Shipley’s night quickly unravels against Mets

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PHOENIX — For four innings, D-backs rookie right-hander Braden Shipley was handling the Mets again. After throwing seven scoreless innings against them five days prior, the 24-year-old had a shutout going with eigth straight batters retired against the defending National League champions.

But in the fifth inning of Tuesday’s 7-5 loss at Chase Field, it unraveled for Arizona’s No. 1 prospect. Shipley allowed seven runs (six earned) on 10 hits and was chased before recording an out in the sixth.

“Obviously he started off really well, doing the same thing, throwing a lot of strikes, keeping the ball down, a lot of ground balls, not real hard contact,” manager Chip Hale said. “And then it seemed like they just …

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