d’Arnaud stresses Mets’ resilience after 3-hit game

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NEW YORK — It was a four-game stretch that Travis d’Arnaud would rather forget. From Aug. 6-10, the catcher went 1-for-15 at the plate, and in the final two games of that span, the D-backs stole a combined nine bases with him behind the dish. In every aspect, things were going wrong.

On Friday, though, d’Arnaud turned things around, tying a career high with three hits while also registering a caught stealing in the Mets’ 8-6 loss to the Padres.

“Yeah [it was nice to put together a good performance], but it would have been better if we won, though,” d’Arnaud said. “It would have been a lot better.”

d’Arnaud entered play Friday having thrown out just 19 percent of all attempted basestealers — well below the league average of …

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