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- Updated: August 28, 2016
NEW YORK — Curtis Granderson raised his arms to his sides in confusion, shooting a quick glance to Alejandro De Aza. Where was the ball?
With his sunglasses flipped up, the Mets’ left fielder fought to see through the sunny glare at Citi Field, but eventually settled under the pop fly off the bat of the Phillies’ Cesar Hernandez, avoiding a potential embarrassment in an already unsettling seventh inning for the Mets on Sunday afternoon at Citi Field.
Robert Gsellman kept the game knotted at 1 through six innings in his first career start, but manager Terry Collins elected to keep the 23-year-old on the mound to start the seventh. The decision proved costly. Philadelphia scored four runs in the frame and avoided the three-game sweep by handing New York a 5-1 loss.
“We know he’s certainly capable of throwing 100, 110 pitches. Done it in the Minor Leagues all year,” Collins said. “I thought he was cruising pretty good.”
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