Manager Terry Collins once more careworn the staff will do every little thing it could to stop having to close down the starters, however they’ve to have the ability to regulate to what’s occurring. Cuddyer’s milestone hit was an RBI single in the fourth inning that scored 3B Juan Uribe, who also collected his 1,500th career hit later in the evening. Mets 2, Rockies 0.

2nd inning, Brian McCann drills one deep to right, 1-0 Yankees.

New York will remain at least 2 1/2 games ahead of the Washington Nationals in the National League East. The Nationals played the Los Angeles Dodgers later Wednesday night. Duda hit in the cage before the 3-0 win over the Rockies, and expects to start today’s series finale.

“Our pitching is doing a really good job”, said Rockies right fielder Carlos Gonzalez, whose two-run homer in the fourth inning Monday remains the only offense Colorado has mustered this series.

“I said ‘Listen, today I’m going to give you another day – I need you for the weekend, ‘” Collins said Thursday morning. “Unfortunately he’s matched up against a guy that didn’t give up anything”. Tejada walked, d’Arnaud to second.

Collins first decided to remove Duda from the lineup Tuesday, at which point Duda said he’d been feeling some discomfort for a few days.