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- Updated: May 6, 2016
1:29 AM ET
SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Padres continue to flirt with no-hitters when they host the New York Mets.
The Padres nonetheless remain the lone major league franchise lacking the pitching feat.
Yoenis Cespedes delivered the first hit against Padres right-hander Colin Rea with a two-out single in the seventh. The Mets ultimately opened their 11-game trip with a 5-3 loss on Thursday night at Petco Park.
Cespedes delivered the shot through the vacated right side of the infield with the Padres (12-17) heavily shifting the righty hitter. San Diego had benefited throughout the game from pronounced shifts against the Mets’ lefty hitters.
Colin Rae notched his third win of the season and held the Mets to just one run on three hits over eight innings. AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi
Rea, a 12th-round pick in 2011 out of Indiana State University, took a shutout bid into the ninth. He departed after a leadoff homer by Curtis Granderson. He allowed one run on three hits and one walk in a career-high eight innings. His no-hit bid lasted into the latter innings in large part thanks to …
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