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Collins calls for slumping Mets to ‘lighten it up’
- Updated: July 30, 2016
NEW YORK — With the specter of another loss caused by too many missed opportunities looming over the Mets’ clubhouse, manager Terry Collins delivered a simple message: “We have to lighten it up around here.”
The call to “have some fun” came after a 6-1 loss to the Rockies at Citi Field in which the Mets’ familiar nemesis of not hitting with runners in scoring position showed up once again. New York finished Friday’s outing 0-for-8 in those situations and left seven men on base.
“We have a good team,” Collins said. “We are going through a rough time right now. We haven’t hit with runners in scoring position and everybody knows it. We have to lighten it up a little bit. We still have a lot of games to play. We’re not dead. We’re still in the hunt and we need to loosen up a little bit.”
Trailing, 3-1, in the eighth inning with Alejandro De Aza and Curtis Granderson on base after back-to-back singles to start off the frame, the Mets’ struggles to hit with runners on were highlighted when Scott Oberg entered from the Rockies’ bullpen to relieve Jake McGee and retired Travis d’Arnaud, Yoenis …
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