when Yoenis Cespedes hit a grounder to the right side. The Padres — playing with three infielders to the left of second base against the pull-happy Cespedes — could only watch as it trickled through to right field for the game’s first hit.
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Rea shook that off and allowed only two more hits, while striking out five in a career-high eight-plus innings. After Curtis Granderson led off the ninth with a homer, Rea was removed to a standing ovation at Petco Park. Cespedes tacked on a two-run dinger in the frame, but closer Fernando Rodney shut the door to preserve the San Diego victory. Still, the Padres remain the only Major League team without a no-hitter — a title they’ve held since Johan Santana broke through for the Mets in June 2012.
The offense gave Rea more than enough cushion, scoring in each of the first three frames against Mets …
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