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Crew can’t make Carter’s first-inning HR stand up
- Updated: May 20, 2016
NEW YORK — Needing a victory to shove memories of Matt Harvey and this week’s Nationals series firmly into the past, the Mets turned Friday to two of their budding stars. Steven Matz pitched seven sharp innings to win his sixth consecutive start, and Michael Conforto delivered the decisive two-run homer in a 3-2 triumph over the Brewers at Citi Field.
Making his first start since skipping an outing due to left elbow soreness, Matz fell into an early hole when Chris Carter hit a two-run homer off him in the first. But the left-hander retired 15 in a row after that, cruising through seven innings with eight strikeouts and no walks.
By that time, Matz was back in control thanks to Conforto’s opposite-field homer off Brewers starter Wily Peralta. The Mets had drawn …
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