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Wright returns to action after one-game rest
- Updated: May 19, 2016
NEW YORK — David Wright will never know if resting Tuesday when he wanted to play ultimately saved him from further damage to his back. All Wright and the Mets know is that he felt well enough Wednesday to return to the starting lineup after only a one-day absence.
Wright finished 0-for-4 with three strikeouts in the Mets’ 7-1 loss to the Nationals to fall deeper into a 2-for-24 funk with 14 whiffs in his last 27 plate appearances.
“The back thing is just something that I’m going to have to be used to, because it’s not changing,” Wright said. “But I feel like I can play at a much higher level than I’m playing right now.”
For now, a healthy Wright is what the Mets stress is most important. Earlier in the day, after putting Wright back on his lineup card, manager Terry Collins rejected the notion that he and the captain squabbled over his late scratch one day earlier against the Nationals.
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