Reyes, Murphy injured on painful day for Mets during 6-5 loss to Braves in Citi heat

NEW YORK ? A steamy day at Citi Field turned into a painful one for the New York Mets when their top two hitters went down with injuries.

Jose Reyes tweaked his troublesome hamstring again and Daniel Murphy was helped off the field with a throbbing knee injury during a 6-5 loss to the Atlanta Braves on Sunday.

?We?ve been struggling offensively as it is. Now we lose a guy hitting .335 and another guy hitting .320, obviously that?s going to be difficult to overcome,? said third baseman David Wright, who found himself filling in at shortstop for the first time in his major league career. ?We know it?s going to be a tremendous uphill battle to try to score runs.?

Read full article >>

Source: http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=83b7408719cc8468ec7b81c095c3f173

reuters domesticnews feeds washingtonpost nation feeds washingtonpost feeds nation washingtonpost nation