Yoenis Cespedes exits game with left hamstring pull

After listening to Terry Collins say he was considering starting Noah Syndergaard if Tuesday night's game was rained out, the PR staff put out a note with the big righthander as Wednesday's starter. "Well now that I've seen the results, I love pitching here", Teheran said. That was because Syndergaard was unable to lift his arm above his shoulder on Wednesday after experiencing discomfort earlier in the week. NY will certainly be hoping that the injury is not as bad as it looked. NY had five hits and is averaging 2.8 runs over its last 10 games.

Wednesday seemed like a ideal time for the Mets to right the ship since Atlanta had been struggling and the Mets had Yoenis Cespedes and Travis d'Arnaud back in the lineup, but it did not matter. Teheran suffered the loss in his most recent start on April 19, when he gave up seven runs on seven hits and three walks while striking out three over four innings as the Braves fell to the Nationals, 14-4.

Despite lasting through five full innings en route to a win, his second of the season, the 42-year-old right-hander initially appeared to injure himself back in the top half of the fourth inning. "Right now it's just a precautionary thing that we're dealing with". His ERA climbed to 6.23 one start after he pitched effectively into the eighth inning against Philadelphia. "We take that and try and do the best we can and it will turn around".

Collins said Syndergaard was expected to be available against Washington and avoid a trip to the disabled list. Fans booed when Gsellman's throw pulled first baseman Jay Bruce off the bag on Adonis Garcia's swinging bunt, and they jeered again when Flowers doubled down the right field line to make it 5-0.

The Mets initially chose to skip Robert Gsellman's spot in the rotation following a rainout on Tuesday, slotting in Syndergaard on Wednesday and Matt Harvey on Thursday, but hours later made a decision to give the ball to Gsellman. TRAINER'S ROOM Braves: 2B Brandon Phillips exited in the second inning with a left groin strain and is day to day. The Braves send veteran knuckleballer RA Dickey to the hill to face the Mets on Thursday.